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by rich_n
21:41 Thu 16 Jan 2025
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025
Replies: 54
Views: 10104

Re: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025

BRPetrie wrote: 14:28 Sun 12 Jan 2025 Hello - may I please go on reserves for this. I have Graham in 75cl.
That would make for a rather interesting comparison!
by rich_n
23:23 Tue 07 Jan 2025
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025
Replies: 54
Views: 10104

Re: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025

Graham halves have been successfully liberated and are now resting in Bristol.
by rich_n
23:22 Tue 07 Jan 2025
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Vargellas Tasting, Date TBC in 2025
Replies: 38
Views: 25225

Re: Vargellas Tasting, Date TBC in 2025

I might be about to make this, please can I be added to (I assume) the waitlist.
by rich_n
10:13 Fri 03 Jan 2025
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: A short goodbye.
Replies: 19
Views: 2715

Re: A short goodbye.

Very sad news indeed, fingers crossed you're able to spend plenty of time with family and friends, and to enjoy some good indulgences. I'll raise a glass to you next time I'm enjoying some good port.
by rich_n
23:50 Sun 15 Dec 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thursday 27th March 2025 - Virtual Tasting
Replies: 23
Views: 3179

Re: Thursday 27th March 2025 - Virtual Tasting

Yes please, I have LBVs that fit the bill and need drinking!
by rich_n
19:32 Wed 20 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thursday 5th December - Online/Virtual Tasting
Replies: 39
Views: 7531

Re: Thursday 5th December - Online/Virtual Tasting

nac wrote:
rich_n wrote: 15:21 Wed 20 Nov 2024 I could be interested but my time machine isn't quite perfected yet. Could the 5th December be a more reasonable date?
Aah, yes. I'll fix that...
Excellent, please count me in.
by rich_n
15:21 Wed 20 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thursday 5th December - Online/Virtual Tasting
Replies: 39
Views: 7531

Re: Thursday 5th November - Online/Virtual Tasting

I could be interested but my time machine isn't quite perfected yet. Could the 5th December be a more reasonable date?
by rich_n
22:54 Mon 18 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

Thanks Martin for organising and setting a theme that was definitely not mostly ignored. It was a fun evening and I am looking forward to a snooze on the way back to Bristol. Fwiw the 2005 S-W Madalena was given about 6 hours in decanter before being re-bottled and stoppered yesterday. I might searc...
by rich_n
20:33 Sun 17 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

mcoulson wrote:
rich_n wrote: 19:42 Sun 17 Nov 2024 I should be able to get to the B&F around 5 to help set up. Please let me know if this is too early otherwise I'll aim for that.
That's great ... I'll be there with others there or there abouts .....
Great, see you then.
by rich_n
19:42 Sun 17 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

I should be able to get to the B&F around 5 to help set up. Please let me know if this is too early otherwise I'll aim for that.
by rich_n
09:20 Sat 09 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

Julian has kindly offered to provide placemats Re placemats, will anybody need more than one circle? Julian, I plan to bring something that is not port but I hope to be at least interesting if not very enjoyable for the group, but I'm unclear if it needs a circle or can just be enjoyed aside from t...
by rich_n
21:04 Thu 07 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

Julian has kindly offered to provide placemats Re placemats, will anybody need more than one circle? Julian, I plan to bring something that is not port but I hope to be at least interesting if not very enjoyable for the group, but I'm unclear if it needs a circle or can just be enjoyed aside from t...
by rich_n
13:35 Sat 02 Nov 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

Lady & Gents .... since the B&F have again changed their menu can I please ask you all to make your choices for food This weeks menu can be found here . Please may I have the following: Starter: Burrata Main: Bangers and mash (the larger portion size please!) + spinach Dessert: Chocolate br...
by rich_n
22:01 Wed 23 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025
Replies: 54
Views: 10104

Re: 2003 Horizontal - 2025 date TBC

Currently I can attend on that evening
by rich_n
13:26 Fri 18 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 2003 Horizontal - Tue 18 March 2025
Replies: 54
Views: 10104

Re: 2003 Horizontal - 2025 date TBC

Yes please! I believe I have at least one 2003 available and will edit this message to add that information when I find out what.

