What Ports have you always wanted to try ...

[Marc J.]

I keep hearing/seeing outstanding notes on the '27 Fonseca. This is an almost mythical bottling that I must try one of these days. I realize that finding bottles is next to impossible and when they do become available I'll need to give up an arm, a leg and my first born in order to even have a chance to seal the deal......

[Todd Pettinger]

I'd like to try a Nacional one day, but I'll also join the queue for anything pre 1900. Just knowing that you're drinking something 100+ years would be amazing.

-Lars

I agree with Lars for the exact same reasons.

The '63 and '31 Noval regular bottlings are also high on that list -to have them side by side with the Nacionals would be mind-blowing!

so that makes my list:
-ANY Nacional
-a '63/'31 Noval
-any 100+ yr old VP
-I have to add the '52 Dalva White Colheita to this list because Roy and Richard bragged about how good it was and how I could have had some had I not been out of town... now I am intrigued and must have some at some time.

[Roy Hersh]

Todd,

Sorry you had to leave last time before we opened the '52 but you'll now have to come down to Seattle at some point to share some, as I'd be easily coaxed to open a bottle for you!

[Todd Pettinger]

Todd,

Sorry you had to leave last time before we opened the '52 but you'll now have to come down to Seattle at some point to share some, as I'd be easily coaxed to open a bottle for you!

I have a trip upcoming to the US, but unfortunately I will be nowhere near Seattle. Anybody in or around the Colorado Springs area June 23-27?? I suppose with all the US Olympic teams that live and train there it will be a tough market for sourcing good Port deals? :?

Roy, I will make it to your house one of these days... It may not be until next calendar year, but I will make it there one day!

Todd

[Eric Ifune]

I've never had any Nacional. One of these days.

[Paul_B]

For me it would be

any Nacional... just seems out of reach budget wise.
a Niepoort Garrafeira... just cause you never see these, may just be a rumour or something...

and something from my birth year 1967... nothing special VP wise but I'm hoping there must be a colheita or two that my be nice..or an old white....just have to find one... SAQ here has the Krohn 1967 Colheita... if anyone recomends it then i'll spend the 140$ CAD asking price.

cheers
Paul

[Todd Pettinger]

Paul,
We have the Barros '67 Colheita available here in Edmonton. Let me know if you are interested... I have to check in-store at deVines as they don't list it on their website, but I was just in there two days ago and KNOW that I saw it. Cannot recall the price - likely around the $140 being asked for the Krohn at SAQ. But if you are interested, I would be happy to help a fellow FTLOPer obtain a birth-year Port!

Todd

[Al B.]

Hmmmm... let me get out my list...

There are so many:

1927 Taylor and Fonseca
1931 Noval
1948 Taylor and Fonseca

But the one that's curently at the top of my list is:

1945 Croft

-Dave-

Come over to the UK and we can see what we can arrange...

Croft 1945 and any Nacional are also high on the list.

Perhaps for your 2009 "Returning to the Netherlands" offline...

any "comet vintage"

Next time I see you Sean, I'll bring with me a bottle of 1986 Fonseca Guimaraens...I think 1986 was the last comet vintage

and something from my birth year 1967... nothing special VP wise but I'm hoping there must be a colheita or two that my be nice..or an old white....just have to find one... SAQ here has the Krohn 1967 Colheita... if anyone recomends it then i'll spend the 140$ CAD asking price.

Paul, try and get yourself over to the UK. At the moment, there are a few people who are selling off excess stocks of 1967 ports that were bought to sell at inflated prices last year. You can currently get Cockburn 1967 for GBP 31 per bottle (not a bad drink), Martinez 1967 for GBP 29 per bottle (reputedly a better port than the Cockburn) and Vargellas 1967 at about GBP 60 per bottle (too expensive comapred to the others). Not only are they nice ports in their own right, they should last another 9 years if well cellared... And, of course, the Nacional 1967 is just an amazing port.

Alex

[Roy Hersh]

... and 77, which I think is the most recent batch. Is there any particular reason why no new vintages have been started since 77? Is the 77 release much larger than the previous ones resulting in no free demijohns?

Jacob,

Actually, a few months ago I reported that Niepoort already had 1987 Garrafeira in demijohn and that would be the next one that Dirk releases. As to the size of the 1977 Garrafeira, I don't believe that it is markedly different in terms of quantity. However, there are only a fixed number of those old 18th century German demijohns in the Niepoort cellar and few that are empty, which is a good thing!

[JacobH]

Actually, a few months ago I reported that Niepoort already had 1987 Garrafeira in demijohn and that would be the next one that Dirk releases. As to the size of the 1977 Garrafeira, I don't believe that it is markedly different in terms of quantity. However, there are only a fixed number of those old 18th century German demijohns in the Niepoort cellar and few that are empty, which is a good thing!

Ah, must have missed that! Sorry! Incidentally, if it's not sacrilegious, I think there's more than a little bit of spin going on with Niepoort and their demijohns. Even if there is a markedly different flavour imparted by the use of antique glass over modern, the old ones still come up for sale. I'm sure if there was the desire, they could expand their capacity, or even release two styles of Garrafeira (one aged in the antique demijohns and one in new). This is not a criticism of them and their practices, just an observation on the way that the rules of supply and demand seem to be being dressed up!

-Jacob

[Frederick Blais]

... and 77, which I think is the most recent batch. Is there any particular reason why no new vintages have been started since 77? Is the 77 release much larger than the previous ones resulting in no free demijohns?

Jacob,

Actually, a few months ago I reported that Niepoort already had 1987 Garrafeira in demijohn and that would be the next one that Dirk releases. As to the size of the 1977 Garrafeira, I don't believe that it is markedly different in terms of quantity. However, there are only a fixed number of those old 18th century German demijohns in the Niepoort cellar and few that are empty, which is a good thing!

If I'm correct, I think 77 has produced around 1000 bottles.

[David Spriggs]

[quote="Al BCome over to the UK and we can see what we can arrange...

Alex[/quote]

I'll see what I can arrange! I'll definitely let you know the next time I'm in the UK!

-Dave-