1897 Stoker Port

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g-man
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1897 Stoker Port

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Found this at an odd lot for unknown shippers.

Searching on google, this apparently is an Irish shipper that no longer exists.

A deep brooding red that seems to offer no reflection in it's depths. It appears undying for a wine of it's age.

Notes of drawn blood, with a dusty mouthfeel like something fell out of the back of a Szekley Van. The Hellish red fruit Sings with a glorious rich thick irony profile giving to a curious MinerAl profile.

100 pts.
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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Sounds a bit dead to me.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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DRT wrote:Sounds a bit dead to me.
I disagree. It sounds as though this will just live on forever unless someone deliberately destroys it.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:Sounds a bit dead to me.
I disagree. It sounds as though this will just live on forever unless someone deliberately destroys it.
Perhaps Irish shippers are the silver bullet the Port trade need?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:Sounds a bit dead to me.
I disagree. It sounds as though this will just live on forever unless someone deliberately destroys it.
Perhaps Irish shippers are the silver bullet the Port trade need?
I'd stake my life on it.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I think it would be a grave error to carry this on much longer.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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DRT wrote:I think it would be a grave error to carry this on much longer.
You're right. I'm coughin' too much to type any more.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:Sounds a bit dead to me.
I disagree. It sounds as though this will just live on forever unless someone deliberately destroys it.
Perhaps Irish shippers are the silver bullet the Port trade need?
AJS states that Irish claret was very highly regarded in the 19th Century, before regulation and fakery sucked the life out of the domestic-bottling industry...
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AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:I think it would be a grave error to carry this on much longer.
You're right. I'm coughin' too much to type any more.
OK - let's call it a day before the light comes up.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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Perhaps time for a musical interlude? Can I suggest Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: 1897 Stoker Port

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AHB wrote:Perhaps time for a musical interlude? Can I suggest Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell?
Or Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead, a piece a mere 10 years younger than this Port...
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