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Yesterday, some of my “friends” took the p**s out of me for my lazy choice of Port. I really couldn’t be bothered to decant anything or go to any more effort than pull out a t-stopper.
Friday Port
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So today I’ve opened something better. And it has reminded me that the 1977 vintage is drinking so well at the moment. My personal view is that this vintage is at the top of its cycle right now.
Top 2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2026: DR Very Old White, Graham Stone Terraces 2011, Quevedo Branco 1986 b.2026
I have some Ramos Pinto 1982 lined up for tomorrow, and for Easter Sunday I'll probably open another 1980 Warre, the last one I opened was drinking very very well.
MigSU wrote: ↑20:03 Fri 03 Apr 2026
The RP is fantastic, I ripped through my only case of 6 in five or six years, after this bottle there will be only one left.
The '82 Ramos Pinto is an excellent Port. It's so smooth and elegant. I won 10 of these at auction four years ago for under $35 a bottle. A few I traded to John M. and I'm down to 5 bottles. There's no hurry to drink these, but I do want to try one again soon.
Right now I'm drinking a 2013 RP LBV and that is very good as well. Their VP's and LBV's are always good and their 20 & 30 year-old Tawnies are also fantastic.
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:42 Fri 03 Apr 2026
Ramos Pinto made an absolute blinder with their 1982. It’s a candidate for Port of the 1980s.
I've never had the 1982 but have heard very good things about it. That said, Port of the 1980s seems a fair stretch given some of the competition. Then again, y'all seem to have gotten all of the lackluster F85 so can be forgiven for not automatically having it and TV87 as your top candidates.
I've had the 1983 many times, and it is fantastic. Very overlooked. It's in my top 3 for that vintage along with Graham and Gould Campbell.
Assuming I have finished the open DR 30 Year Old before Sunday, I have a 1991 Andresen Colheita lined up.
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:42 Fri 03 Apr 2026
Ramos Pinto made an absolute blinder with their 1982. It’s a candidate for Port of the 1980s.
I've never had the 1982 but have heard very good things about it. That said, Port of the 1980s seems a fair stretch given some of the competition. Then again, y'all seem to have gotten all of the lackluster F85 so can be forgiven for not automatically having it and TV87 as your top candidates.
I've had the 1983 many times, and it is fantastic. Very overlooked. It's in my top 3 for that vintage along with Graham and Gould Campbell.
Assuming I have finished the open DR 30 Year Old before Sunday, I have a 1991 Andresen Colheita lined up.
My overall Port of the 80's would be the F85 followed by the Dow '80 and then the RP82. Close behind are TV87, G83 and the G85 in that order. Honorable Mention goes to the Ferreira '87.
Well it was deserved!
Julian popped round for a quick glass of Port
We drank
Remnants of T55
Fonseca Crusting 73
Graham 85
Churchill 85
Vesuvio Capela 2011
We did not drink much of the Vesuvio saving it for another day. In hindsight opening it may have been an error.
Christopher wrote: ↑09:52 Sun 05 Apr 2026We did not drink much of the Vesuvio saving it for another day. In hindsight opening it may have been an error.
To take home I was donated a fraction of the VC11, about which not all of Christopher’s sentence is strictly true.
Opened a Niepoort 2020 LBV last night. Initial pop and pour weren't as good as the first bottle. Blueberry, anise, and glue flavors. I am hoping they'll whiff off. I wasn't planning on really getting into the bottle until Monday or Tuesday.
