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Hi, I have a '91 (courtesy of Tony) and would love to join. I presume this an online tasting?

Mine just arrived too! Thanks Alex... cannot wait for the speculations on Tuesday.

Yes please, I will send my details shortly.

95% opaque with garnet rim showing its evolution in the bottle. I tried this upon decanting at 12 noon (had fine sediment) and it was very closed, however when I tried it in the evning at our TPF virtual tasting it opened up marvellously. Pronounced intensity aromas and flavours of cranberry, redcur...

Yes please! I have a Warre's LBV laying around, I think it's '07 but will double check. Ty

Done

Nice thread :) this week we finished off a delicious 2014 Atlante Italian Cab.Franc from Umbria, a 2011 chateau laffitte laujac (medoc), a dolcetto d'alba Burlotto, a ferrari blanc de blancs from Trentodoc to celebrate my house mate's getting the keys to his newly bought house. Planning to have a ta...

Yes please Tony, will try and find a bottle but if not I would like to adopt. Thank you

Yes please!

Yes please, will need to adopt though. Many thanks!

Please count me in, but will need to adopt. Thank you!

Hi Tony, I like their ports too. Can I be added to the list please but I can only attend if the tasting takes place after May 2020- thank you!

Thanks Rich

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12:30 Mon 02 Dec 2019

Sounds good! Is it under the main Interpreting Wine podcast or should be be looking for a separate podcast?

Under the main podcast. I hope you enjoy!

Hi everyone, a few months ago Lawrence Francis from Interpreting Wine invited me to talk about port. This talk led to the genesis of a mini port series that goes live this Monday 2nd December. The two first episodes feat Francis and I discussing the various styles of port and tasting the samples. On...

Dia - Simon's vacated seat is yours, if you can make it. If you can, please say so here within a week. Thanks, Alex Hi Alex, sadly I'll have to miss this ever so indulging gathering. Being right at the end of our very busy Christmas period it will be all hands to the pumps... I really appreciate yo...

Hello, may I be added to the reserve list please? This is a day before my 40th birthday and would love to celebrate in port style!!!

So, from other threads and fellow tasters at TPF it seems this port used to be called Quinta do Vallado Adelaide, however it is recently just called Quinta do Vallado as the term Adelaide is now used for the company's dry wines to avoid confusion, so I'll add my notes here. Beautiful deep aromatic n...

Not as intense as other ports from the vintage but is this a bad thing? Raspberries and violets, I found the alcoholic nose interfered with the bouquet. Finishes medium, so for me 15/20

Spice and black fruit, coffee beans and pepper, with medicinal notes and big, grippy tannins. Finishes medium+ and hence did not score this higher. 16/20

Very fruit driven with reed cherry, boiled cherry sweets, confectionery and sweet spice. Finishes long and it is a good port, perhaps for earlier drinking as this is a lighter style, seems to lack certain depth of flavour. 16/20

Deep purple colour, forest fruit, blackberry and black cherry, blueberry and blossom, cinnamon and mint. Lovely balance between the acid, well-integrated tannins and sweetness. The 2017 Fonseca displays a mouthwatering long peppery and spicy finish. 18/20

Black cherry and pronounced spices. Interesting aromas of fresh coffee beans and smoke. I found some vegetal character there (not offensive but rather strange). On the palate it's big on tannins. Although it has some interesting aromatic characteristics, I felt the alcohol is somewhat unbalanced. Th...

The 2017 Stone Terraces is fresh and exceptionally aromatic.What a powerhouse of a port! Great depth of aromatics with blueberry compote, black forest fruit, black and red cherry, rock rose and violets, eucalyptus and graphite. This concentration is apparent on the palate too, the tannins are robust...