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- 21:26 Sun 29 Jun 2014
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1863 Taylor Colheita
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1863 Taylor Colheita
I was fortunate enough to try this wine recently. Here are my thoughts: Thick brown colour with yellow rim Smells of alcohol and varnish initially Very powerful nose, like a solvent. I ended up wafting it towards my nose like a 15 year old studying chemistry then there I got lots of malt and caramel...
- 10:13 Fri 25 Apr 2014
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: new member says hello
- Replies: 4
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Re: new member says hello
Hello all! Thank you for your responses. The period I'm most interested in is the late 17th and early 18th - the pioneering early days - but I think i'll go right into the 19th century as the stuff about Sandeman and Wellington and the Napoleonic wars is too good to leave out. The wine club never re...
- 16:25 Thu 24 Apr 2014
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: new member says hello
- Replies: 4
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new member says hello
Hello! I've recently become very interested in port. It was the birth of my daughter in 2011 and the vintage declaration that did it. I bought a case of Churchill which I hope she'll let me try on her 21st birthday. My wife and I now always have a bottle of tawny on the go. She loves it as much as I...