Charme 06 is made and bottled, Batuta has not been made. For 2007 both Batuta and Charme will be made. The different components tasted darn good from cask.Frederick Blais wrote:In February when I visited Niepoort, they had no plan to bottle Charme and Batuta. In April when Dirk visited me, he said he'll probably do Charme, quantity will be less than usual but it will be good.SimonSaysDrink wrote:Granted, this probably should go under a different headliner, but the theme is relevant: Niepoort decided to forego their renowned dry wines 'Batuta' and 'Charme' bottlings for 2006 as well. Apparently quality was a bit evasive in 2006, something I detected amongst many Douro wines at ProWein a few weeks back. Shucks.
2006 Declarations
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I was thinking about this line a bit, and to me it makes a lot of sense... But rather than not jacking up the price, they should offer it particularly low. Mediocre years then become a way to introduce new drinkers to port, while collectors are likely to scoop up the bottles in volume for every-day drinking (while still leaving them with plenty of budget for the big years).Andy V wrote:2006 wasn't the best of years, so they would benefit from not jacking the price up too high for a mediocre vintage.
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I like the way the Symingtons do it. They postpone the release of a number of single quintas for 8 to 10 years and offer them then for very reasonable prices (e.g. the Dutch market now sees Warre's Cavadinha 1995 and Dow's Bomfim 1998 for 25 euro). That's the way to get people interested in buying vintage port.SushiNorth wrote:I was thinking about this line a bit, and to me it makes a lot of sense... But rather than not jacking up the price, they should offer it particularly low. Mediocre years then become a way to introduce new drinkers to port, while collectors are likely to scoop up the bottles in volume for every-day drinking (while still leaving them with plenty of budget for the big years).Andy V wrote:2006 wasn't the best of years, so they would benefit from not jacking the price up too high for a mediocre vintage.
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Re: 2006 Declarations
Message from Johnny Graham (Churchill):
"We are currently launching for laying down the 2006 Vintage [Quinta da Gricha] which won a Gold Medal at this year’s International Wine Challenge in London"
- So some good news!
Tom
"We are currently launching for laying down the 2006 Vintage [Quinta da Gricha] which won a Gold Medal at this year’s International Wine Challenge in London"
- So some good news!
Tom
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Re: 2006 Declarations
List updatedDRT wrote:
- Churchill Quinta da Gricha
- Cockburn Quinta dos Canais
- Dow's Quinta do Bomfim
- Dow's Senhora da Ribeira
- Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos
- Kopke Quinta Sao Luiz
- Quinta da Galeira from Barros
- Quinta das Lamelas
- Quinta de Roriz
- Quinta de Vale Dona Maria
- Quinta do Portal
- Quinta do Vesuvio
- Pintas
- Rozes Terras do GriFo
- Taylor Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha
- Warre's Quinta da Cavadinha
Links to other vintages:
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: 2006 Declarations
Kopke Quinta São Luiz 2006 mentioned on the web: www.gall.nl; 123wijnbestellen.nl; hetwijnkasteel.nl; divinho.nl.