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ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 08:33 Mon 24 Mar 2008

What is your latest you have bought. ???

I just bought a Noval 66 and 2 bottels of Qta. do Pego vintage 2000
Looking forward to taste the Noval 66 again.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:43 Mon 24 Mar 2008

I've just been away for the weekend in Cornwall and bought a bottle of Ramos Pinto 1991 from Wadebridge Wines (which I thoroughly recommend worthy of a visit if you are in Cornwall for its selection of ports and madeiras).

I recently tried both the '97 and '94 Ramos Pintos and was pleasantly surprised.

Alex

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 09:33 Tue 25 Mar 2008

My latest buy were a couple of cases of the Vesuvio 2005.

Alex, I just bought a single bottle of Ramos Pinto 91 as well and Im very curious how this is.

Unfortunately the official price level of the general importeur of Ramos Pinto is unacceptable, but this producer, which I havent paid much attention to their VPs, seems to have done good recently.

Axel

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 18:04 Wed 26 Mar 2008

Today the postman came with a packace for me.

Sandeman Vau vintage 1997
Portal Colheita 1994
Warres Warrior
Optima 10 years

Looking forward for tasting, juhuuuu

Post by **DRT** » 21:45 Thu 03 Apr 2008

In recent weeks my Annual Port Bonus went on this lot...

Malvedos 1996
Vesuvio 1996
Gould Campbell 1994
Martinez 1994
Kopke 1994
Morgan 1991
Graham's 1991
Quinta de la Rossa 1991
SW Madalena 1988
Dow 1983
Offley 1983
Dow 1980
Croft 1977
Gonzalez Byass 1970
Noval 1970
Fonseca 1963

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 22:04 Thu 03 Apr 2008

Oh dear.....

and before seeing that list I was chuffed with

Sandeman 60
Cockburn 63
12 bottles of Morgan 91
Pocas 91
and those 2 bottles you got me Derek, or have you scoffed them

Post by **DRT** » 22:27 Thu 03 Apr 2008

Conky wrote:Oh dear.....

and before seeing that list I was chuffed with

Sandeman 60
Cockburn 63
12 bottles of Morgan 91
Pocas 91
and those 2 bottles you got me Derek, or have you scoffed them

Nope. You can add SW Madalena 1988 to your list.

You should try to avoid necking the Sandeman 1960 as that is one of the Horizontals that has been discussed for sometime this year

Derek

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:44 Fri 04 Apr 2008

I think that while a Sandeman 1960 horizontal

would be of great interest to some of us retentive port-pedants, I am slightly surprised to hear that we are thinking of such an event.

However, sign me up!

Post by **DRT** » 00:07 Sat 05 Apr 2008

AHB wrote:I think that while a Sandeman 1960 horizontal would be of great interest to some of us retentive port-pedants, I am slightly surprised to hear that we are thinking of such an event.

However, sign me up!

For your information, Sandeman 1960 is one of many ports that can be used as the subject of both a Horizontal and Vertical tasting simultaneously. That is why it has been chosen.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:17 Sat 05 Apr 2008

Oh! You mean that there will be other ports, not just 10 different bottles of Sandeman '60.

Lots of different bottles from different shippers and vintages doesn't sound very pedantic.

Perhaps I'll give it a miss then...

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 02:31 Sun 06 Apr 2008

And here i thought I was buying too much -- then i see these lists!

I've sadly lost track of all the recent buys, it's mingled together now, but there've been 1/2 bottles of 88 Taylor Vargellas, a 2000 S&W, some calem from 96, 97, and 2000, churchill 95, and Noval 00.

mosesbotbol · Post by **mosesbotbol** » 13:54 Mon 07 Apr 2008

Splendid case of '85 Dow. One of the smoothest ports I have tried, almost spirit-less tasting!

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 16:37 Wed 09 Apr 2008

I said I wasn't going to buy anymore
but i gave in and bought Fonseca 83 and 97

75$ and 65$ respectively.

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 17:59 Wed 09 Apr 2008

speaking of acquisitions, I'd like to make a trip to sohowines on the 17th. if anyone wants to come (perhaps we can pack our collective purhases into a case for savings?) please let me know. I'd like to go around 4pm.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:21 Wed 09 Apr 2008

SushiNorth wrote:speaking of acquisitions, I'd like to make a trip to sohowines on the 17th. if anyone wants to come (perhaps we can pack our collective purhases into a case for savings?) please let me know. I'd like to go around 4pm.