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Graham, in halves.
by rich_n
21:39 Thu 17 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

MigSU wrote:A lovely white colheita.
We definitely agreed on that! I look forward to reading your tasting notes on the crusted port.
by rich_n
21:25 Thu 17 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

A small haul from my latest trip to Portugal, the white Colheita being the gem of the bunch.Image
by rich_n
12:17 Thu 17 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Pintas Vertical
Replies: 38
Views: 8962

Re: Pintas Vertical

I would be interested in attending and I might actually have a single bottle kicking around. When I'm back in Bristol I'll check and if I do I'll add it here. I thought I had a bottle of Pintas but I cannot find one (or a record of having purchased one) so please drop me to the reserves and I'll ma...
by rich_n
22:43 Tue 15 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Pintas Vertical
Replies: 38
Views: 8962

Re: Pintas Vertical

I would be interested in attending and I might actually have a single bottle kicking around. When I'm back in Bristol I'll check and if I do I'll add it here.
by rich_n
22:34 Tue 15 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

mcoulson wrote:Mike your out :crying: Rich your in [emoji38] Book away .....
Thank you! Travel has been booked so you can mark me as confirmed.
by rich_n
20:27 Mon 14 Oct 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024

Is there space for this? If so please bump me to the attendees and I'll book travel.
by rich_n
23:23 Tue 08 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Sandeman Tawny 20YO
Replies: 0
Views: 2444

NV Sandeman Tawny 20YO

It's Sandeman. It's their 20YO Tawny. I'm not telling anyone here anything they don't already know, so this one's for me. Nose is butterscotch and red berries. A touch of oak and vanilla. Sweet and slightly spirity. Palate opens with red fruit - more strawberries and less tart than the nose. Caramel...
by rich_n
23:21 Tue 08 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Don Pablo Tawny
Replies: 0
Views: 2294

NV Don Pablo Tawny

Enjoyed at the top of the Torre da Igreja do Castelo de São Jorge as an included drink. I didn't fully pay attention to this in terms of making notes but I think that's probably what it deserved. Fairly simple as you might expect from a tawny like this, with redcurrants dominating the palate along w...
by rich_n
21:43 Sun 06 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2015 Quinta Seara d'Ordens
Replies: 3
Views: 1319

Re: 2015 Quinta Seara d'Ordens

I went to university with the son of the owners, and he's now very involved in the winemaking (we did oenology together). They're a very decent producer. Their table wines are hit and miss, but their Ports are of a very consistent quality. Not top tier but very decent. That's good to hear. I enjoye...
by rich_n
20:46 Sun 06 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2015 Quinta Seara d'Ordens
Replies: 3
Views: 1319

2015 Quinta Seara d'Ordens

Spotted on the dessert menu at Pizza na Pedro in Olhao in the Algarve, I decided to take a punt on this as I'd never heard of the producer before. Fully opaque in the "romantically" lit dining area, this looks like a very young VP, which isn't that much of a surprise at a sprightly 9 years...
by rich_n
12:28 Sun 06 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Bulas Tawny 10YO
Replies: 0
Views: 2477

NV Bulas Tawny 10YO

Purchased in a whim at Hooked fish bar for dessert alongside a scoop of vanilla gelato that arrived late enough not to ruin my palate (but paired up beautifully once it did). Medium brick red, maybe fading to the edges. Not a complex nose, dominated by a bright caramel nose. On the palate it's a dif...
by rich_n
12:21 Sun 06 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Corkage on the rise
Replies: 7
Views: 2844

