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- 21:01 Sat 28 Nov 2009
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from the great white north .... need some advice
- Replies: 5
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Re: Hello from the great white north .... need some advice
My goodness, isn't the internet a wonderful thing. Not only do I get to re-connect with my old pal KillerB, but I get to be helpful to a fellow long-suffering Ontario wine drinker. Oh, wait a minute, forgot that 'long-suffering" is no more needed in front of "Ontario wine drinker" tha...
- 20:16 Sun 25 Jan 2009
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Sat 18 Apr 2009, New York: Classic years of T, F, W
- Replies: 179
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Re: Sat 18 Apr 2009, New York: Classic years of T, F, W
Sadly, my son will still have a week of his co-op work term left so will not be available (he likes NYC though, as do we all). It seems unlikely that we could attend but one never knows - what is the deadline for putting our names in?
I've sent you a private email in any case.
I've sent you a private email in any case.
- 18:59 Fri 23 Jan 2009
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Sat 18 Apr 2009, New York: Classic years of T, F, W
- Replies: 179
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Re: Sat 18 Apr 2009, New York: Classic years of T, F, W
Ronnie just flagged this offline to me over on the WS forums (thanks Ronnie! 88) ) and my wife and I would love to attend but I doubt that we'll be able to do so due to family commitments. Still, we will immediately increase the number of lottery tickets we buy each week in the hopes of cashing in b...
- 20:18 Mon 24 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Quarles Harris
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2874
1983 Quarles Harris
These TNs are from 36 hours after opening, of which the first 12 were spent in an open decanter after which it was stoppered. Medium full bodied, medium sweet. Lots of alcohol on the nose even after so much air but not overly alcoholic in the mouth. Just the beginning of the pale rim at the edge of ...
- 20:11 Mon 24 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Gould Campbell
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2858
1983 Gould Campbell
Medium full bodied, smooth and medium sweet. Very very dark in the glass, colour right to the edge of the rim suggests it could age much more, though it seemed mature.
I tasted black cherry, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, cola, Sambuca, and sweet BBQ sauce.
I score this 91 points.
I tasted black cherry, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, cola, Sambuca, and sweet BBQ sauce.
I score this 91 points.
- 20:03 Mon 24 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Dow
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2930
Tasted over Christmas. Decanted only one hour. My notes below should be taken with the proverbial grain of salt as I had a stuffy nose, the beginning of a cold, when tasted. Drier than most vintage ports, typically Dow. I tasted currants, fig, some cherry, menthol and some smokiness. I should have d...
- 00:53 Fri 25 Jan 2008
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: date - POLL : LONDON - offline with Tsunami
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8223
- 15:45 Sun 23 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1988 Fonseca Guimaraens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4934
- 22:23 Mon 17 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1980 Smith Woodhouse
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3681
Tasted last week, from a half bottle. After a mere 3 hours in the decanter, medium body, medium sweet. Colour a little lighter than expected, though the wine was still rich and classier, more so than I recalled from my only previous bottles about 6 years ago. I tasted dark chocolate, alcohol-infused...
- 21:59 Mon 17 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1988 Fonseca Guimaraens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4934
1988 Fonseca Guimaraens
From a half bottle. Just opened and decanted a couple of hours ago. A little dusty but nicely sweet and rich, though still a bit hot. Perhaps this will dissipate which more time in the decanter? The colour goes right to the rim, suggesting that it is not fully mature, which is borne out on the tasti...
- 01:16 Sat 14 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Optimum decanting time for Warre's 1985 VP
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15560
[quote="uncle tom"]I've been working my way slowly through a Rebello Valente '70 /quote]
See my TNs for this wine here:
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See my TNs for this wine here:
viewtopic.php?t=318
- 00:43 Mon 09 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Optimum decanting time for Warre's 1985 VP
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15560
Nor a Canadian backlash, though I will say that I have had a single vintage port young, that I enjoyed, namely the 97 Sandeman Vau. for whatever reason, both times I've tried this (first about 3 or 4 years ago, then again a couple of years ago), I've enjoyed it even though it should have been WWWAAA...
- 17:43 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Campbell's Isabella Tokay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2964
- 17:35 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25478
- 17:26 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Tesco
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6993
- 17:23 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Good books on port
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29908
- 17:22 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Good books on port
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29908
- 17:17 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Identification of BOB's
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8638
- 17:16 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Optimum decanting time for Warre's 1985 VP
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15560
My experience over the past few years with anything from 77 or the 80s is that it's better the next day, even when decanted in the morning and tasted in the evening. That said, I've put a stopper in the decanter overnight, but still enjoyed those ports more the second evening that the day I decanted...
- 17:12 Sun 08 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Pick a year
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20715
- 16:23 Sun 01 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Smith Woodhouse
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3222
1983 Smith Woodhouse
Tasted from a half bottle, tragically it was much less enjoyable than when last tasted a y ear and a half ago. Medium sweet and body, I tasted honey, nougat, blueberry and candied fruit. Short finish. A good port but much less than it was when tasted above, possibly due to the fact that I'm sufferin...
- 16:07 Sun 01 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1970 Rebello Valente
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3438
1970 Rebello Valente
Very light, in colour and body, almost like a beaujolais or valpolicella - you can see right through it in the glass. Nicely pale-pink halo around the rim in the glass. Medium-sweet and quite alcoholic, even after several hours in the decanter. Raspberry, bitter orange, quince, cinnamon, with some m...
- 23:46 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Do you have to have a reason to drink good port?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18885
- 23:26 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: bman here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17266
- 23:24 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Decanting through a filter: an experiment
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10975