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Recent sips!

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:34 am
by Otto Nieminen
In case discussion ensues, here are links to the TN section on Ports I have recently enjoyed:

Krohn Colheita 1958 was great.

Fonseca VP 2003 was also great.

Quinta do Crasto VP 2003 was enjoyable but not as nice as my previous memories of the bottle have been. I'm not sure all was right with the bottle. Must try it again soon as it has been a nice QPR VP.

-Otto-

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:55 am
by Luc Gauthier
Hi Otto ,
had a Krohn Colheita 1958 last year ( It had been bottled in 2004 ) . Tasted caramel . sweeeet .

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:09 pm
by Roy Hersh
Otto,

I assume you read the back label carefully, but typically I find almost all Colheitas bottled in the past 40 or 50 years do have the date of bottling listed. There are a few examples where I have found that not to be the case. Did you search the labels carefully for this info?

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:26 am
by Luc Gauthier
Hi Roy ,
Recently had a Barros '82 , but their was no bottling date .

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:13 am
by Dave Johnson
Luc,
Check your bottle again. I have had the Barros 77 twice recently and the bottling date is in tiny font type on the small barcode label.
Dave

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:47 am
by Otto Nieminen
Luc Gauthier wrote:[H]ad a Krohn Colheita 1958 last year ( It had been bottled in 2004 ) . Tasted caramel . sweeeet .
Yes, but that wasn't all that the wine was, in my experience. For me, it had impeccable balance despite being caramelly and sweeeeet. :)

Roy, unfortunately I didn't get a peek at the label. This was in a big tasting and in such a hurried atmosphere I forgot to ask such an important question as the bottling date. Sorry for being so thoughtless. ;)

-O-