Re: Corkage on the rise

...with a corkage fee of £25 for a bottle of Italian wine or £40 for a wine from another country. This made me chuckle! And I don't think charging up to the cheapest bottle on the menu is unreasonable since that's probably around the value of the mark up on an average bottle for them, which obvious...
by rich_n
13:40 Sat 05 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1595
Views: 995755

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Seckfords sale - 12 double magnums of Taylor 2011 at £190 each in bond. They now appear to be £220. Obviously, dynamic pricing in play…! You have to follow the link from their email, if you go on the site you won't be able to find the same deal. Ah, funnily enough, I noticed the other day that they...
by rich_n
22:53 Fri 04 Oct 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1595
Views: 995755

Re: Port for sale by retailer

idj123 wrote:
nac wrote: 11:10 Mon 30 Sep 2024 Seckfords sale - 12 double magnums of Taylor 2011 at £190 each in bond.
They now appear to be £220. Obviously, dynamic pricing in play…!
You have to follow the link from their email, if you go on the site you won't be able to find the same deal.
by rich_n
18:21 Wed 25 Sep 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

Rummy wrote:Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.
That's a bargain!
by rich_n
23:26 Sat 07 Sep 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Bring a bottle - Mon 18th Nov 2024
Replies: 83
Views: 60243

Re: Bring a bottle - Mon 2nd Dec 2024

Please put me down on the reserve list. I may be in California but if not this sounds fun.
by rich_n
22:46 Tue 27 Aug 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 1982 Horizontal - Tue 10th Sept 2024
Replies: 97
Views: 40774

Re: 1982 (and 1983?) Horizontal - Tue 10th Sept 2024

I can no longer make this, please feel free to remove me from the reserves.
by rich_n
10:10 Wed 24 Jul 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 1982 Horizontal - Tue 10th Sept 2024
Replies: 97
Views: 40774

Re: 1982 Horizontal

I'm interested but may be elsewhere in the UK so can I please be added to the reserve list and I'll confirm closer to the time if there's still space or any late drop outs.
by rich_n
17:28 Fri 12 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2007 Marks and Spencer VP
Replies: 3
Views: 2211

Re: 2007 Marks and Spencer VP

@rich_n - It's certainly delicious now. YMMV, but I think if I had six I would drink one every three years from now to watch its development. Happily I have a multiple of that, so I'll probably have one a year. It's arguably ready to drink - and I think it will be better at 20 than at 40 - but I su...
by rich_n
21:26 Thu 11 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2007 Marks and Spencer VP
Replies: 3
Views: 2211

Re: 2007 Marks and Spencer VP

I don’t seem to have made a note on this for almost three years. Tempus fugit. Pop and decant and pour. Dark red rim, impenetrable core. Swirling releases blueberry muffin and white pepper. Very smooth palate. Possibly starting to slip from the red fruit spectrum to the plum spectrum, but the cranb...
by rich_n
13:13 Tue 09 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

I've just bought some S20 year tawny mostly for the bottles so I'm a bit more organised for the next double blind sillyness .... However it has the advantage (??) that Mandy has decided she quite likes it and I'm watching the first bottle rapidly empty ..... That's a fantastic excuse to buy a very ...
by rich_n
17:23 Mon 08 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

Alex Bridgeman wrote:That really is a good price for a rather tasty Port that’s drinking very nicely at the moment.
Thanks for your confirmation that it was worth a look!
by rich_n
15:24 Mon 08 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2246
Views: 1048171

Re: Latest buy

Thanks to some wiser heads than mine providing some useful insight on the 1991 vintage I acquired 12 bottles of the Dow from auction as a "drink now" port. Can't complain at a smidge under £36 a bottle all in. OWC and bottles all look in good nick. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240708...
by rich_n
10:15 Sun 07 Jul 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thursday 4th July - Election Night Special
Replies: 75
Views: 22798

