For The Love Of Port

1975 Cockburn Vintage Port
A nice, soft Port. More like Tawny or old LBV than VP. Still it was quite satisfying.

20 year Ferreira - quite nice.

-- Gary

1976 Krohn Colheita. The weather has turned quite warm and I figured a nice, slightly chilled glass of colheita would quench my thirst!

Tomorrow, Quevedo White Port will be opened, to make a white Port & Tonic mixup.To toast on the first BBQ of this year (also the first nice Sunday weatherwise for it this year in my neck of the woods - near Breda, The Netherlands-).

Fraser's '09 "Port". Bdx blend, fortified and back sweetened, painters tape label. Idaho.

Worth starting a thread about this one, from Monday night.

1955 Kopke Colheita, bottled 2009
1975 Cockburn VP
1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
1980 Gould Campbell VP

The Cockburn was the pleasant surprise of the night. Maybe it was my low expectations, but this was a wonderful bottle. The GC was a 375 recently purchased from a retailer in NJ, and was an off bottle, not TCA, but definitely funky.

The Portly Gentlemen are meeting tonight--no port on the official slate (other wines paired with cheese from a new local cheese and olive oil shop) but I am bringing a Ramos Pinto Collector for after the wine tasting--someone else bringing a Noval Black..

Have never had the RP Collector before so I am curious.

John M. The RP is unfiltered? Please report on the decant.

I bought the Cockburns Special Reserve for a nice price; brought home; popped and poured. Hadn't had this in a dogs age and bought for the price. Very pleasantly surprised. Fruity, upfront acidity with chocolate and stewed fruit; light tannic after.

Last night we capped the evening off with a bottle of 1985 Warre VP. It was ok... soft , delicate and floral... just not that exciting compared to an '85 Grahams for instance. Perhaps the Warre is in a weird state? Decanted 4-5 hours, needs double that IMO. My notes would be more positive if that were the case.

'63 Graham's VP. Decanted in the end probably 7 hours. (Dessert course was served later than I would have guessed). It was showing very well and was everything I love about port!

-Mark

The RP Collector was a pop and pour. No mention of unfiltered so I assumed it was (got no sediment and a T-cork). Notes are sparse, end of the eveing by the time we opened it but I got dark cherry nose, a little dry grass. Very sweet, almost too much and a piquant after taste. A Noval Black was then opened which out preformed the RP Collector. Still, for the price, an ok quaff,

1994 Rozes LBV (Unfiltered)
Quevedo 20 Year Tawny
Sandeman 20 Year Tawny

Andy Velebil wrote:1994 Rozes LBV (Unfiltered)
Quevedo 20 Year Tawny
Sandeman 20 Year Tawny

Andy, how is the Quevedo 20 Year Tawny? Thanks.

2000 Sao Pedro Das Aquas Vintage

-- Gary

Churchill 20 Year Old Tawny

Quinta do Noval 20 year old Tawny

1994 graham VP
Really liked it. Still young, fruit abounds. V sweet. The aroma was wonderful, dense.
Decanted 6 hours. Wasn't nearly as good 36 hrs later.

1997 Dalva VP

1977 Fonseca Vintage. Pretty good stuff, but it's no 1970.