This Finest Reserve '91 (colheita) is used for private consumption at Quinta do Vesuvio. Therefore, you will never ever find it in a shop. It is non filtered. Don't know the bottle date, but I assume very recent.
Rusty brown to orange colour, a bit cloudy. Incredible nose of dried vigs, almonds, some nicely integrated oxidised tones, strong Douro-Bake and meaty aromas. The taste is everlasting and very intense and complex. Flavours of citrus, nuts, brown sugar, orange peel and bitter almonds at the end pallet. Very elegant and harmonic. The finish shows dried red fruit and coffee tones together with orange peel bitterness.
JUST WOW, this is one of the best tawny-type ports I've ever drank. Incredible, what an intensity and yet so elegant. (and a shame we only had 2 bottles for 7 people)
Due to the fact that the Symmingtons store this port at the quinta itself, it is under great influence of the hot climate. Therefore, the port shows much older and matured than it actually is. A typical example of Douro-bake!
1991 Quinta do Vesuvio Colheita
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1991 Quinta do Vesuvio Finest Reserve Colheita
Had this port Nov 2004:
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Interesting photo - if it's only for private consumption, I wonder why they've taken the trouble to prepare a special label..
.. looks like they're producing a variant of the Garrafeira - so many years in wood followed by so many years in glass - albeit in regular sized bottles.
I wonder how much they've made..?
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.. looks like they're producing a variant of the Garrafeira - so many years in wood followed by so many years in glass - albeit in regular sized bottles.
I wonder how much they've made..?
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The 1991 at least is purely for private consumption. You can see that there is no sello on the bottle that Andy took a picture of and that - as far as I understand the IVDP rules - means that the port was not registered and therefore cannot be sold or officially recognised.
That said, I would give my eye teeth to get hold of a bottle ... if anyone is heading over to Vesuvio in the near future then please let me know.
Alex
That said, I would give my eye teeth to get hold of a bottle ... if anyone is heading over to Vesuvio in the near future then please let me know.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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When I asked the Symingtons in 2005 if I could taste it, they said yes but only at Vesuvio. From what I understood, it is for private consumption and only stored at the Quinta. They had no intentions in those day to release it on the market. Just a guess that maybe in a near future if they can increase the production or quality.
I'm not convinced that the Symigtons will ever release this. Just put yourself in their shoes - how cool would it be to know that your "go to" port was something that no one else in the world could get their hands on
I really wish our host had still been around when we seen this. I am quite sure we would have been allowed the privellege of tasting it if he had
I must go back one day soon
Derek
I really wish our host had still been around when we seen this. I am quite sure we would have been allowed the privellege of tasting it if he had
I must go back one day soon
Derek
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For us mere mortals, yes - but for the Sym's?how cool would it be to know that your "go to" port was something that no one else in the world could get their hands on
- They've probably got hundreds of oddities that have never seen the light of day...
Two pipes is a lot to bottle for private consumption - I reckon they'll sell some eventually, but probably in wooden presentation boxes - and a ludicrous price tag..
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I'm not hanging around a lot on this forum, here are my 2 cents:
You can call me a lunatic if I did not try to get a bottle back home , but the Symmingtons didn't allow that, not even an empty bottle....not even just the label..... Only pics. The port is indeed not registered and what Euan McKay (export director Europe) told me, they've made the label kinda for fun
Ronnie and I were at Vesuvio in June, and saw a couple of pipes laying around in the cellar. Also different vintages than the '91, but I forgot which onces...... ) Looks like a very small production and this time we we're not allowed to taste it....
You can call me a lunatic if I did not try to get a bottle back home , but the Symmingtons didn't allow that, not even an empty bottle....not even just the label..... Only pics. The port is indeed not registered and what Euan McKay (export director Europe) told me, they've made the label kinda for fun
Ronnie and I were at Vesuvio in June, and saw a couple of pipes laying around in the cellar. Also different vintages than the '91, but I forgot which onces...... ) Looks like a very small production and this time we we're not allowed to taste it....
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