Re: Thursday 4th July - Election Night Special

I've commented elsewhere before that I think 2005 is much better than its general reputation. I have very much enjoyed Quevedo, Niepoort, Taylor Terra Feita and Churchill Gricha; despite their youth, they seem to be in a rather nice place currently. I'd like to try more of their peers; perhaps a sm...
by rich_n
20:38 Sat 06 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2001 Warre Quinta da Cavadinha
Replies: 1
Views: 1194

Re: 2001 Warre Quinta da Cavadinha

A very enjoyable glass of port - sounds like you found as much orange in this as I did. I'm a fan of that!
by rich_n
07:19 Sat 06 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2001 Warre Qd Cavadinha
Replies: 3
Views: 1874

Re: 2001 Warre Qd Cavadinha

I love Cavadinha. It’s not a bold style like FG or Malvedos, but more elegant that just gets better with age. I have a few bottles of this from when it was being sold off cheaply by one of the supermarkets and I'll be holding some of them to see how it ages. The first bottle I opened a few years ag...
by rich_n
21:01 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2005 Taylor Terra Feita
Replies: 1
Views: 1381

2005 Taylor Terra Feita

PnP A quick QC check shows a lovely red cherry nose with a little spice and a touch of eucalyptus. Palate is lovely too even though this clearly needs decanting time - lovely red fruits followed by spice and pepper in the mid palate and a soft milk chocolate finish carrying the fruit through. Some t...
by rich_n
18:55 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1997 Dow
Replies: 0
Views: 2807

1997 Dow

Opened as part of a port tasting with friends to introduce them to a number of styles. A beauty of a port but still such a baby right now. It's past its ugly teenage years but still has so much of its charm in its fruit forward nose and palate. Beautifully balanced with a touch of white pepper spici...
by rich_n
18:54 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2018 Barros
Replies: 0
Views: 2771

2018 Barros

Opened as part of a port tasting with friends to introduce them to a number of styles. Lots of black fruits on the nose, maybe some eucalyptus. On the palate this is a fruit bomb, leading with bramble - a lot of blackcurrant and blackberries - and then flooding with heavy tannins. Still very young w...
by rich_n
18:54 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2001 Warre Qd Cavadinha
Replies: 3
Views: 1874

2001 Warre Qd Cavadinha

Opened as part of a port tasting with friends to introduce them to a number of styles. Red fruits with a citrus note on the nose. Beautiful entry on the palate, with strawberries and red cherries giving way to a gorgeous wave of orange acidity - think posh orange jelly sweets. The tannins kick in la...
by rich_n
18:53 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Graham Six Grapes
Replies: 0
Views: 2793

NV Graham Six Grapes

Opened as part of a port tasting with friends to introduce them to a number of styles.

Strawberries and caramel, a fairly simple but entirely delightful reserve port. I have plenty of this and will continue to top up my reserves as necessary.
by rich_n
18:52 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2000 Warre
Replies: 0
Views: 2546

2000 Warre

Purchased through Seckford from stock held by and originally shipped to them - a half bottle cracked to share with family on Christmas Day 2023. Deep red to brick red on the very rim. Decant +6 hours. Very simple sweet red cherries on the nose, but so much more on that palate. Luscious sweet red che...
by rich_n
18:50 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2015 Taylor LBV
Replies: 0
Views: 2337

2015 Taylor LBV

Opened in the week coming up to Christmas 2023. PnP On the nose this has deep red cherry and an earthy nose. Maybe some caramel sweetness? Spicy fruit on the palate, strawberries leading the charge, maybe with a little vanilla. A minerality that grounds it all, coming back around to that spice again...
by rich_n
18:45 Fri 05 Jul 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thursday 4th July - Election Night Special
Replies: 75
Views: 22798

Re: Thursday 4th July - Election Night Special

hadge wrote: at least we can agree on how great port is.
Absolutely, and the remains of the '05 Terra Feita are absolutely singing right now - I will be keeping an eye out for bottles of this in the future.