Remind me nearer the time and if I can, I’ll stop in to say hello.

ajfeather · Post by **ajfeather** » 19:25 Wed 09 Apr 2008

Vesuvio 2005 which I have decided I like young (well the 6 I have I do and I have 6 kept away from my mucky paws)

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 19:50 Wed 09 Apr 2008

SushiNorth wrote:speaking of acquisitions, I'd like to make a trip to sohowines on the 17th. if anyone wants to come (perhaps we can pack our collective purhases into a case for savings?) please let me know. I'd like to go around 4pm.

1986 Branaire Ducru $75.00
1999 Finca Luzon Merlot Jumilla $8.99

are pretty decent prices if you're into dry reds.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:19 Wed 09 Apr 2008

ajfeather wrote:Vesuvio 2005 which I have decided I like young (well the 6 I have I do and I have 6 kept away from my mucky paws)

Mmm. I rather like the Vesuvio 2005 at the moment, it is rather delicious. Sadly, the others who tried this with me were not so taken.

Post by **DRT** » 21:25 Wed 09 Apr 2008

AHB wrote:
ajfeather wrote:Vesuvio 2005 which I have decided I like young (well the 6 I have I do and I have 6 kept away from my mucky paws)
Mmm. I rather like the Vesuvio 2005 at the moment, it is rather delicious. Sadly, the others who tried this with me were not so taken.

Leave it alone

There are lots of other things to drink that have been given the chance to have a good crack at life. I have no issue with tasting the odd bottle of a young wine for scientific purposes buy drinking a half case of 2005 seems rather wastefull to me.

- come on guys, let the children grow up and concentrate on wiping out some of those pesky teenagers

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 11:37 Thu 10 Apr 2008

Mmm. I rather like the Vesuvio 2005 at the moment, it is rather delicious. Sadly, the others who tried this with me were not so taken.

Alex: I love the 05 Vesuvio and if you are ever in need of getting someone to drink a bottle with you, give me a call.

Axel

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 13:09 Thu 10 Apr 2008

Axel P wrote:Mmm. I rather like the Vesuvio 2005 at the moment, it is rather delicious. Sadly, the others who tried this with me were not so taken.

Alex: I love the 05 Vesuvio and if you are ever in need of getting someone to drink a bottle with you, give me a call.

Axel

There seems to be a bit of praise for this wine and in an off-year. Is that an encouragement for us to seek out a few bottles of it to stash in the cellar?

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 14:11 Thu 10 Apr 2008

SushiNorth wrote:
Axel P wrote:Mmm. I rather like the Vesuvio 2005 at the moment, it is rather delicious. Sadly, the others who tried this with me were not so taken.

Alex: I love the 05 Vesuvio and if you are ever in need of getting someone to drink a bottle with you, give me a call.

Axel
There seems to be a bit of praise for this wine and in an off-year. Is that an encouragement for us to seek out a few bottles of it to stash in the cellar?

Sushi,

I think you better had stash it away, or we'll never know what it tasted like in its prime, what with our illustrious colleagues quaffing it all far to early.

Alan

ajfeather · Post by **ajfeather** » 18:14 Thu 10 Apr 2008

I think I mentioned it before (maybe elsewhere) I am under to pressure to drink Vesuvio's to house the growing wooden train collection my son has. Given the cost of suitable boxes for family rooms I think I can legitimately exclude Vesuvio from my wine budget since it is clearly household storage

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:45 Thu 10 Apr 2008

ajfeather wrote:I think I mentioned it before (maybe elsewhere) I am under to pressure to drink Vesuvio's to house the growing wooden train collection my son has. Given the cost of suitable boxes for family rooms I think I can legitimately exclude Vesuvio from my wine budget since it is clearly household storage

No. Your hobby is allowed the same budget as the family stuff, so the cost of the Vesuvio — being added to the family spending — is therefore also added to your allowance. Great deal!

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 20:39 Sun 13 Apr 2008

More bad news:
Warre 1985
Dow 1985
2 Quinta do Vale Meao 2003

The 85's are from sohowines, sorry i wound up there early. The Vale Meao i think was a little underpriced at $50/bottle, and came from Total Wines in Hackensack NJ (a huge warehouse, whose main VP selection is overpriced relative to sohowines).

This should conclude my spending on port for a while. Now back to drinking.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 20:57 Sun 13 Apr 2008

Went to Tesco's and ended up with some Ports, obviously:

3 bottles Warre's Otima 10yot
2 bottles Quinta do Noval 2001

Post by **DRT** » 21:55 Sun 13 Apr 2008

KillerB wrote:...Tesco's ...Quinta do Noval 2001

- was that the LBV or the VP? I've never seen anything other than Vargellas and Bomfim VPs at Tesco.

