What have you got open this weekend?
- Alex Bridgeman
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What have you got open this weekend?
I did a corprorate Introduction to Port tasting for a group of lawyers and some of their clients last week and I'm sitting here trying to type up my tasting notes and finishing off the bottle of Sandeman 2011 LBV which was left unconsumed.
I just wondered what others had open at the moment - apart from Tom who is in a port desert for a few more days.
I just wondered what others had open at the moment - apart from Tom who is in a port desert for a few more days.
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: What have you got open this weekend?
A Sandeman 20YO Tawny. A classic that I am trying to employ some restraint with, even though it is so moreish.
Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Offley 77, not the best but enjoyable
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Unknown, believed Fonseca 1966. Not too shabby
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Taylor's Late Bottled Vintage 2011. Very pleasant. Try substituting Stilton with Cashel Blue, a fabulous cheese!
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Opened a San Leonardo (Mourao) 10yr last night. Very, very impressive for a 10yr, and definitely my taste in Tawny style.
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I've done a couple of these, and generally found that for people who don't know port, around 75% seem to prefer tawny over ruby (assuming mid-tier quality for both). Depending what you offered, did you get an impression of general preferences?AHB wrote:I did a corprorate Introduction to Port tasting for a group of lawyers and some of their clients last week
- Alex Bridgeman
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Tawny seemed to be the preference, the Graham 20YO over the Noval 10YO or the Waitrose Tawny Reserve. A substantial minority loved the Sandeman 2011 LBV.
But despite not being the most popular port on show, the Vargellas 1967 was the first to be finished.
But despite not being the most popular port on show, the Vargellas 1967 was the first to be finished.
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.
- Alex Bridgeman
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
And tonight I am finishing the Warre 1994 LBV that was opened for the tasting. Just the 20YO, 10YO and tawny left to go.
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.
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Seems to be a common theme. I've used an '85/'83 in place of your '67 but otherwise similar; and similarly, the VP is drunk the quickest by the minority who prefer it, usually followed by the 20yo I found.
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
I'm being cheap on the Port this weekend with a Penfold's Club Tawny, because the other bottle of sweet wine open is a Sauternes: 2001 Chateau Suduiraut.
Purple dranking cretin
Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Hardly the weekend anymore I realise, but I have a bottle of Ramos Pinto 20yo open. I'm skiing in Val d'Isere and it's the only choice from the local supermarket. Quite nice actually.
- Alex Bridgeman
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
I've just opened an unknown to be very pleasantly surprised to find the cork branded "Offley Boa Vista Vintage 1962" - a port I've never tried before. Happy days.
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: What have you got open this weekend?
Splendid. One day I hope to have the same experience with a Taylor 1977
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Such a shame you've never been able to try Taylor 1977.
(An in joke everyone. Derek once commented at a tasting that he had never had Taylor 1977 before that evening. Julian, Andy and I then proceeded to list eight previous occasions when Derek had drunk that port with us over the previous two years.)
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.
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- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Tesco 94. I seem to have a mountain of it.
- Alex Bridgeman
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
And a decent glass of port it is too.
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.
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Still probably the best port in terms of QPR I have ever owned, whatever others may say. And I am going to perform the same trick next time they have a 25% off deal on the 97 too.
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
1997 Souza VP. Not a bad $20 VP
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Yeah, that's good stuff. I think I liked mine a little more than you liked yours... probably just our usual scoring difference. As I recall I'm usually 2-3-4 points higher than you across the board.
I also still have some S. Leonardo 40-yr old leftover from a week ago. Like 1 glass left.
Glenn Elliott
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
So what have you been drinking all week which has kept you away from the S. Leonardo? (I can't imagine the whole bottle lasting a week otherwise, never mind one remaining glass!)
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Glenn is doing well, he has kept his FTLOP new years resolution to drink 2 bottles a month. Mind you if I had one glass left of a bottle it wouldn't see out the night.
And I have a bottle of recently acquired 1983 Fonseca open, and it seems in very good nick.