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jdaw1
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by jdaw1 » 12:12 Thu 18 Aug 2016
Alex invoked an emergency for Tuesday 16th August 2016, at the
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AHB
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by AHB » 22:02 Sat 27 Aug 2016
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.
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RonnieRoots
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by RonnieRoots » 02:45 Fri 02 Sep 2016
AHB wrote:Served blind this was guessed to be the Casa do Douro 1963 white colheita. 88/100.
Are you sure it isn't just that?
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Andy Velebil
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by Andy Velebil » 02:53 Sat 03 Sep 2016
RonnieRoots wrote:AHB wrote: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..........
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RonnieRoots
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by RonnieRoots » 01:19 Sun 04 Sep 2016
Andy Velebil wrote:RonnieRoots wrote:AHB wrote: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...
