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[MigSU]

12 halves of Dow 2017, probably my young port of 2024.

Nice! I'd love to have those; i only have full bottles and they probably won't be ready for a long time.

[winesecretary]

@ MigSu - at a very good price too, from Seckfords - about £29 each delivered. They only had one 12 pack and I did not hesitate.

Broadly, interesting wine in halves in the secondary market is of compelling interest to me. I do have some bottles of the Dow 17 as well but am probably too old to buy more.

[Justin K]

14 x Bomfim ‘13 @ £20.80 each. Did a deal with an Asda branch to take the last of their stock. Pointed out that at £32 it would sit there till next Christening! Sense prevailed

[nac]

Two each of Ramos Pinto 1945 & Mackenzie 1963.

[Mike J. W.]

Two each of Ramos Pinto 1945 & Mackenzie 1963.

That's a very nice score, Neil! I especially like Ramos Pinto's Ports, although I've never had a Mackenzie. What auction did you win them at?

[Justin K]

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 had no bids and I did a deal for them later. Anyway the story is that they were the last bottles in the cellar of a man who died in his mid 90’s and were bought soon after bottling and cellared since then. All bottles were into neck and no leakage. There were in total 41 bottles put up for sale, they have gone to a good home and I hope that when my time comes I’ll leave (not too many I hope) mine in similar condition.

[winesecretary]

A dozen of Warre 2003. £395 IB. Seemed wrong not to after its strong showing on Tuesday.

[nac]

Two each of Ramos Pinto 1945 & Mackenzie 1963.

That's a very nice score, Neil! I especially like Ramos Pinto's Ports, although I've never had a Mackenzie. What auction did you win them at?

Both retail - but very reasonably priced.

[Rummy]

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 had no bids and I did a deal for them later. Anyway the story is that they were the last bottles in the cellar of a man who died in his mid 90’s and were bought soon after bottling and cellared since then. All bottles were into neck and no leakage. There were in total 41 bottles put up for sale, they have gone to a good home and I hope that when my time comes I’ll leave (not too many I hope) mine in similar condition.

Amazing deal, well done!

[Justin K]

2 x DB88 halves
6 x V91 plus a mysterious tastevin?

[nac]

One bottle of 1974 Quinta da Eira Velha
£32 delivered
Condition isn't great, but there's no note for this and don't expect we'll find another bottle
Label says "...shipped and bottled in 1977..."

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[winesecretary]

That’s properly rare. But I suspect the MDDG behind it will taste better…

[nac]

That’s properly rare. But I suspect the MDDG behind it will taste better…

One of three double magnums of the 2011. Possibly ready to drink in about 20 years.

[PhilW]

Very unusual bottle - cheers for posting the pics, am assuming you're ok with me adding them to the VPID.

[nac]

Very unusual bottle - cheers for posting the pics, am assuming you're ok with me adding them to the VPID.

That's fine. I'll email you the hi-res originals + one of the capsule.

[Mike J. W.]

Won at auction:

2 x 1960 Offley Boa Vista VP in great shape
1 x 1985 Graham's VP ($39)
2 x 1985 Warre's VP ($39 ea.)

The Graham's and one of the Warre's is going to John M. aka BigLove

[Big Love]

10 YO Palmer White....not had a Palmer Port yet. Not common over here.

[MigSU]

10 YO Palmer White....not had a Palmer Port yet. Not common over here.

It belongs to Álvaro and Fernando van Zeller, but I don't know if it's formally under the umbrella of Barão de Vilar.

[Glenn E.]

10 YO Palmer White....not had a Palmer Port yet. Not common over here.

It belongs to Álvaro and Fernando van Zeller, but I don't know if it's formally under the umbrella of Barão de Vilar.

We visited in 2021, and IIRC Palmer, Maynard's, Fletcher, and Feuerheerd are all brands under the Barão de Vilar umbrella.

There was some recent discussion about Fletcher being a BOB now, but my memory from 2021 had it as a brand of Barao de Vilar. My memory could be wrong.

[Mike J. W.]

I've had the Barão de Vilar 10 year old white a few times and it was very good. They were also selling for about $17 per 500 ml bottle when I was able to find them 3 years ago. I still have 3 or 4 bottles left. I've never seen a Palmer 10 year old white, but if it's anything like the Barão de Vilar 10 year old white it should be very nice.

[Justin K]

1 x TV88
1 x T97
1 x QH94
1 x Stainton Selection LBV 92

Anyone know anything about the last item. It says it was bottled by Churchills in 1998. It has a t stopper but I think Churchills only do unfiltered?

