What have you got open this weekend?
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
I have opened a Quevedo 40yr this evening. It is both good and bad in that it seems to be emptying itself rather quickly
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Well it wasn't 1 glass for the whole week!
The BBQ people at last week's class were more interested in drinking beer while talking about Port, so most of the bottle remained after the class. I drank it down to about 1 glass left over the week. (I rarely have more than a single glass of Port on any given night.) I was also still working on the remainder of a 1995 Porto Souza that I'd opened the week before that.
My New Year's Port Resolution is proving challenging... but that's the point isn't it? I realize it's a trivial challenge for most of you, but it seems that I buy far (far) more often than I drink. So I resolved to open at least 2 bottles of Port from my cellar every month. So far, so good! (I drink more than 2 bottles on month on average, but often buy an LBV or 20-yr old rather than opening something from my cellar.)
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Since it was my wife's birthday last week (turning 40) I opened the following bottles as a small port tasting for our wine- and portliking friends & family:
- Quevedo 40 yo Tawny (2012 bottling);
- Dalva 1977 Colheita (bottled 2014);
- Warre 1977 Vintage Port;
All showed very well, and it was an excellent experience to taste these all in one tasting.
- Quevedo 40 yo Tawny (2012 bottling);
- Dalva 1977 Colheita (bottled 2014);
- Warre 1977 Vintage Port;
All showed very well, and it was an excellent experience to taste these all in one tasting.
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Lovely line up and a good year to be born!gerwin.degraaf wrote: ↑21:13 Thu 16 Mar 2017 Since it was my wife's birthday last week (turning 40) I opened the following bottles as a small port tasting for our wine- and portliking friends & family:
- Quevedo 40 yo Tawny (2012 bottling);
- Dalva 1977 Colheita (bottled 2014);
- Warre 1977 Vintage Port;
All showed very well, and it was an excellent experience to taste these all in one tasting.
Does anyone know if there is an importer for Quevedo wines in the UK? There doesn't seem to be a retailer for the 40yo listed on wine searcher in the UK.
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
I don't think they have an importer, though they do sell into the UK to at least a small number of specialists; perhaps directly. The 40yr (bottled 2012) however is unlikely to be available, as there was only limited quantity and I believe is now only sold at the Quevedo lodge (at least by the glass; it used to be available by the bottle there, but depending on the level of stock remaining that may/not be the case still). The back label of the Q40yr even says:
Kudos for the appreciative nod to the prior generation and history of the wine, which I very much enjoy (though only rarely as I have so little and can't find more to buy).This is the legacy we received from our grandparents, which we finally decided to share with our friends. Enjoy it in moderation as there is very little remaining.
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If you join Naked Wines (now owned by Majestic), you can get quevedo's LBV and a 10yo Tawny. There is also some of his table wine normally available and occasionally a 20yo Tawny. I don't believe they have sold VP though.
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This weekend - 1974 Barros Colheita and a 1967 Taylors Single Harvest. The latter was rather kindly given to me as an early birthday gift by the importer.
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Cálem Vintage Port 1985.
Decanted 13 hours, beautiful port. 90+
Decanted 13 hours, beautiful port. 90+
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I fell off the wagon this weekend and opened a bottle of non-Port - a beautiful bottle of Hermitage La Chapelle from Jaboulet Ainé which I found as a bin end when rummaging around at the Wine Society warehouse. Tasting note has been posted and the last sip from the glass has been sipped. **sniff**
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow when I'll open a bottle of port.
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow when I'll open a bottle of port.
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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1991 Vargellas. It's lovely.
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Maynards 20 year old tawny (Aldi) drinking nicely but no fear of me crossing over to the brown side!
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Sounds awful. I'm stuck here with this Irish bottled Cockburn 55 with fancy writing on the bottle wondering where it came from - but it's lovely, and I'm glad Julian brought it along
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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What a good idea. I must do that next year.
But true to my statement, I was back on Port on Sunday and opened a bottle of Quarles Harris 2008 LBV. Very young and punchy.
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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Justin K wrote: ↑Maynards 20 year old tawny (Aldi)
Sounds awful. I'm stuck here with this Irish bottled Cockburn 55 with fancy writing on the bottle wondering where it came from - but it's lovely, and I'm glad Julian brought it along
Derek,
Still haven't worked out how to refer to other comments!
Glad you both enjoyed it, Jonny Mitchell told me that they always worried about that bottling seeing as it coincided with that awful hepatitis a outbreak the company experienced in '57
Sounds awful. I'm stuck here with this Irish bottled Cockburn 55 with fancy writing on the bottle wondering where it came from - but it's lovely, and I'm glad Julian brought it along
Derek,
Still haven't worked out how to refer to other comments!
Glad you both enjoyed it, Jonny Mitchell told me that they always worried about that bottling seeing as it coincided with that awful hepatitis a outbreak the company experienced in '57
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Justin K wrote: ↑15:49 Mon 03 Apr 2017 Justin K wrote: ↑Maynards 20 year old tawny (Aldi)
Sounds awful. I'm stuck here with this Irish bottled Cockburn 55 with fancy writing on the bottle wondering where it came from - but it's lovely, and I'm glad Julian brought it along
Derek,
Still haven't worked out how to refer to other comments!
Glad you both enjoyed it, Jonny Mitchell told me that they always worried about that bottling seeing as it coincided with that awful hepatitis a outbreak the company experienced in '57
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: What have you got open this weekend?
Finishing up a bottle of 2003 Warre's LBV Port that's been opened for a few days. Damn good stuff, and easily as good as a few of the vintage Ports I've had before.
Purple dranking cretin
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I'm also in "finishing off" mode now I'm back home. I have a Tesco Tawny, Cockburn Special Reserve, Tesco 2011 LBV and a Sandeman 20yo tawny. All are leftovers from an introductory port seminar I presented on Wednesday. The Dow 1977 I opened was unaffected by TCA and was the overall winner of WotN, but not by all!
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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Last couple of weeks have seen me drinking a couple of light-coloured bottles from previous auction houses; the first was (a) a Ferreira '60; too light (and much lighter than other bottles bought in the same batch); still drinkable, but nothing special, and not what it should have been; and (b) a Warre '60 which was also light, and not worth drinking. So tonight I opened a nice looking Warre '77, which is lovely, and as a consequence is mostly gone
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A '76 Krohn's Colheita has been opened for a few days, and now an '86 Graham's Malvedos joined it in the fridge.
Suffice it to say it doesn't suck to be drinking Port at my house this week.
Suffice it to say it doesn't suck to be drinking Port at my house this week.
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Malvedos 99
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A GC83 and a T70 which has sprung a leak.
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I opened a bottle of Vargellas 1986 yesterday, having been inspired by a splendid bottle of Malvedos 1986 that Ben opened earlier in the week. The Vargellas had what I thought was a spauled cork but turns out it was probably heat damaged. However, the good news is that despite the port being a lovely shade of orange and heavily oxidised, it is rather tasty and comes across just like a 30 year old tawny.
And to think I nearly threw it away!
And to think I nearly threw it away!
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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Now I've got an '88 Graham's Malvedos open. Doesn't play in the same league as the '86, but still enjoyable.
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