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NV Graham Finest Reserve
Posted: 19:27 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
Mystery port, being drunk as an annexe to the
Wokingham emergency.
Red-red-orange, 30% opaque. Colour slightly tawny. Nose like taste: light weight, Mid-sweetness, smooth, very drinkable. Perhaps a faint hint of orange. Also sweet grape. No red fruit at all: no berries, no plums.
SCP-DFF thought it hot, but for me pleasantly so, at the edge of the tongue.
Re: Mystery Port, to be identified later
Posted: 21:21 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by DRT
Borges 1963?
Re: Mystery Port, to be identified later
Posted: 21:54 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:Borges 1963?
Oh no, That was far whiter, very very sweet, and not this at all.
Re: Mystery Port, to be identified later
Posted: 23:04 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by DRT
As Rolf Harris often asks: can you tell what it is yet?
Re: Mystery Port, to be identified later
Posted: 23:07 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
W. & J. Graham’s Port, Finest Reserve.
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:13 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by DRT
That's almost exactly the same as drinking Quinta do Noval 1955 and Graham's 1963.
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:16 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
Was that your "Unknown Shipper" or your "Peculiar Friend"?
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:21 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
Both colour and taste show some wood ageing, which isn’t my taste. But it is well-made port that is a pleasure to drink. I’m impressed.
€12ish from Monoprix.
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:27 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by DRT
Does the back label read anything like the
Graham's Reserve I had three years ago?
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:41 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
The back label wrote:Graham’s is owned by the Symington family, Port producers for over 100 years and through 4 generations, and whose ancestor made one of the first shipments of Port in 1652, more than three centuries ago. Seven members of the family manage all aspects of the winemaking from the vineyards to bottling.
Graham's est la propriété de la famille Symington, producteurs de Porto depuis plus de 100 ans à travers 4 générations, dont l'ancêtre effectua l'une des premières expéditions de Porto en 1652, il y a plus de trois siècles. Sept membres de la famille gèrent tous les aspects de la fabrication du vin, des vignobles a la mise en bouteille.
A Graham's é detida pela famÃlia Symington, produtores de Vinho do Porto há mais de 100 anos e ao longo de 4 gerações, cujos antepassados foram dos primeiros exportadores de Vinho de Porto, em 1652, há mais de três séculos. Sete membros da famÃlia gerem todos os aspectos da vinificação, das vinhas até ao engarrafamento.
Yes, curly-quote in English; straight in French and Portuguese.
Re: Graham Reserve Ruby
Posted: 23:50 Sun 19 Dec 2010
by jdaw1
Back label, text as in previous post.