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- 21:20 Mon 07 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1995 Dow Bomfim
- Replies: 3
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1995 Dow's Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port
I opened this yesterday and have been sipping on it since. This is a very simple SQVP that has some pecular notes to it. From its very simple light weight palate of strawberries and light plums, fully resolved tannins, and short finish. The one thing that I keep coming back to though, is the palate ...
- 00:21 Sun 06 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1982 Quinta do Noval
- Replies: 9
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- 23:54 Sat 05 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1982 Quinta do Noval
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6071
Derek, I almost got one at auction recently but the bidding when a few $$ to high than what I would pay. What would you score it or what would be the most you would pay to buy a bottle again. I ask so I'll have an idea the next time I run across it. BTW, I'm not on any diet and will be drinking good...
- 23:47 Sat 05 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2007 - will it be a Vintage year?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 26491
- 05:01 Sat 05 Jan 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: The BIG Detox!!!
- Replies: 126
- Views: 44346
Derek, I'll drink it all, sharing it with friends that will also enjoy it, raise a toast to you in your honor every time, and tell old war-stories about our crazy adventures in Portugal while consuming said Ports. Of course I'll be older then and can embellish the stories all I want...after all you ...
- 14:22 Fri 04 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1940 Quarles Harris Colheita (bottled 1981)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17856
- 04:57 Fri 04 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1940 Quarles Harris Colheita (bottled 1981)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17856
To this day I have not seen a bottle of Colheita on a shelf in a wine store in the UK. No one apart from geeks like us have ever heard of it here and back in the 80's it probably sounded a bit too foreign to be a good marketing description Derek WOW :shock: you guys really don't get Colheita's over...
- 04:55 Fri 04 Jan 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Question...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2968
- 14:04 Thu 03 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1940 Quarles Harris Colheita (bottled 1981)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17856
- 06:02 Thu 03 Jan 2008
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: Cigars and Port.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16689
- 04:28 Thu 03 Jan 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: The BIG Detox!!!
- Replies: 126
- Views: 44346
- 04:27 Thu 03 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1940 Quarles Harris Colheita (bottled 1981)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17856
I'd also hedge my bet that this was a Colheita. To my knowledge Niepoort was and still is the only one to still do a true Garrafeira since the very early 1900's. Some producers are also of the mind set that all wood aged Ports are best consumed closest to the date of bottling. So that would account ...
- 15:00 Wed 02 Jan 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: In focus - a shipper for 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6451
- 15:14 Mon 31 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2007 - will it be a Vintage year?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 26491
Well this is a producer that has reestablished the property in recent years and is looking to make a top notch product since they know putting out a bad product will only hurt them, not help them, at this stage. Their property also sits on the north side of the Douro River, but over the hill, so the...
- 21:08 Sun 30 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2007 - will it be a Vintage year?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 26491
- 23:51 Sat 29 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: E Bay. 1900 Niepoort Colheita.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2287
- 16:20 Mon 24 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1997 Sandeman Vau
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4581
A solid Port and one have had several times over the years. It was always a very good value and drank really well young as the tannins and acidity were not as harsh, of course that is what it was designed for. I agree that it has seemed to hit a slight closed down phase, although a little later than...
- 13:56 Thu 20 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11694
- 15:15 Wed 19 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Laying down a Barrel of Port for your children. Question?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9463
Pipa's are topped off to keep them full. Evaporation rates vary depending on the humidity, temp, and how well sealed the barrel is. The less that is in the barrel means there is more surface area exposed to oxygen. So its would be like decanting your port and drinking it over months and months (to u...
- 14:44 Wed 19 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Laying down a Barrel of Port for your children. Question?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9463
- 14:37 Wed 19 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Can someone please explain Crusted Port..different to LBV ?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24116
- 02:35 Wed 19 Dec 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: 7,500 Posts in less than 6 months!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17270
- 15:12 Mon 17 Dec 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Ports Drunk in 2007
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3492
I typically have about 1-2 bottles a week, unless there is an offline or friends over, where many more are opened. Add in the 200+ TN's from the Harvest Tour this year, and there must be well over 300 TN's I've written this year :shock: Really adds up quick...when i get time I'll try and do an actua...
- 04:43 Sun 16 Dec 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: The Port Forum Christmas Offline 2007
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15450
- 20:36 Fri 14 Dec 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: The Port Forum Christmas Offline 2007
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15450