gardenhose wrote:I just received an email from churchill's stating that they are indeed releasing a small amount of the 2011 Quinta da Gricha, mostly in magnums, this year. Opimian secured a small batch that were bottled in 750s and sold directly to their members.
Quinta Eira Velha 2011? New to me, but obviously declared, see here. Has anyone come across this, or better, tasted it? I must admit I'm curious, knowing the quality the quinta is capable of producing.
In April 2013 I ordered some Quinta do Vale Meao 2011. Yesterday I was informed that the producer is unable to fulfill the orders from the allocation they handed out two years ago and a number of merchants are having to contact their customers to offer alternative wines or a refund. I took a refund.
Quite shoddy behaviour.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:In April 2013 I ordered some Quinta do Vale Meao 2011. Yesterday I was informed that the producer is unable to fulfill the orders from the allocation they handed out two years ago and a number of merchants are having to contact their customers to offer alternative wines or a refund. I took a refund.
Quite shoddy behaviour.
Have you thought about contacting Vale Meao directly to see what happened? Possible a story by retailer to cover their lack of ordering from their supplier correctly???
DRT wrote:In April 2013 I ordered some Quinta do Vale Meao 2011. Yesterday I was informed that the producer is unable to fulfill the orders from the allocation they handed out two years ago and a number of merchants are having to contact their customers to offer alternative wines or a refund. I took a refund.
Quite shoddy behaviour.
Have you thought about contacting Vale Meao directly to see what happened? Possible a story by retailer to cover their lack of ordering from their supplier correctly???
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Good point, Andy, but it was only a six pack so I probably won't bother doing that. It is worth noting that it was a wine merchant with an excellent reputation and they did tell me that other merchants were affected. I explained that I knew the guys at Vale Meao and they stuck to their story so I strongly suspect it's true otherwise they would have known I could have rumbled them.
I suppose it has saved me having another 6 bottles of young VP in the cellar that I'll never drink
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:In April 2013 I ordered some Quinta do Vale Meao 2011. Yesterday I was informed that the producer is unable to fulfill the orders from the allocation they handed out two years ago and a number of merchants are having to contact their customers to offer alternative wines or a refund. I took a refund.
Quite shoddy behaviour.
Have you thought about contacting Vale Meao directly to see what happened? Possible a story by retailer to cover their lack of ordering from their supplier correctly???
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Good point, Andy, but it was only a six pack so I probably won't bother doing that. It is worth noting that it was a wine merchant with an excellent reputation and they did tell me that other merchants were affected. I explained that I knew the guys at Vale Meao and they stuck to their story so I strongly suspect it's true otherwise they would have known I could have rumbled them.
I suppose it has saved me having another 6 bottles of young VP in the cellar that I'll never drink
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn