For The Love Of Port

Kopke 2003 White. It's not the same vintage but the 2005 is quite a bottle! I bought one and after drinking it I bought 3 more. Plus it was around $20 Can. (around 14 Euros). The 2008 is very good as well. I also had the 2003 two weekends ago and it was really good. Is the $20 Can. for a 750 ml bot...

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 4:00 pm Kopke 2003 White.

It's not the same vintage but the 2005 is quite a bottle! I bought one and after drinking it I bought 3 more. Plus it was around $20 Can. (around 14 Euros).

Thanks Andy on the decant time! LOUISSS J asked me how was the 2011 Taylor's Vintage Port - overall quality: fantastic. Really a superstar that may be the next 1945/1948 for Taylor's. It needed 10 hours in decanter which is a lot more than I typically give ANY Port here in PT. That said, the tannin...

Roy Hersh wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 9:23 pm Over the past few weeks:

2011 Taylor's Vintage Port

How was the Taylor?

Thanks for all.

1964 Niepoort Garrafeira 1964 Burmester LBV 1964 Fonseca Guimaraens 1964 Graham Malvedos 1964 Ramos Pinto 1964 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas 1964 Butler Nephew 1964 Gonzalez Byass 1964 Quinta do Noval Nacional NV Quinta de Brunheda Tonel #4 (a VVO from before VVO was a category) ... 1994 Taylor VP (ma...

Thanks a lot.

12x2011 Taylor Vinha Velha Not tried, but I just love the vintage. I truly suspect these will drink beautifully now and any year they are opened. Wo! Great buy! Where did you buy them? I had 4 in 2015 and one of the 4 was drunk. I plan to drink the next one in 5 or 10 years. Give news if you drink ...

Then there is TCA. How do you score those wines Glenn? ;-) Those are all good points. Ones that I recognize from judging barbecue, where we (at least theoretically) have a standard and a process by which to judge what the teams have produced for us. I'm not a professional wine judge, though. My &qu...

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:11 pm Yes was able to see pics. Thanks. Definitely sounds like an off bottle. It should be Dark, youthful and not as advanced as what your described.

AH! ... Thanks for the answer. I'm not sure bu If a drunk an off bottle it was still very good. Finally everything will stay in my memory.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2581174052062640&set=pcb.1158523698461077 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2581174048729307&set=pcb.1158523698461077 I'm not sure if you can see the pictures. I don't think the bottle was perfect, but I don't think I got a bad bottle (or one with a def...

First shot with a Nacional (and probably one of the few in my life). I recently acquired it at a "good price" at an auction. Drink from the opening until almost 6 hours in the carafe (Quinta do Noval recommended 2 hours). When opening the Port seems good... phew! There was a little fruit l...

Finally I wrote this question too late because I already opened the bottles. The bottles were opened a little less than 3 hours before the start of the tasting. Everything was drunk 2 hours later, so between 3 and 5 hours. The Fonseca remained stable from start to finish but the Taylor seemed more f...

Hi all,
I will open soon two bottles :
Taylor Fladgate Vargellas 2001 (375ml)
Fonseca Guimaraens 1998 (375ml)
They will probably drink up in 2 hours. How much carafe time do you think they would need?

Of course they kept the stocks. That's all that they were after in the first place. That's why you see all of the old Krohn stocks released as Taylor Single Harvest Tawny instead of as Krohn Colheitas. They never needed the name or the Quinta, and this sale just proves it. I don't understand... TFP...

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I didn't realize there was a Nacional 2015!...my son was born in 2015.

Tonight Andresen 10 year white Port an last week Offley Baron de Forrester 10 years.
Two good Ports!

Yes, Ramos Pinto produced both a "full" Ramos Pinto VP and a SQVP from Quinta da Ervamoira in 1994. Interesting to know. At the SAQ (Québec) we had regular Ramos Pinto (Tawny with age indication). For some time I was seeing the mention Bom Retiro and Quinta da Ervamoira. I was just wonder...

Inspired by me decanting the exact same wine three days ago - or pure coincidence? I had a similar experience - a class act that needs another decade 8-9 Pure coincidence! Is there a non Ervamoira version as well? I was looking for that one in the cellar instead, but wasn't sure if there was such a...

Maybe too old? I have never experienced old LBVs (more than 15 years old) but for me also Smith Woodhouse LBVs are among my favorites (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008 on more than 10 times). They were around 12-14 years old and they were all in balance. With almost 30 years I would be curious to taste. Th...