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This post to hold plans as and when agreed.

Date: Tuesday 26th April 2022 (reserved on Tue 06 Apr 2021, and checked by phone on Thu 27 Jan 2022).

Theme: It was to be Poças, but that has been scrapped. Now an emergency: bring Port.

Where: The Red Room, Boot & Flogger.

Confirmed for emergency:

1. Julian W.;
2. Neil C.;
3. Tom A.;
4. Alex B.;
5. George G.;
6. Jo W.;
7. Mike M.;
8. Alex M..

Current version of the placemats.

This post to list bottles available.

• Colheitas:
  1. Colheita 1964 (GEAG, IDJ, TC);
  2. Colheita 1967 (TC);
  3. Colheita 1996 (TC);
  4. Colheita 1997 (TC);
  5. Colheita 2000 (RON, TC);
  6. Colheita 2001 (TC);
  7. Colheita 2003 (TC);
  8. Colheita 2006-small (TC);
  9. Colheita 2006-big (TC);
• Vintages:
  1. Vintage 1970 (THRA);
  2. Vintage 1977 (CPR, IDJ, TC);
  3. Vintage 1978 (TC);
  4. Vintage 1985 (THRA, IDJ);
  5. Vintage 1996 (TC);
  6. Vintage 2000 (IDJ);
  7. Vintage 2003 (TC);
  8. Vintage 2009 (CPR);
  9. Vintage 2011 (GEAG);
  10. Vintage 2017 (RON).

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On Poças website:

• Tawny:
  • 10 Years Old
  • 20 Years Old
  • 30 Years Old
  • 40 Years Old
• Colheita:
  • 1992
• Vintage:
  • 2011
  • 2013
  • 2015
• LBV:
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012

We’ve never properly tasted the wines of Poças, a house best known for its wood-aged Ports, but which also makes VP and LBV. I have tasted too few of all categories.

It is envisaged — so not a firm plan — that we will start with a flight of wood-aged, tawnies or colheitas or both. Then with and after food we will concentrate on the bottle-aged, VPs and LBVs.

Likely as not, many of the bottles will come from or via Tony C. of Vintage Wine & Port, for which thanks. But others with gems are encouraged to reveal them here.

Yes please.

Yes please, I rather like the wines I've tried of theirs.

<edit> I have the 1997 Colheita that George found underwhelming during yesterday's virtual gathering, as well as the 2017 VP.

Yes please

Yes please

Count me in..

yes please!

Yes please.

Yes please

Yes please.

I was wondering why João Geirinhas would be participating in this event. Seemed odd.

MigSU wrote: ↑19:03 Thu 01 Apr 2021I was wondering why João Geirinhas would be participating in this event. Seemed odd.

My error. Corrected, about an hour ago.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:03 Thu 01 Apr 2021

MigSU wrote: ↑19:03 Thu 01 Apr 2021I was wondering why João Geirinhas would be participating in this event. Seemed odd.

My error. Corrected, about an hour ago.

Yes, I saw the correction.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑17:37 Thu 01 Apr 2021 But others with gems are encouraged to reveal them here.

I can offer 1977 and 2009

CPR 1 wrote: ↑19:33 Thu 01 Apr 2021I can offer 1977 and 2009

VP or colheita?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:37 Thu 01 Apr 2021

CPR 1 wrote: ↑19:33 Thu 01 Apr 2021I can offer 1977 and 2009

VP or colheita?

Both are VP - The 77 is Poças Junior

@ rich_n I was drinking the 2000 Colheita yesterday, not the 1997 Colheita. It was indeed underwhelming.

I have the 1964 Colheita and the 2011 VP which I could offer up for this tasting. I have higher hopes of both.

The 1964 Poças Colheita is one of the best of the vintage. I think I slightly prefer the 1964 Noval Colheita, but I can't think of any others that I'd rate over the Poças. It's a great Colheita from a pretty mediocre (at best) year.

@ Glenn E. - Thank you, you have heightened my higher hopes. I've never had it, it was just a wandering-round-the-internet-one-weekend-ooh-that-looks-an-interesting-bottle purchase.

winesecretary wrote:@ rich_n I was drinking the 2000 Colheita yesterday, not the 1997 Colheita. It was indeed underwhelming.

I have the 1964 Colheita and the 2011 VP which I could offer up for this tasting. I have higher hopes of both.

You are indeed correct, I was drinking the '97 but I shall blame lockdown-brain for not being able to remember that detail.

Julian, this means I have the 2000 Colheita, not the '97.

I don't have many Pocas, but I can offer 1970 and 1985 VPs

Hopefully not too late but yes please! I have the 64 colheita (which I agree with Glenn is great and knocked the Taylor 64 into a cocked hat when last tasted side by side-when Glenn was present I think). Also have the 77, 85 and 2000 VPs.

idj123 wrote: ↑07:45 Fri 02 Apr 2021Hopefully not too late but yes please!

You are the thirteenth. One seat remains.

CPR 1 wrote: ↑19:33 Thu 01 Apr 2021I can offer 1977 and 2009

CPR 1 wrote: ↑19:44 Thu 01 Apr 2021Both are VP - The 77 is Poças Junior

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:25 Thu 01 Apr 2021I have the 1964 Colheita and the 2011 VP which I could offer up for this tasting.

rich_n wrote: ↑17:39 Thu 01 Apr 2021I have … the 2017 VP.

rich_n wrote: ↑23:17 Thu 01 Apr 2021I have the 2000 Colheita

uncle tom wrote: ↑05:20 Fri 02 Apr 2021I can offer 1970 and 1985 VPs

idj123 wrote: ↑07:45 Fri 02 Apr 2021I have the 64 colheita … the 77, 85 and 2000 VPs.

Which have been listed in the second post.