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- 12:35 Thu 16 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Fonseca
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3520
Re: 1983 Fonseca
Didn't you just buy a case of these? You must be very pleased to have secured some fine drinking for the next few months. Yes I did and I am pleased. I hope they last longer than a few months as I think they have some development ahead of them. Although this is a hunch rather than a definite thing,...
- 22:12 Wed 15 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Fonseca
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3520
1983 Fonseca
Pale in colour with a very clear meniscus, but all reds and pinks with little or no perceptible browning. The nose seems almost non-existent, a hint of spirit and dust. This port steals across the palate on satin slippers, beautifully soft and composed making a long clear arc which begins with sweet...
- 19:44 Wed 15 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 50794
Re: What have you got open this weekend?
I also still have some S. Leonardo 40-yr old leftover from a week ago. Like 1 glass left. :nirvana: So what have you been drinking all week which has kept you away from the S. Leonardo? (I can't imagine the whole bottle lasting a week otherwise, never mind one remaining glass!) Glenn is doing well,...
- 01:16 Tue 14 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 50794
Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Still probably the best port in terms of QPR I have ever owned, whatever others may say. And I am going to perform the same trick next time they have a 25% off deal on the 97 too.
- 01:11 Tue 14 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: An afternoon of rummaging
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4681
Re: An afternoon of rummaging
I liked “that pent up past”: captured the sense very well. Thank you, I often think that however much I like the taste of port and enjoy the unique intoxication of it I almost certainly wouldn't be obsessive about it if it wasn't for the decades it must endure before it finally reaches its consumma...
- 00:51 Tue 14 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: «Wood years» vs «Bottle years»
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13037
Re: «Wood years» vs «Bottle years»
This point has been much discussed in various threads on this forum, I cannot think where or I would post a link. Glenn is right that it is rather like comparing apples and oranges, and he is also right that there does not seem to be an upper limit on wood ageing. I was thinking about this question ...
- 23:36 Sun 12 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 50794
Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Tesco 94. I seem to have a mountain of it.
- 23:34 Sun 12 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: An afternoon of rummaging
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4681
An afternoon of rummaging
I spent my afternoon rearranging my port collection, moving things, tying on luggage labels, writing down where everything was. I don't like disturbing it too much but it is such a pleasant thing to do. I had been feeling a bit grumpy with a cold and I came away with a feeling of tranquility. Loaths...
- 23:08 Sun 12 Mar 2017
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
- Views: 713038
Re: Apostrophe crimes
By the way, do we have any feedback on Ms Robinson's views? (I feared another correction should I attempt the apostrophe on her first name) Mention is hereby made of the absence of punctuation at the end of the bracketed sentence. I thought I was tying my shoelaces carefully but it seems I was only...
- 21:00 Sat 11 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Krohn's LBV Port
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3189
Re: Krohn's LBV Port
I have had the standard LBV a few times. I quite liked it, their vintage 03 was very tasty and well priced. They do seem to have a particular flavour to all their ports, very sweet, Tarne mentions pecans and I think he is spot on. I think they are now owned by Taylor Fladgate so I wonder if the styl...
- 18:48 Sat 11 Mar 2017
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27945
Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
I guess this is from the perspective of someone who has plenty of port from the sixties and seventies tucked away I do have some, but not plenty, and certainly not enough :( When is it ever enough? I started buying wine with a 12 bottle rack and thought that when I filled that up it would be enough...
- 18:39 Sat 11 Mar 2017
- Forum: Selling Port
- Topic: Selling an case (12 bottles) of Vintage Fonseca 1983 Port
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5512
Re: Selling an case (12 bottles) of Vintage Fonseca 1983 Port
Now tucked away safely chez moi. Most satisfactory, with thanks to Ben and his father's excellent directions.
- 01:10 Sat 11 Mar 2017
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27945
Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
I do think the 80s decade is one of Port's weakest links. Oh dear. I guess this is from the perspective of someone who has plenty of port from the sixties and seventies tucked away, most of mine is from the eighties. Maybe it is what I am used to but I think there are a few overlooked wines from th...
