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On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 00:02 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by ThomasBarleycorn
Hello all,
I'm once again on the hunt for a bottle of 1993 port, maybe a couple. Not going to be vintage but the more I've looked into 93's there is still a wide range of LBV's out there. Many thanks for all help and advise given, have plenty of 1994's and 1991's but still on the look out for 93's. Can always trade some Bordeaux or Rhone Valley 93's at a push.
Best,
Thomas
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 00:46 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by jdaw1
I have none, but good luck.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 19:20 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by Alex Bridgeman
The very best of luck. Even the LBVs are over £100 per bottle due to their rarity.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 20:15 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by akzy
Since we last spoke, I managed to pick up a Cockburn Anno LBV 93 for only £25. It is possible, just bluddy difficult!
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 21:51 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by ThomasBarleycorn
That's very good luck, where from?!
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:52 Sat 31 Oct 2020
by akzy
Four walls wine company. I was browsing for other wines (online) and it was just there!
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 20:43 Wed 19 May 2021
by Alex Bridgeman
Zak (and anyone else looking for a 1993 vintage wine) - I tasted the Barbeito 1993 Sercial yesterday and thought it remarkably good. If you like Madeira, this would be an excellent wine to accumulate for your future birthdays.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 21:29 Wed 19 May 2021
by Chris Doty
93! Is a game going vintage for red burgundy and champagne. You should be so lucky!
1984 gives me California and six dudes in Australia.
(Kidding, see prior tastings & ... )
Your hunt is elsewhere
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 23:03 Wed 19 May 2021
by akzy
I resorted to tokaji Chris. Any recommendations for burgundy or champagne from this vintage?
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 23:06 Wed 19 May 2021
by Chris Doty
Cellartracker.com is my goto source for up to date drinking windows, which for burgundy is the most important aspect within your control.
For champagne it’s more what’s available, and I think basically everything is well bought
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 23:25 Wed 19 May 2021
by Chris Doty
On the subject of champagne not being available, I reloaded 93tcmcR
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 23:32 Wed 19 May 2021
by winesecretary
@ Zak - There's also a delicious D'Oliveira's 1993 Boal.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 08:34 Thu 20 May 2021
by akzy
winesecretary wrote: ↑23:32 Wed 19 May 2021
@ Zak - There's also a delicious D'Oliveira's 1993 Boal.
Cheers George. I'll give it a hunt.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 14:04 Fri 21 May 2021
by Chris Doty
On the chopping block, another 93
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 14:15 Fri 21 May 2021
by akzy
Chris Doty wrote: ↑14:04 Fri 21 May 2021
On the chopping block, another 93
Unfortunately that hasn't come across to well.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 14:49 Fri 21 May 2021
by MigSU
That's a brilliant picture.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 21:31 Fri 21 May 2021
by DRT
ThomasBarleycorn wrote: ↑00:02 Sat 31 Oct 2020
Hello all,
I'm once again on the hunt for a bottle of 1993 port, maybe a couple. Not going to be vintage but the more I've looked into 93's there is still a wide range of LBV's out there. Many thanks for all help and advise given, have plenty of 1994's and 1991's but still on the look out for 93's. Can always trade some Bordeaux or Rhone Valley 93's at a push.
Best,
Thomas
I have these half bottles which were purchased from the quinta in 2006 and have been properly stored ever since. I would be willing to part with one or two but they would not be cheap. Please PM me if interested.
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Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 21:54 Fri 21 May 2021
by MigSU
DRT wrote: ↑21:31 Fri 21 May 2021
ThomasBarleycorn wrote: ↑00:02 Sat 31 Oct 2020
Hello all,
I'm once again on the hunt for a bottle of 1993 port, maybe a couple. Not going to be vintage but the more I've looked into 93's there is still a wide range of LBV's out there. Many thanks for all help and advise given, have plenty of 1994's and 1991's but still on the look out for 93's. Can always trade some Bordeaux or Rhone Valley 93's at a push.
Best,
Thomas
I have these half bottles which were purchased from the quinta in 2006 and have been properly stored ever since. I would be willing to part with one or two but they would not be cheap. Please PM me if interested.
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Quinta das Liceiras 1993
I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really
that good?
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:01 Fri 21 May 2021
by jdaw1
MigSU wrote: ↑21:54 Fri 21 May 2021I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really
that good?
Quinta das Liceiras 1993 is likely to be somewhere between bad and undrinkable, and has a terrible label. Do you want a ’93, or do you want a drink?
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:03 Fri 21 May 2021
by JacobH
MigSU wrote: ↑21:54 Fri 21 May 2021
I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really
that good?
Isn’t it both the best wine of the Vintage and also the best wine of that Quinta?
I presume when DRT says they have been “properly stored” he means he’s been keeping them in 40°C heat to turn them into Madeira
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:04 Fri 21 May 2021
by akzy
Having tried it, it's actually in a pretty good state. The reason it's expensive is because it's the only option for 93.
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 93#p115114
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:07 Fri 21 May 2021
by DRT
Exactly. My son was born in that year and this is the only stock he will ever have the chance to taste from his birth year. I have never tasted it.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:09 Fri 21 May 2021
by DRT
MigSU wrote: ↑21:54 Fri 21 May 2021I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really
that good?
I make no claim that it is good, bad or indifferent, just that it is the only VP produced from that vintage so is extremely rare.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:10 Fri 21 May 2021
by akzy
DRT wrote: ↑22:07 Fri 21 May 2021
Exactly. My son was born in that year and this is the only stock he will ever have the chance to taste from his birth year. I have never tasted it.
Given you have so many, you should try at least one... Sooner rather than later.
Re: On the hunt for a 93!
Posted: 22:10 Fri 21 May 2021
by JacobH
DRT wrote: ↑22:07 Fri 21 May 2021Exactly. My son was born in that year and this is the only stock he will ever have the chance to taste from his birth year. I have never tasted it.
Do you know how / why they made a 1993 as their one-and-only Vintage Port?
(I assume if there was a birth in the family, a private reserve tawny would be more obvious. Or a blend of 1994 and 1992 as I think Sophia Bergqvist said they did at Qdl Rosa!)