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EricD

If the lid fits, use it! That's funny, I didn't even notice the lids got switched! Rocha 1983 Colheita: (bottled 2005) Nice amber color, with almonds, vanilla and cloves on the nose, along with the aroma of fresh baked bread. Fairly light mouth feel, but very, very sweet on the palate, with candied ...

EricD

My mistake. I'm very curious to try them, as I also have never had a Roriz. I will be decanting mine before I leave for class, probably around 10 or 11 am tomorrow.

EricD

Well, for that matter I have a 1995 Roriz. So I'm going to completely forget about the Messias Colheita and propose we try GC 80 and 97, Roriz 95 and 97, the 75 oddity and the pre-war oddity. How does that sound to everybody?

EricD

I just noticed I have a bit of an oddity: a Messias 1980 Colheita. Would you guys rather try the Niepoort Passadouro 95 or the Messias 80 Colheita? The Messias might fit with the 'curiousities' theme that seems to be developing here.

EricD

JohninNYC will be adopting a bottle from me. Looking at what I happened to have on hand I decided on a Niepoort Qta do Passadouro 1995 for John's contribution.

What a merry band are we!

EricD

Count me in! I've got a bottle of GC 97 i can bring.

EricD

Congratulations, Julian!

I am toasting to young Maximilian with Rocha 1983 Colheita...one I bought for the Colheitathon that never made it into the tasting!

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Count me in!!!!

EricD

Your very welcome.

EricD

1989½Â±4½ Cálem: This was a stroke of genius on JDAW's part. The blending experiment was remarkably successful. Intense, rich fruit with a long finish, sweet and fruity. A bit of subtle smokiness on the finish, and Eric T suggested watermelon. The Cálem blend was my second favorite port of the even...

EricD

1994 Cálem: Very dark indeed, but not completely opaque. Also very closed with a little dark fruit and a vaguely floral note on the nose (violets, perhaps?) Flavor strongly of molasses, fairly tannic and pungent, rich and fairly sweet with a bit of a 'roasted' finish. Eric T suggested that the flav...

EricD

1985 Cálem: Surprisingly light tawny color. upon nosing and tasting, it was quite evident that this was just a little past its prime. Still fairly decent, however, with a nose of milky caramel and yogurt. The taste was quite smooth, with no discernable tannins remaining, again I noted that it was '...

EricD

1985 Noval: The color here was fairly light, ruddy but slightly tawny. The nose was rather sweet, but it also had an interesting medicinal character that made me think of Bactine antiseptic spray. Also some light fruit and wood notes as well. I found the flavor to be quite sweet with lively fruit -...

EricD

I'm looking forward to returning to this one to see how it opens up. Again, color a translucent medium red, the nose was very closed, with hints of plummy fruit. The flavors were slightly sweeter and fuller, with hints of blueberry. In keeping with the 'vinegar' theme, if the 83 Dow reminded me of a...

EricD

1983 Dow: I preferred this to the 85 Dow. The color was a nice clear mid-tone red. I found it to be more fragrant than the 85, vaguely reminiscent of apple cider vinegar (but in a good way) with a slight woodiness to it. On the palate, milk chocolate and cherries, fairly dry and smooth, although sl...

EricD

1985 Fonseca: Color fairly dark with hints of anise and licorice on the nose, despite the TCA. There were still some nice flavors, rich fruit and some spice - cloves, which I also noted were apparent in the Fonseca 1970.

EricD

1970 Fonseca: Color a nice clear ruddy hue. The nose had a good deal of floral (rose) and spicy components to it (cloves and caraway). The spice followed through on the palate with flavors of root beer/sassafrass/sarsaparilla. A very long finish with brown sugar and just a hint of smokiness. Absolu...

EricD

I don't think I'll be able to make this one either, unfortunately.

EricD

In Rhode Island I have a random Graham oddity: cask sample of Malvedos, I think it's 1988 but I'm not sure. I will bring it when I come back from the holiday. Perhaps I could contribute that and/or adopt a bottle.

EricD

I can contribute a Warre 1977

EricD

I can make it so I'm still on for O&O.

EricD

Fonseca 1985: Darker than the 83, and also more well balanced on the nose and palate. For me, everything seemed to be nearly perfectly put together - this was an archetypal vintage port with all the right components of fruit, sweetness, and rich chocolatey character, and I couldn't detect any flaws...

EricD

Fonseca 1983: Color fairly light. Here I'm comparing it to some of the other ports of the evening - to me it bore a strong resemblance to the Graham 85 and the Nacional 85, both of which had odd candied citrus, medicinal cough syrup and children's asprin qualities on the nose. The Fonseca 83 had so...

EricD

Graham 1985: color a bit lighter than the 83. Comparing it to the 83 was like night and day - the 85 had a very powerful candied citrus, slightly medicinal nose, Dave noted mead, which I agree with. To me it seemed to more closely resemble the Nacional 85 than the Graham 83, both had very unusual s...

EricD

Graham 1983: Dark purple in color. Very nice dark, plummy nose with notes of floral perfume. On the palate, still fairly tannic, rich plummy flavor with a hint of dark roast coffee on the finish. Definitely my style of port, and my top port of the evening.

EricD

Dow 1985: Starting to lose its color but still somewhat dark, less hot on the nose than the 83, but to me a little less fruity. Out of the 83's and 85's we had this evening, the Dow pair seemed to be most similar in style. The 85 struck me as a little more tannic and closed, but it still had the sa...

