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Just bought 6 bottles of Quinta do Tedo Savedra 2011 at auction. I once tasted it at Quinta do Tedo and was impressed, so I bought 3 bottles. Haven't opened any yet, so I can't say how it's developing. That's good to hear. I think I've had their 2003 Savreda years ago, of which I sadly do not have ...

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Just bought 6 bottles of Quinta do Tedo Savedra 2011 at auction.

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nac wrote: ↑14:45 Mon 22 Sep 2025 2 x Fonseca Guimaraens 1978

Very fun port, alive and drinking brilliantly.

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MigSU wrote: ↑17:25 Sun 14 Sep 2025 Would love to join you for a glass but I think I'm fully booked (by work commitments) that week.

That's too bad. Please do let me know if anything changes.

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The suggestions you've received are very good, but I would highly recommend Pocas. They have great Colheitas and TWAIOA. They also brought out a 1994 LBV which was simply excellent. Edit: I see Alex already recommended Pocas, so I second that motion. Will definitely add that to my list then. Also b...

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Thank you for the replies up till now. I've contacted Niepoort for he masterclass and will be visiting a few more of your suggestions to explore the btg options.

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FWIW I highly recommend visiting the Niepoort cellars. I went there a couple of years ago with some friends to do one their tastings (lineup below - excl. some samples from barrel). Very sound bunch in there. They looked after us really well and the tour was spot on too. Looks like a great lineup, ...

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I won't be in the area in October, but which lodges have you not visited yet? Maybe we can help with suggestions of which ones to go to. I'm also trying a black glass blind tasting at the Quevedo tasting room on my next trip - that might be a bit of fun! Hi Alex, Might visit Quevedo then, someone w...

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Will be traveling to Porto with my wife, arriving on the 10th of October in the late afternoon and leaving by train on the 14th at 14:40. Been to Porto several times and visited many of the lodges. Are there any port/wine-related activities that anyone can recommend? Maybe some special Portforum mem...

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Sounds very pleasant George, I only have one bottle of the Bioma 08 which I will keep cellared for a while longer. Would you say these bottles, made slightly differently from other modern day vintage ports, age any differently?

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Hi Justin, I've visited most (serious) wine retailers in The Netherlands and can recommend for Utrecht: Het Gouden Glas: Has a small cellar under the store, bought a bottle of Taylor's 70 here a few years ago. Might have been his only bottle though. Henri Bloem: Bigger store in a decent neighbourhoo...

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Very interesting, would like to attend if possible.

F92 is one of my all time favourites, I think I've got about two dozen of them left.

Skeffington made an amazingly good 94, anyone has had that recently?

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De la Rosa has also been declared, confirmed by Sophia Bergqvist

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A dozen of Vesuvio "94, since I've read nothing but good things about it. That's a great buy. As Glenn says, you can never have too much Vesuvio 1994. Cheers! Have been looking for V94 for a while now, so was surprised to find two separate auctions that offered it about simultaneously; and eve...

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A dozen of Vesuvio "94, since I've read nothing but good things about it.

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Justin K wrote: ↑16:52 Fri 30 May 2025 6 x V16
12 x F92 (bought for a friend but have the option of taking 2 or 3. Anyone out there had this recently?

My favourite of the 92's, though it has been two years since I've had it. This is wonderful right now, and will be for at least 20 more years.

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Thanks for the write up, Harry. Some very interesting bottles it seems.

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Kopke 1945, from private seller.

Dirk Niepoort commented: "It probably is niepoort 1945 that my father at some point sold to kopke who relabelled it."

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Won't be able to make it on that date, due to work obligations I'm rather limited in my availability sadly; and already took some time off for the Portwieinmesse later that month.

Wishing you a very pleasant tasting!

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I would very much like to attend, but it very much depends on the date:
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At auction the following Ports were purchased all in for €250.00: 2 x G63 1 x S63 1 x T60 1 x D66 1 x Unknown 66 I’m not sure if this is just an Irish thing but all these bottles were plain unlabelled Irish bottled Port and there was no interest. I was the only bidder on one lot and the other lot h...

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Elsewhere , Gl has been proposed as abbreviation for Gilbert. Generally I'm less a fan of lower-case l given potential confusion with upper-case I; however we do have precedent such as Dl = Dalva, and minimal confusion potential in this particular case anyway. So, Gl for Gilbert then? Confusion pot...

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Out of interest, what is GI? In the picture the fourth bottle is Gilbert’s, which is absent from the Port brand abbreviations thread. Also see the thread Looking for Gilbert's 1992 , and also New here, looking to learn . I made up that abbreviation, since I did not see it in the thread. Have indeed...

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In the past 4 years I've been trying to collect all the 1992 (birthyear) vintage ports. The big houses were easy to collect, however I struggled with finding the CkC, EV and GI. I now have at least one of all the 92s, and multiple bottles of most of them, except for WC, Nv and SW; which I will hunt ...

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Interesting read Harry, thanks for taking the time to write such an extensive report on decanting.

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Had this port twice last year ("regular". botteling). Indeed a great port, in an amazing place right now.

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Any chance it could be an oversight by Calem? I.e. the contents do not match the label?

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I think this bottle looks correct to me. So i have had a quick look in the cellar and found a few of these. I bought these from Vintage Port & Wine around 3 to 4 years ago. they had come direct from Calem. Please let me know if you open one of these, if there's any deposit in the bottle and whe...

