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2011 Declarations

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This post will list those known to have declared 2011, with links to the announcements. "Cases" means 9l cases.

  • ‘Douro Boys’ (40 cases in magnums only);
  • Wiese & Krohn:
    • Krohn;
    • Krohn Retiro Novo;
  • Niepoort:
    • Niepoort (1,650 cases);
    • Niepoort Bioma;
    • Broadbent (170 cases);
    • Morgadio de Calçada Vintage Porto (Dirk Niepoort);
  • Quinta do Noval:
    • Quinta do Noval (2,200 cases);
    • Quinta do Noval Nacional (230 cases);
  • Real Companhia Velha:
    • Delaforce (500 cases, produced on contract by Taylor Fladgate Partnership);
    • Royal Oporto (1,500 cases);
    • Real Companhia Velha (4,500 cases);
    • Quinta das Carvalhas (500 cases);
  • Rozès:
    • Rozès;
    • Rozès Quinta do Grifo;
    • Rozès Quinta do Pego;
  • Sogevinus:
    • Barros;
    • Burmester;
    • Cálem;
    • Kopke;
    • Rocha;
  • Sogrape (PT):
    • Ferreira;
    • Offley;
    • Sandeman;
    • Sandeman Vau (500 cases);
  • Symington Family Estates:
  • Taylor-Fladgate Partnership:
  • Rui Roboredo Madeira:
  • Vinko Companhia de Vinhos:
    • Feuerheerd;
    • Quinta Dona Matilde;
    • Maynard;
    • Barão de Vilar;
  • Churchill Graham:
    • Churchill (3,000 cases);
    • Churchill Quinta da Gricha;
  • Alves de Sousa;
  • J. H. Andresen;
  • Bulas;
  • Casal dos Jordoes (correctly Jordões) - seen in a wine shop in Vila Nova de Gaia in June 2017
  • Castello d'Alba (from Rui Roboredo Madeira Vinhos SA, seen in a wine shop in Porto)
  • Dalva;
  • Duorum;
  • DR (Agri-Roncão Vinicola Lda) (125 cases);
  • Fafide (from Rui Roboredo Madeira Vinhos SA, seen on the website of Rui Roboredo)
  • Gran Cruz;
  • Heritage Porto & Douro (their first independent vintage)
  • Messias;
  • Miguel's
  • Passadouro;
  • Pintas;
  • Poças;
  • Portal;
  • Presidential;
  • Quevedo (320 cases);
  • Quinta da Prelada;
  • Quinta da Romaneira (7,000 cases);
  • Quinta da Senhora do Convento;
  • Quinta de Eira Velha;
  • Quinta de la Rosa (833 cases);
  • Quinta de Val da Figueira;
  • Quinta do Crasto;
  • Quinta do Infantado;
  • Quinta do Sagrado (225 cases);
  • Quinta do Tedo;
  • Quinta do Tedo Savedra;
  • Quinta do Vale do Meão
  • Quinta do Vallado Adelaide;
  • Quinta de Valle Longo;
  • Quinta Seara d’Ordens;
  • Quinta Vale Dona Maria;
  • Ramos Pinto;
  • Sequeirinha (brand name of the Sequeira family port firm);
  • Vieira de Sousa;
  • Vista Alegre
Links to other vintages:
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

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Quevedo is announcing, email from Oscar to me.
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g-man wrote:Quevedo is announcing, email from Oscar to me.
Please post the text of the announcement here, if Oscar is happy for you to do so.
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AHB wrote:
g-man wrote:Quevedo is announcing, email from Oscar to me.
Please post the text of the announcement here, if Oscar is happy for you to do so.
sorry text of announcement came with a private transaction i can't post =(
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Not yet on QuevedoPortWine.com. And Sogrape emailed an announcement in English, but on the website it is in only Portuguese. Sigh.
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g-man wrote:
AHB wrote:
g-man wrote:Quevedo is announcing, email from Oscar to me.
Please post the text of the announcement here, if Oscar is happy for you to do so.
sorry text of announcement came with a private transaction i can't post =(
Or you could ask Oscar permission?
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He's declaring baby, and my sources tell me that juice is divine!

I'm going to look to visit in late April -- if fourmites are able to get 'special dispensation'
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DRT wrote:
g-man wrote:
AHB wrote:
g-man wrote:Quevedo is announcing, email from Oscar to me.
Please post the text of the announcement here, if Oscar is happy for you to do so.
sorry text of announcement came with a private transaction i can't post =(
Or you could ask Oscar permission?
Sorry, i need to clarify that it's my private transaction and due to certain alcohol laws, I have to keep it private, but I'll tell ask Oscar to post directly that he's declaring =)
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g-man wrote:Sorry, i need to clarify that it's my private transaction and due to certain alcohol laws, I have to keep it private, but I'll tell ask Oscar to post directly that he's declaring =)
There is no need to mention your private transaction. But now that you have done so it is difficult to keep it secret.
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DRT wrote:
g-man wrote:Sorry, i need to clarify that it's my private transaction and due to certain alcohol laws, I have to keep it private, but I'll tell ask Oscar to post directly that he's declaring =)
There is no need to mention your private transaction. But now that you have done so it is difficult to keep it secret.
or i can keep you guys in suspense!
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I've tried uploading the Sogrape announcement. But I can't upload a PDF file, I've tried it as a TIFF (and compressed TIFF) and a PNG file but it's still too big. If someone can explain to me how to reduce post it I will (and instructions need to be for an iMac).
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Quinta do Pego has joint
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Information from the Danish Importer
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Niepoort
Niepoort Bioma
Calem
Kopke
Barros
Burmester
Krohn
Passadouro
Pintas

Have tasted approved samples at ProWein

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The Big Fortified Tasting will be showing samples of the following:
  • Pintas
  • Ferreira
  • Offley
  • Sandeman "Classic Vintage"
  • Churchill
  • Niepoort
  • Bioma Vinha Velha
  • Graham's
  • Graham's "Stone Terraces Vintage Port"
  • Dow
  • Warre
  • Vesuvio
  • Vesuvio Capella
  • Cockburn
  • Smith Woodhouse; and
  • Ramos Pinto
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

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AHB wrote:The Big Fortified Tasting will be showing samples of the following:
  • Vesuvio Capella
I wondered whether this was a re-brand or a mistake in the BFT catalogue!
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Another thread perhaps but tasting notes would be much appreciated.
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AHB wrote:The Big Fortified Tasting will be showing samples of the following:
!
  • Graham's "Stone Terraces Vintage Port"
:shock:

Does anyone know what this is?
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DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:The Big Fortified Tasting will be showing samples of the following:
!
  • Graham's "Stone Terraces Vintage Port"
:shock:

Does anyone know what this is?
≈ Graham Nacional ≈ Graham Capela ≈ Graham Vinha Velha?
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My guess: a new "super-cuvee" from the vines around the terraces referred to in this description of Quinta dos Malvedos on TheVintagePortSite?
[url=http://www.thevintageportsite.com/view.php?id=14450]here[/url], TheVintagePortsite wrote:The house at Malvedos has one of the finest locations of all Douro quintas, with a breath-taking view of the Douro from the tranquility of the veranda. Just to the east of the house are the famous Port Arthur stone walled terraces, so called as their shape was reminiscent of a heavily fortified city of that name which was in the news in the years just after the quinta was acquired. They are among the most striking and best preserved in the Douro, with beautiful integral stairways; superb examples of the stone mason's art.
Edit: also a reference here to the "Port Arthur" vineyard producing some of the best TN at the Quinta, although it seems like a single varietal block so not sure my guess is correct...BUT reference here to the separate vinification of 2010 "Port Arthur" grapes with "parcel 37", so perhaps 2011 was the next iteration of this experiment?
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DRT wrote:Does anyone know what this is?
jdaw1 wrote:≈ Graham Nacional ≈ Graham Capela ≈ Graham Vinha Velha?
RAYC wrote:My guess: a new "super-cuvee" from the vines around the terraces
We aren’t disagreeing.
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I'm not surprised the Symingtons are producing a 'super' Graham - it fits with their recent agenda of promoting Graham as their senior brand.

I just hope the regular Graham is not lacking as a result..
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RAYC wrote: Edit: also a reference here to the "Port Arthur" vineyard producing some of the best TN at the Quinta, although it seems like a single varietal block so not sure my guess is correct...BUT reference here to the separate vinification of 2010 "Port Arthur" grapes with "parcel 37", so perhaps 2011 was the next iteration of this experiment?
A further tid-bit from the Fells site on the 2011 harvest...
Charles is particularly pleased with the quality and flavour of the Touriga Nacional from Port Arthur, and from the north facing parcel 37 just behind the house; it looks as if those will be vinified together again this year.
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RAYC wrote:
[url=http://www.thevintageportsite.com/view.php?id=14450]here[/url], TheVintagePortsite wrote:The house at Malvedos has one of the finest locations of all Douro quintas, with a breath-taking view of the Douro from the tranquility of the veranda. Just to the east of the house are the famous Port Arthur stone walled terraces, so called as their shape was reminiscent of a heavily fortified city of that name which was in the news in the years just after the quinta was acquired. They are among the most striking and best preserved in the Douro, with beautiful integral stairways; superb examples of the stone mason's art.
Presumably the Port Arthur being besieged, rather than the convict colony in Tasmania.
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Churchill wrote:2011 has the makings of a phenomenal Port Vintage. In all my 39 vintages I have never encountered young Ports with such colour, structure and intensity. These Ports are head and shoulders above anything I have ever seen at this stage.
Fact or salesmanship?

The website’s list of Churchill vintages ends at 2007 (1991, ’94, ’97, 2000, ’03, ’07). Sigh. So many websites are done in a fit of high-budget enthusiasm, then allowed to go stale.
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