[jdaw1]

Pls post a better picture.

[Justin K]

I hope this is easier to make out.

[Alex Bridgeman]

A t-stopper doesn't mean for certain the wine was filtered before bottling, but it's a 6 year bottling and I think Churchill these days are normally 4 years.

How much sediment is there in the bottle?

[Mike J. W.]

1 each of the following:
1974 Barros Colheita (bottled 2024)
1975 Andresen Colheita (bottled 2010)
1995 Dalva Colheita (bottled 2023)

[Rummy]

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."

[Alex Bridgeman]

That is the most wonderful bottle to have acquired. Congratulations!

[Glenn E.]

That's really very cool!

[nac]

1 x 1977 Messias Quinta do Cachao

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[Justin K]

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?

[winesecretary]

Fonseca was the star of the 1992 horizontal we did a couple of years back and will probably be even better now.

[MigSU]

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?

I believe I'm that friend. Thanks so much!

[Rummy]

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.

[nac]

10 x Noval 70
7 x Foz 70
2 x Smith Woodhouse 70

[Mike J. W.]

10 x Noval 70
7 x Foz 70
2 x Smith Woodhouse 70

That's an excellent haul, Neil. The Calem Quinta da Foz are rare as hen's teeth over here in the U.S. and to score 7 of them is really nice. I'm curious how it will show at the '70's horizontal in October. Of course the Noval and SW will be very tasty as well.

[PhilW]

10 x Noval 70
7 x Foz 70
2 x Smith Woodhouse 70

That's an excellent haul, Neil. The Calem Quinta da Foz are rare as hen's teeth over here in the U.S. and to score 7 of them is really nice. I'm curious how it will show at the '70's horizontal in October. Of course the Noval and SW will be very tasty as well.

The CaF70 isn't common here either, and I like it. Nice purchase.

[Justin K]

2 x T63
1 x T70
1 x SW94
At auction along with an interesting letter.

[jdaw1]

Wikipedia says that Sir Simon Dunning was born in 1939 (so aged ≈33 as of this letter), and died in January this year. Have you bought from his estate?

[Justin K]

Wikipedia says that Sir Simon Dunning was born in 1939 (so aged ≈33 as of this letter), and died in January this year. Have you bought from his estate?

Yes I looked that up beforehand and I noticed how young he was when he bought all that Port

[Rummy]

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

[Glenn E.]

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

Very nice! It would be difficult to have too much V94.

[Alex Bridgeman]

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.

[Rummy]

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 even more surprised that I was able to purchase both. I was very fond of the V95 that I've had three times last year, looking forward to opening a 94 later this year.

[nac]

1 x Taylor LBV 1967 (bottled 1973)
1 x Taylor 10YO Tawny (bottled 1973)
Both online auction purchases. Unsure on condition, but quite interesting. The 10YO has a proper wax capsule.

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[Alex Bridgeman]

That Taylor is historic - the first commercial LBV which was bottled filtered and so made easy for restaurants to serve and pour.

[Glenn E.]

That Taylor is historic - the first commercial LBV which was bottled filtered and so made easy for restaurants to serve and pour.

I thought that 1965 was their first LBV, bottled in 1970? Or was the 1965 not bottled filtered?

[Alex Bridgeman]

That Taylor is historic - the first commercial LBV which was bottled filtered and so made easy for restaurants to serve and pour.

I thought that 1965 was their first LBV, bottled in 1970? Or was the 1965 not bottled filtered?

Oops! My mistake. You’re right, it was the 1965 which was the first filtered LBV.

[Justin K]

1 x W60 @ £20 Bigwoods Auctions today.
Unfortunately not me (too many leakers from them so won’t bid) but well spotted by someone as it was a mixed lot of so so ports and wines.

[Justin K]

C Da Silva 1937 Single Harvest bought at auction in a mixed lot of red wine including Lynch Bages (3), Cheval Blanc and Beychevelle. Not sure how much I paid for it may even work out as F.O.C.

[Big Love]

Mike W. and I won at auction last night:

2 @ 1994 Croft
4 @ 2004 Krohn
6 @ 2002 Q de Roriz
6 @ 1991 Delaforce
6 @ 2002 Davis Bynum Port (Mike says made with Malbec grapes)
12 @ 1997 Chateau La Foret Sauternes

An odd assortment for sure....but we got it at a v good price (would have been better but a last day bidder pushed it way up).