Derek

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 22:04 Sun 13 Apr 2008

Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:...Tesco's ...Quinta do Noval 2001
- was that the LBV or the VP? I've never seen anything other than Vargellas and Bomfim VPs at Tesco.

Derek

Sorry - LBV, thought I'd put that but obviously not.

Just opened one of the Otimas.

Post by **DRT** » 22:08 Sun 13 Apr 2008

- damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 22:22 Sun 13 Apr 2008

Derek T. wrote: - damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?

Yep - £9.99 and £8.95 for the Otima. I am a 20YOO man but 10YOO will do as a house Port as Waitrose ran out.

Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.

Post by **DRT** » 22:55 Sun 13 Apr 2008

KillerB wrote:
Derek T. wrote: - damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?
Yep - £9.99 and £8.95 for the Otima. I am a 20YOO man but 10YOO will do as a house Port as Waitrose ran out.

Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.

Excellent. There's nothing like frying your nuts with a nice tawny

Derek

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:35 Sun 13 Apr 2008

Make sure they don't shrivel up

Post by **DRT** » 23:38 Sun 13 Apr 2008

KillerB wrote:Make sure they don't shrivel up

..unless you have an "Over 40 year old"

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:44 Sun 13 Apr 2008

Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.

Leonidas Puur Noir, really very very nice.

Post by **DRT** » 23:48 Sun 13 Apr 2008

KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.

{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 00:02 Mon 14 Apr 2008

Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.
{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}

Post by **DRT** » 00:12 Mon 14 Apr 2008

KillerB wrote:
Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.
{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}

Post by **jdaw1** » 02:09 Mon 14 Apr 2008

Usual form is for smiley abbreviation to name to both begin and end with a colon.

adjusted to fit that format, so I have edited both previous posts so that they still work.

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 16:56 Wed 16 Apr 2008

just bought 2 bottels of Feist LBV 2001 - only 13 eur pr. bot.

Post by **DRT** » 17:54 Wed 16 Apr 2008

I hope your 2001 is better than the Feist 2000 LBV I tasted last year

Derek

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 19:36 Wed 16 Apr 2008

I havnt tryed the lbv 2000
But i think the Lbv 2001 is good, i tasted it last friday

Post by **DRT** » 22:01 Wed 16 Apr 2008

I'm glad to hear that as I really was not impressed with the 2000.

Let us know how the 2001 goes when you open one.

Derek

Rubby · Post by **Rubby** » 09:00 Thu 17 Apr 2008

Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.

Post by **DRT** » 09:09 Thu 17 Apr 2008

Rubby wrote:Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.

Nice

If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?

Derek

Rubby · Post by **Rubby** » 11:07 Thu 17 Apr 2008

Derek T. wrote:
Rubby wrote:Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.
Nice

If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?

Derek

I bought it for Ã¢”šÂ¬ 50 (about £ 40 / $ 80) from a private collection.
I have to add that I never seen one in the shops over here.
I'm afraid that says a lot about the Port availability in The Netherlands.

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 18:37 Fri 25 Apr 2008

Yesterday i got

Kopke LBV 2000
Feist LBV 2001

Tasting the Kopke right now, with my wife.

Rubby · Post by **Rubby** » 13:59 Fri 02 May 2008

I just bought:
1x Quinta do Noval LBV 2000
1x Quinta do Noval Silval 1984
1x Quinta do Noval Silval 1987

I've read a few TN's about the LBV, which were quite praising.
The two Silval VP's however, are a mystery.
Does anyone have some experience with any of them?

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 14:39 Fri 02 May 2008

Rubby,

DOn't confuse those Silval's for the current "Noval Silval" as they are two totally different products. The newer version is a blend of grapes from other properties and was started after the AXA corporation bought Noval in the early 1990's.

The ones you bought are a Single Quinta Vintage Port from a small sub-plot on the main Quinta do Noval Property. There were only a few vintages of this made in the mid-1980's, as best as I can determine. I have a 1983 version (and an '83 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco as well) but have not tasted either of them yet.

From what I've gathered, these were more of mid-term drinkers and won't live to be old bones. So there is no need to cellar them any longer, as they probably won't get any better....but again I've not tried them yet, so that is just second info.

Rubby · Post by **Rubby** » 15:36 Fri 02 May 2008

Cheers for the info!
From what I read about the LBV, I'll probably lay it down for a couple of years. And from what you've just told me, I might pop the 84 Silval tonight. I'll post a TN so you'll have an idea of what to expect from your 83.

I got them both for a reasonable price, so it's no disaster if they turn out... mediocre.

Simon Lisle · Post by **Simon Lisle** » 12:49 Sat 03 May 2008

An impulse buy while in town Croft's Roeda 95 from Fenwick's

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