For The Love Of Port

Due to the pandemic, I definitely hid in the cellar a little more than usual, and I’ve been lucky to be able to enjoy some fantastic Port- and remarkably- no weak or lackluster bottles. So that’s good. 1977 Taylor VP, which was significantly better than when I last tried it about 5 years ago. It alm...

And tonight’s winner, after long deliberation with the IVDoMC (Instituto Vinho Do Mi Casa), was a VP- 1970 Martinez. Decanted at 11AM, and had a nice bouquet upon opening. Will keep you posted.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I will be deciding this tonight. In a different post, I related trying one of the 1992 Fonseca VPs a couple weekends ago, and it is moving me to open one of the 1994s. At the moment it’s between the Fonseca and a 1955 Burmester Colheita. I enjoy VPs and Tawnies- but my wife leans towards Tawnies, so...

I purchased a case of these upon release, and will probably snatch up more if they become available at a reasonable price. Looks like they're about $90/bottle via WineSearcher.com, which seems like a pretty good price to me. I usually tape the receipts to the crate so I can remember what I paid. No...

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This Port was lovely. While I had left almost 6 hours between decanting and dinner, it clearly needed a little more time. When we sat down after dinner and enjoyed a glass, it had more fully settled in. It’s fruity aroma really blossomed between the time I decanted it and our after dinner glass- wit...

Tonight’s “Holy CRAP- what a week this was!” selection.

Decanted at 2pm for dinner at 8pm.

Cork looks good. Nice aroma straight away. Dark ruby with an orange-gree rim on decanting.

Notes to follow.

I’m sorry- for the first presidential debate. BTW- Port may be an exceptional disinfectant.

I opened a bottle of 1994 Dow’s VP for the VP debate- got a bunch of recommendations for the 1994 Fonseca. I’ve got two cases of the Fo sect, and now I’m so itching to open one of them. Maybe this weekend.....

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The '94 Dow's is good but the '94 Fonseca is light years better. I buy it every chance I get at auction when it's below $120 all in. Ouch 120$ (around 160 Can.)is a real big deal! I dont think ill ever see a bottle under 200$ (Montreal). They do show up from time to time if you scout around a bit.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:37 pm The '94 Dow's is good but the '94 Fonseca is light years better. I buy it every chance I get at auction when it's below $120 all in.

So I’ve been told- I’ve been holding off opening any of it for fear of plowing through it too fast!

Decanted a bottle of vintage 1994 Dow’s At around 3pm for the debate. Glad I did, as there were three or four moments where I felt like shooting the TV. This was the first 1994 I’ve opened. Very, very nice. Blackberry, black cherries, pomegranate- truly delicious. I suspect will be even better in 5 ...

Well, it looks like there is at least one of the 1961 Calem bottles still left at $160+BP. Sometimes winebid will drop the price after a while, but since the other two bottles already sold, I suspect this one will sell soon without a price drop. They had three bottles of 1952 Burmester colheita for...

Thank you so much. There was definitely something I was missing there.
Best,
Andrew

Ok, I feel like I should know the answer to this question, so please bear with me here. There’s a listing on Winebid for a 1938 Niepoort. Here’s the link: https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/7453017/1938-Niepoort-Garrafeira-Port It’s a 1938 that was bottled in 1941- that part makes sense. But the l...

I generally have a good Tawny opened most weeks. A good vintage bottle 1-2 times/month. I enjoy it with dinner- but mostly have a glass next to me when playing the piano or sitting in my den listening to some good high res audio. Port makes the enjoyable MORE enjoyable- so really, with anything that...

1985 was a bizarre vintage. There was practically no real consistency from house to house. The Ports went from very good to really average- with your Taylor Fladgate being one of the better ones. I am in th minorit of those who think this one will continue to improve and probably hasn’t peaked yet. ...

Which begs the question, at what rate? Also, where are you all purchasing during this quarantine?

This thread has been great! Thank you so much for the thoughts. I’ve learned a lot here.
Best,
Andrew