- 17:02 Fri 10 Mar 2017
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27945
Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
Looks like a great evening, i have assumed a dark green shade of envy. Me too. Particularly as Jancis was present, one of my wine heroes. Probably best I wasn't there, I would have only stared in slack jawed, bumpkinish awe at her all night. As to the wines I too noted that the 83s garnered no poin...
- 20:17 Sat 04 Mar 2017
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
- Replies: 9703
- Views: 1838723
Re: One quiz at a time
OK, I'll take the bullet; violin.
- 22:06 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
- Replies: 23
- Views: 28166
Re: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
Oh here you go, a link
I was thinking that the undergraduate in the first story complained of having his Cockburn 04 drunk by the rowing club. Published in 1933 that would make it just about thirty, an 85 in todays money.
I was thinking that the undergraduate in the first story complained of having his Cockburn 04 drunk by the rowing club. Published in 1933 that would make it just about thirty, an 85 in todays money.
- 21:31 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
- Replies: 23
- Views: 28166
Re: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
For those of you who have access to the BBC iplayer there is an adaptation of the Montague Egg story about the Dow '08. Read by Nigel Planar (Planer? Planar? Who knows, but Neil is who I mean). I would post a link but I am too frail. If you type 'Dorothy L Sayers' into it, you should find it.
- 20:03 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Croft
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2144
1977 Croft
From a case which has apparently been to the Dam and back, there are notes on the others previously.
Corked. Not rated. What are the chances of that? Derek? Derek, I said what are the chances of that? D'ysee what I did there?
Corked. Not rated. What are the chances of that? Derek? Derek, I said what are the chances of that? D'ysee what I did there?
- 19:54 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Forum signatures
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6094
Re: Forum signatures
Phil's new signature seems a bit, well, you know.
- 19:48 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Ratings and scores
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4975
Re: Ratings and scores
Wow! That is some infographic you've got going there. Most pleasing. I have gone to a 100 point scale which I have not calibrated precisely but it feels like it has a bit more give in it than a straight five point scale. I do not claim it is 'better' than other scales and accept that it is preposter...
- 11:45 Fri 03 Mar 2017
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi there!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13312
Re: Hi there!
Glad you joined Dennis and welcome. None of us here are experts A little false modesty here as Alex has tasted more port than most (look out for his tasting notes if you are thinking of buying something), though he is right that there are no absolutes with port, or indeed any wines, so please chip i...
- 20:09 Wed 01 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Forum signatures
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6094
Re: Forum signatures
I too have noted this strange inconsistency, I cannot believe that a Taylor LBV would represent the highlight of a 30 minute period of Alex's port habit. Phil too was apt to have a signature which was thought provoking, however I found the last one bewildering, even after it was explained. But he ha...
- 19:58 Wed 01 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Latest buy
- Replies: 2105
- Views: 906817
Re: Latest buy
Needing to top up my port for drinking now-ish locker I have bought today a mixed dozen, one Fonseca 83, one Warre 83, two Warre 85, two Graham 80, two Graham 83 (in deference to Glenn's opinion), two Graham 85 (in deference to my own opinion), and two Croft 77. The cupboard is now looking much heal...
- 00:07 Wed 01 Mar 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Port corks with branding on the end
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13763
Re: Port corks with branding on the end
Here's one. Senhora do Convento 2009. Branded both ends 2009, with 'VINTAGE QSPA' on the side.
- 23:51 Tue 28 Feb 2017
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Replacing corks
- Replies: 41
- Views: 24654
Re: Replacing corks
Does anyone know where Phil's thread about port corks being branded on the ends is? This bottle of Senhora do Convento had a cork branded on the end with the date. Until the dog ate it.
Sorry to interrupt. Found it. Why can't you delete posts anymore?
Sorry to interrupt. Found it. Why can't you delete posts anymore?