NY- Possible tasting suggestion

[g-man]

Was discussing over the last meeting that we should do a "We really need to try that bottle" tasting and a couple of bottles were mentioned.

Fonseca 1960
Croft 1945
Any Noval Nacionale (from previous offline)

which looks to be a pretty good tasting.

Any of you NY guys up for it?

[Chris Doty]

I like the initiative, G-Man.

In general, please put me down for any VP tasting to be held on the island of Manhattan (south of 96th street), starting after 6:30pm, with at least two weeks of prior notice.

In this particular case, I am happy to participate, though I must confess that my experiences with Fonseca 1960 and the Noval Nacional have left me wondering what the fuss is about.

The F60 I've had only twice (Tom's birthday offline at the Bowler, and at the Fonseca/Guimaraens tasting) and neither really distinguished itself as being worthy of particular admiration or respect, IMHO.

Similarly, while I do believe the NN has a distinct flavor profile (in particular a certain grainy chewiness, to my palate), I've not yet found an example that warrants anything near the prices these bottles command (having tried the 60, 63, 64, 67, 94, 97, 00 and 03).

Personally, one lesson I've learned through TPF is that a defining characteristic of vintage port is that some of the very best examples ever made are readily available in the market place, and at relatively *eep!* affordable prices (70s, F85, V94, etc) so my own preference would be something more like an 80/83/87 diagonal tasting, but I'm sure we'll have plenty of time for that down the road!

[g-man]

Well, I can certainly put my wishlist down as wanting to try the
noval 1931
and dow 1908

[jdaw1]

I would really like to try Cockburn 1900 and Dow 1878 (in excellent condition, so probably from double-magnum).

[SushiNorth]

Similarly, while I do believe the NN has a distinct flavor profile (in particular a certain grainy chewiness, to my palate), I've not yet found an example that warrants anything near the prices these bottles command (having tried the 60, 63, 64, 67, 94, 97, 00 and 03).

We also had the 83 and 85, found both were celeried.