1989 Barao de Vilar White Colheita (bottled 2015)

[jdaw1]

Alex invoked an emergency for Tuesday 16th August 2016, at the Boot and Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1967 Cockburn (AHB);
• 1963 Cockburn (IDJ);
• 1970 Dow (CPR);
• 1989 Barão de Vilar white colheita (JDAW);
• 1960 Croft (DRT);
• 1968 Fonseca Guimaraens (THRA);
• 2012 Reserva Duas Quintas Douro (donated by Ramos Pinto);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled 2015. Modest gold colour, 10% opaque. Barley sugar nose, old and a bit oxidised with some plastic resin tones. Thick in texture, sweet and honeyed on entry with a good dose of acidity holding a nice balance - possibly even with some tannins in the mix. Lovely chewy aftertaste and a delicious long, long orange finish. A very peculiar port - revolting on the nose with a delicious palate. Served blind this was guessed to be the Casa do Douro 1963 white colheita. 88/100.

[RonnieRoots]

Served blind this was guessed to be the Casa do Douro 1963 white colheita. 88/100.

Are you sure it isn't just that?

[Andy Velebil]

Served blind this was guessed to be the Casa do Douro 1963 white colheita. 88/100.

Are you sure it isn't just that?

I've been into aged white Ports long before they were the "in" thing they are now. During those years I would always ask producers what old white Ports they had. The answer was almost always, very little to none. Then they got popular and you can guess what came next. I know the Casa do Douro had a good amount of stock of old white Ports. Hence, Why they put out their own from 1963 that you could only buy in their office in Regua. I am quite sure their stocks are not as big as they used to be..........

[RonnieRoots]

Served blind this was guessed to be the Casa do Douro 1963 white colheita. 88/100.

Are you sure it isn't just that?

I've been into aged white Ports long before they were the "in" thing they are now. During those years I would always ask producers what old white Ports they had. The answer was almost always, very little to none. Then they got popular and you can guess what came next. I know the Casa do Douro had a good amount of stock of old white Ports. Hence, Why they put out their own from 1963 that you could only buy in their office in Regua. I am quite sure their stocks are not as big as they used to be..........

Indeed, and if I recall correctly Barao de Vilar buys most (if not all) of their colheita stock from Casa do Douro...

[jdaw1]

Which, my brief TN says, was “Still lovely”.