For The Love Of Port

Just to wrap up this thread...

After a hopeful initial contact with TFP concerning this unusual bottle, their final communication left me with little more information than I had already deduced on my own. It was a special Colheita bottling in 1977 from vintage 1934. Duh, I had gathered that from the label. At first they confirmed there were 3 such Colheitas bottled in Taylor's history, then I was told this was the only one. Well I believe they were right the first time, based on posts I've read on this forum.

I asked a number of other questions in my email query, as I had hoped an organization like TFP might have an appreciation for history and be interested in helping me collect some information on this bottle, but alas few of my questions were answered. In fact, their level of interest in assisting me appeared minimal, though they were reasonably cordial about it -- at least they did take time to reply to my enquiry, which I suppose is not an insignificant thing in the modern world of corporate conglomerate winemakers.

And hey, at least I've got the wine

And as a final, final, wrap up, if you come across the '44 Colheita, don't shell out big money if you don't like disappointment..

..drinkable, but otherwise dead in the water when I tried it a few weeks back..

Tom

Tom D. wrote:...at least they did take time to reply to my enquiry, which I suppose is not an insignificant thing in the modern world of corporate conglomerate winemakers.

I have generally been surprised by how approachable the big (and little) port companies are to consumers with enquiries of sort that you had. Most seem to realise that port is bought and consumed by people like us and are happy to answer the occasional enquiry. Presumably, that is also why several producers have people who regularly post on this and other port forums - helping to maintain a friendly relationship with a block of buyers who can be encouraged to buy more port (which isn't difficult ).

If everyone on FTLOP were to buy one extra bottle of port, that would probably represent an order for 20+ cases!