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mcoulson wrote: ↑20:15 Wed 22 Jan 2025 Is it me just being suspicious but 000120 as a serial ??

I've never seen one that's not an actual 6 digit number ...

If I were forging a label it would not start with 000

I believe I have a 000005 somewhere in my cellar

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That looks genuine to me. How odd. Have you asked the IVDP to confirm the sello was one given to Calem? Everything about the bottle seems correct. Even underneath the capsule and the cork looked correct as well. I have no doubts that this is a legitimate bottle from Cálem, it's the contents I don't...

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Having tried the Cálem 1985 twice now, I'm positive that the bottles I own do not contain 40 year old vintage port. The port does not have any deposit whatsoever and is way too structural and dark coloured. I'll be in England (London, Stourbridge and Manchester) in March and can bring my 3rd and las...

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Your favorites, if I have interpreted your notes correctly, were alphabetically Dow, Fonseca, Graham, and Kopke Sao Luis. None of which surprise me. Those are consistently the best Ports of the vintage for me. Absolutely right Glenn! These definitely were on another level than the other ports taste...

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@ Rummy - MigSu is right in his interpretation of what I was saying. What you tasted was not consistent with this forum’s notes on Calem 1985, basically. Your suspicion that the bottle you tasted might not be ‘right’ is accordingly almost certainly correct. I'll make a seperate post about this bott...

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I think he's trying to say that Calém VPs has a consistent profile, which is the opposite of the what you tasted on that particular bottle. I think you're right, thank you. Opened one of these bottles last december while doing a small Cálem vertical (85, 99 and 2020) and had the exact same experien...

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I should say - your note on the Calem sounds very much like a note on something else. The Calem is consistently, dry, plummy port and fully mature. See tasting notes index. Checked out the tasting notes index and made some adjustments on my previous post. However, I'm not sure however what you're t...

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Turned out to be a lovely tasting. Double decanted all bottles between 07:15 am and 08:30 am, consumed between 13:15 and 17:15. Tried to go from light to darker, observed at decanting. I do not have any experience with tasting notes, other from taking personal notes. All ports are from the 1985 vint...

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:37 Sun 12 Jan 2025 Please post tasting notes, especially for the unusual — so most of all for the Pousada. Indeed, please post (and send to PhilW) multiple good pictures of that bottle.

Will do, the tasting is planned for next sunday; will post notes probably the day after.

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Thank you for all the replies and advice.

I will post the results of the tasting next week.

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In the UK I have Lots of these ... Does sound like a fun evening that you have planned tho :-) Thank you for the product pages and advice, sadly I must conclude that my facilities are just not up to par for a proper tasting. Lack of (storage) space in a small city apartment just isn't ideal :wink:....

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:19 Sat 11 Jan 2025 Two decanters is fine for a tasting like this, but how many glasses do you have…

around ~20, so would have to rinse them. Definitely isn't going to be perfect, especially in my ~30m2 living room. Starting with the lightest coloured wine sounds like a good idea, thanks!

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Thank you Glenn, this helps me a lot!

I shall open the bottles at around 7-8 a.m. and re-cork them at the start of the tasting, having some sips of the Fonseca while preparing/cleaning for my guests.

How do people generally organise these tastings, do they really own a lot of decanters?

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In about a week I'm organising a 85 tasting for some friends. We're going to try 12 different bottles, starting at around 13:00. Since I own just two decanters, my plan is to double decant each bottle, and Vacuvin it after a while. I do own plenty of Vacuvin corks. Looking for some advice on decanti...

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Still collecting the 92 vintages (just Gilbert's left) and stumbled upon this beauty. I've got a few cases of the Malvedos, but will happily add this one to the collection.

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@ Rummy - that is a lovely port... So I've been told. So far I've acquired 3 OWCs and 3 magnums, but I'm anxious to open one so young. You should open one. It's absolutely young, but it drinks very well after a long decant. I had one recently just to see where it was at and it was very nice. Maybe ...

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winesecretary wrote: ↑19:06 Tue 10 Dec 2024 @ Rummy - that is a lovely port...

So I've been told. So far I've acquired 3 OWCs and 3 magnums, but I'm anxious to open one so young.

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Found some more Niepoort 2017's at auction, so +1 OWC.

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... you will be able to taste more than 100 special category Ports and if you are lucky enough to be chosen to participate in this year's Masterclass you can also taste 3 decades of Vesuvio and a full vertical of their limited Capela da Vesuvio Vintage Port and listen to Rob Symington. With Riedel,...

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The Taylor 1992 can be a truly staggering wine, and last time I looked £1800 a dozen retail - so you have done well there too. I wholeheartedly agree, George. I think the 1992 Taylor's is the best Taylor's that I've had to date followed by the 1970. Granted I haven't tasted anything older than the ...

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Rummy wrote: ↑09:24 Wed 25 Sep 2024 Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.

Auction had a part 2 apparently, so got cases (6) of Taylor's 92 and 94 as well. About £1.000 for these.

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rich_n wrote: ↑18:21 Wed 25 Sep 2024
Rummy wrote:Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.
That's a bargain!

winesecretary wrote: ↑17:14 Wed 25 Sep 2024 @ Rummy- two impeccable ports, both drinking well now or later.

Am quite happy with these, should open a Fonseca soon, as I already had some cellared.

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