EricD

Dow 1983: Very hot, dark plummy, pruney fruits on the nose. Flavor strong prunes and bitter chocolate. A substantial port. I know Dow has a reputation for dryness but I did not find this overly dry, perhaps the dryness was balanced out by the rich, strong flavors and body. One of my favorites of th...

EricD

Gould Campbell 1985: Color seemed a bit lighter than the 83, nose fairly light with a hint of cinnamon and spice, fairly sweet and light. Comparing it to the 83, I did not notice the same tropical fruity finish on the 85. Overall, a very well-balanced port, quite enjoyable.

EricD

Gould Campbell 1983: one of the darkest colored ports of the evening, still a rather deep purplish. Very well balanced on the nose, dark fruits, fairly clean and straightforward. Light mouthfeel, decent flavor with a tropical fruity/Hawaiian Punch finish. Quite pleasing.

EricD

Noval Nacional 1983: Color very pale and delicate. Very funky highly vegetal nose - I noted celery and it seemed to come and go throughout the evening. On day 2 the celery note was still present, but it was more subdued. Flavor fairly acidic, strawberry-rhubarb pie. Very odd acidic, slightly metall...

EricD

Noval Nacional 1985: color fairly pale. A rather odd, sweetly medicinal nose, like certain kinds of cough syrup with a hint of St. Joseph's Children's Asprin. Good length, which I didn't expect considering the rather light mouthfeel. Taste slightly acidic, with more hints of the children's asprin a...

EricD

Count me in! Friday works for me.

EricD

rhode island?!?! stop by vickers in new port =) 1995 Cockburn Quinta Dos Canai 29.99 1980 Ferreira 29.99 2005 Quinta Dos Quatro Ventros Douro 21.99 2004 Quinta Dos Barcelados Bairrada Red 17.99 1982 Ramos-Pinto 26.99 Ooh, those are good prices! I don't know if I will have a chance to go there, as I...

EricD

jfacciol wrote:It sounds like we are at ten. Is the Transiberian Express functioning (i.e., is Eric coming)?

I haven't seen a post from him in this thread for a while.

You bet I'm attending! I'm making a trip to Rhode Island to pick up the Nacional this weekend.

Have we set a time yet? 6 PM, I assume?

EricD

I currently have the following 83's: Dow, Cockburn & Noval Nacional.

EricD

I'm pretty sure I will be able to attend as well.

EricD

I just picked up a Dow 2001, which is filtered. As Julian suggested, we should have at least one filtered LBV for comparison, so how about I bring the Dow instead of the Fonseca and allow Dave to adopt that instead. So I would be contributing the Javali and the Castelinho, and Dave would be contribu...

EricD

Julian: A correction. The Fonseca is also unfiltered. They just started making unfiltered LBV's. Jay: FYI: As far as decanting times goes, I will have to decant mine before I leave for work in the morning, so mine will be decanted for around 9 hours. Different Dave: Did you want to adopt one of mine...

EricD

I believe all of the LBV's that people will be bringing are unfiltered. Maybe we should throw in a standard flitered LBV for comparison. I also just recently picked up a Quarles Harris 2001, which is filtered. Maybe I should add that one.

EricD

My friend Subir will be joining us for some purple sunshine too. Can I trouble someone to pitch in another bottle? Jay, is there a wine shop near you that perhaps we might be able to scour for some hidden treasures? Jeff My friend cancelled, so I can bring an extra bottle for your friend. I'm bring...

EricD

I can bring a Javali 2001 and a Castelinho 1997. If my friend Eric wishes to join he can bring a Fonseca 2001. I will speak to him today and see if he can make it.

EricD

Julian,

I think I mentioned this one to you before, but how's this for Old and Odd: Butler & Nephew 1932? I can't think of a better opportunity to open that one up!

EricD

Yes Jay, a lot of them did come from Newark and it's environs. I tend to pick up oddball LBV's out of curiousity whenever I see them. The Qta do Javali I picked up at AVEPOD in Oporto on Roy's Harvest Tour. I do not know of it's availability in the U.S. but I've never seen it for sale around here, s...

EricD

I think this could be a very interesting tasting, especially since I haven't had much of a chance to taste many older LBV's. It would also be nice to try filtered aginst unfiltered. Here are the LBV's I currently have on hand: Warre 1994 Rozes 1994 Sao Pedro 1997 Qta do Castelinho 1997 Pocas 1998 Fo...

EricD

I'm in! I can make it for the 29th!

I would most likely adopt a bottle, as it looks like we've got the lineup covered, although I could contribute a Graham or a Warre.

EricD

This was a weird one. Offley 1968 Colheita. Very murky brown color, muddy. Nose sharply acidic, like a madeira, a little burnt and smoky. There is a curious scent that I associate with some of the older colheitas like this one; I call it 'musky jungle flower'. I've never been in the jungle, so I hav...

EricD

I wasn't too keen on the Infantado 1985. My first Infantado as well. Brownish color, curious nose of strawberries and camphor. Not very sweet, minty, decent mouthfeel, spice on the finish (nutmeg?) 89 pts.

EricD

I liked the Ramos Pinto 1985 very much. Nicely purple color, nose sweet and somewhat floral. Good chocolaty flavor, rich, really quite solid. Still somewhat tannic with a bit of a caramel finish. Very good. 91 pts.

EricD

I liked the Dow 1985 just slightly more than the Taylor, making this my top port of the evening. Note to self- grab some, since I don't have any more. Very dark color, fantastic smooth fruity nose, really delightful on the palate, tobacco, 'deep fruits' (whatever that means, it was in my notes), int...

EricD

The Horror! The Horror! But hey, at least you had the opportunity to try it, right?

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