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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.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?
Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.
Port is basically a red drink
Excellent. There's nothing like frying your nuts with a nice tawnyKillerB wrote: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.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?
Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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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.
NiceRubby 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.
If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
I bought it for ┚¬ 50 (about £ 40 / $ 80) from a private collection.Derek T. wrote:NiceRubby 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.
If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?
Derek
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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