A little port quiz
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Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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Nope - we've already had that combination of three although I confess that in my current more sober (?) state I might easily have chosen this combination of three.Derek T. wrote:34, 47 & 63?
Pull out Broadbent and see what else you can suggest.
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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Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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In what sense was 1934 a general declaration?
In what sense was 1934 a general declaration?Derek T. wrote:34
Re: In what sense was 1934 a general declaration?
In the sense that Broadbent gave it 4 stars, even though only 12 shippers declared, and AHB was p**sed when he picked the 3 repeated vintages.jdaw1 wrote:In what sense was 1934 a general declaration?Derek T. wrote:34
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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OK. You can heap the abuse on me now. I did consider 1834/1934 but instead went for the three vintage pairs of 1847/1947 (1947 being declared, but not widely), 1863/1963 (both being widely declared) and 1897/1997 (1897 being a top quality vintage but not widely declared because of the quality of the 1896 wines).
The criterion applied was simply: "A top quality vintage in both centuries".
I fully accept that if the question had been written on a communal basis with input from all on the forum, then it would have been both more robust and more accurate (and would therefore probably also have included 1834/1934 and 1900/2000).
But it wasn't. I wrote the question while I was the worse for wear but you still (almost) got the answer spot on so I can't have been too far off the mark.
Thanks for playing along ... now, where do we get a larger table for that balcony in Alan's picture?
The criterion applied was simply: "A top quality vintage in both centuries".
I fully accept that if the question had been written on a communal basis with input from all on the forum, then it would have been both more robust and more accurate (and would therefore probably also have included 1834/1934 and 1900/2000).
But it wasn't. I wrote the question while I was the worse for wear but you still (almost) got the answer spot on so I can't have been too far off the mark.
Thanks for playing along ... now, where do we get a larger table for that balcony in Alan's picture?
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.
Since the criterion was quality rather than breadth …
Since the criterion was quality rather than breadth of declaration, I’m pleased that ’75 wasn’t correct.AHB wrote:The criterion applied was simply: "A top quality vintage in both centuries".