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- 19:36 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1960 Barros
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1960 Barros
IMG_6455.jpeg Barros 1960, by the glass from the Garrafeira Nacional Conceição Vinotec machine for €26 for 50ml. Warm golden colour, 20% opaque. Dry and sour on the nose, not attractive. More pleasant on the palate with some honey flavour showing through, but dry in tone so little of the expected h...
- 16:45 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Villa Oeiras 15YO Vinho Superior
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NV Villa Oeiras 15YO Vinho Superior
Villa Oeiras Superior, 15 Years “ouro”, Carcavelhos. Pop and pour. More Arinto grape in this blend than in the younger blends. Rich golden colour, 10% opaque. A little oak on the nose (new Portuguese oak 225l barrels used on the younger wines, moved to used oak as the wines mature) blended in with b...
- 16:43 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Villa Oeiras 7YO Vinho Generoso
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NV Villa Oeiras 7YO Vinho Generoso
Carcavelhos. Aged for an average of 7 years in a mixture of Portuguese and French oak. Pale peach colour. A lovely nose of peach and apricot, sweet and honeyed. Sweet, light and gentle on the palate - a touch of honey, lots of floral perfume. The wine has enough acidity to be balanced. Honey and lim...
- 16:41 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Conde Oeiras Meio Doce
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NV Conde Oeiras Meio Doce
NV Conde de Oeiras, Meio Doce, Carcavelos - the first bottling of this wine; a blend from the vintages 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004. Bottled in 2009. Decanted to allow the wine to develop. Wonderful orange and tangerine nose with a hint of oak underneath. RS of around 110g. Sweet but well balance...
- 19:04 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1995 Quinta dos Pesos, Howards Folly
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1995 Quinta dos Pesos, Howards Folly
1995 Quinta dos Pesos by Howard’s Folly. 1995 was an outstanding vintage in Carcavelos, outperforming 1994 as the wines mature. Bottled 2023, possibly refreshed a little before bottling to make a more consistent style along with the 1991, helped by selection of the wine in barrel. 25% of the grapes ...
- 19:02 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta do Barao No1
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NV Quinta do Barao No1
NV Quinta do Barão No.1, Carcavelos. Made in the 1920-30s. Number 1 is the driest style of the wine from Quinta do Barão, a quinta which ceased production in the late 1980s. Dark orange colour, 30% opaque. Râncio nose. A little sweeter on the palate than the 1906 d’Algoa. Generous bitterness, medium...
- 18:52 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta de Cima
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NV Quinta de Cima
NV Quinta de Cima, Carcavelos. A fair amount of sediment, despite the fact the wine was decanted. Believed to be from the first half of the 1990s, but exact date(s) not known. Deep orange with a touch of green on the rim; 50% opaque. Some oxidised orange on the nose. Quite thick on the palate, sweet...
- 18:45 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide
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1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide
1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide, Carcavelos. Light and elegant appearance, looks a little turbid with some fine sediment in suspension. 20% opaque. Sharp and bright on the nose, something a little odd? Balanced on the palate, light and elegant and made in a drier style. Stunning persistent finish...
- 18:43 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 2012 Quinta da Correira
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2012 Quinta da Correira
Quinta da Correira 2012, an outstanding year in Carcavelos, giving better balance than 2011. The is the first tasting of the not-yet-released 2012 vintage, which will be bottled in 50cl format. The Correira vineyards are located a little further from the sea than most Carcavelos. The wines are trodd...
- 18:14 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 Years Plus
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NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 Years Plus
NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 years plus, Carcavelos. 10g residual sugar. The first bottle was defective with an unpleasant nose so a second bottle was opened and poured. The wine was bottled in 1991 from 3000 litres (16,200 bottles) of family stocks of the producers who ceased making wine in the 1950s...
- 18:10 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1906 Quinta d'Algoa
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1906 Quinta d'Algoa
1906 Quinta d’Algoa, Carcavelos. From the look of the label this was probably bottled in the 1920s-30s. Decanted 2 hours. A warm olive-brown colour with a green rim. The nose shows a little VA, reminiscent of Madeira or cask aged Port. Alongside the VA is a perfumed, honeyed nose. Astonishingly dry ...
- 22:11 Wed 28 Feb 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1957 Graham
- Replies: 22
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1957 Graham
IMG_6353.jpeg Graham 1957: Dark ginger in colour, 20% opaque. Spice and dust on the nose with some dried ginger root. Sweet on the palate, no fruit but full of butterscotch and ginger. The acidity provides the backbone. Long, lingering humbug aftertaste. Although there is no fruit, this is a very p...
- 13:04 Tue 27 Feb 2024
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Exhaustive list of fortified wine?
- Replies: 6
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Re: Exhaustive list of fortified wine?
Vermouth. Does anyone drink Vermouth neat? If Buckie counts do QC British wine, Thunderbird, or Scotsmac also count. Perhaps not - too far off the spirit of the thread? I had a neat Vermouth the other day - a white wine (actually Sherry) base with lots of orange and rosemary, poured over ice and se...
- 12:57 Mon 26 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4372
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Food for me please:
- no starter
- Crab, king prawn, tomato, garlic linquine - WITH NO CHILLI
I might have the pear crumble for dessert...
- no starter
- Crab, king prawn, tomato, garlic linquine - WITH NO CHILLI
I might have the pear crumble for dessert...
- 23:04 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4372
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Aha! I have just re-read the rules and I am fully compliant. I shall be bringing two bottles of fortified wines.Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:21 Fri 23 Feb 2024 Damn those rules! I had chosen the two wines I was bringing but one falls outside the rules.
Hmm…
- 14:33 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Mould under foil/on top of cork
- Replies: 5
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Re: Mould under foil/on top of cork
I believe cellar mould is a form of penicillin and is essentially the same mould as you find on the skin of a white rinded soft cheese (like Camembert or Brie). It’s harmless and can be seen in some well reputed cellars to a spectacular degree. I don’t worry about cellar mould on my bottles or corks...
- 10:21 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4372
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Damn those rules! I had chosen the two wines I was bringing but one falls outside the rules.
Hmm…
Hmm…
- 12:55 Fri 16 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 55
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Re: LBV - The Young Turks
But São João is on June 23rd and some of us might not be in the UK.
What about week commencing 27 May?
What about week commencing 27 May?
- 21:54 Mon 12 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 55
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Re: LBV - The Young Turks
I’m not crying or gnashing my teeth, but as I remarked earlier, my diary is rammed in April and May.
I can’t make any date in the week commencing 29 April.
I can’t make any date in the week commencing 29 April.
- 00:31 Mon 12 Feb 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2011 Quinta Dona Matilde
- Replies: 0
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2011 Quinta Dona Matilde
Sadly, this was really badly corked. Such a pity.
- 00:20 Thu 08 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - June 11th 2024
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3847
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
Yes please.
- 20:36 Wed 07 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 109
- Views: 35729
Re: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
Still awaiting confirmation from Tom, Tony and Pommy42.
Waiting for potential contributions from Tom and Tony.
Waiting for potential contributions from Tom and Tony.
- 15:11 Tue 06 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Quinta do Vesuvio in February 2024 - 6th Feb
- Replies: 104
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Re: Quinta do Vesuvio in February 2024 - 6th Feb
V94, V97 and V11 were all double decanted between 10.30 and 11.00.
- 10:47 Tue 06 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Quinta do Vesuvio in February 2024 - 6th Feb
- Replies: 104
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Re: Quinta do Vesuvio in February 2024 - 6th Feb
For logistical reasons, Harry and I are swapping the 1994 and 1995. I'm now bringing the 1994.
Justin and I will probably arrive around 17.00-17.30 to help set up.
Justin and I will probably arrive around 17.00-17.30 to help set up.
- 14:27 Sun 28 Jan 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Cancelled: Ɇmɇɍǥɇnȼɏ, Møn ƻ9 ɈȺn ƻØƻ4
- Replies: 6
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Re: Emergency, Mon 29 Jan 2024
I can’t make it in to London tomorrow. Sorry.