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Post by **DRT** » 22:33 Fri 06 Nov 2009

AHB wrote:I've just taken advantage of Sainsbury's 25% sale. 3 bottles of Taylor 2003 LBV, 2 bottles of Crasto 2001 and 1 bottle of Grahams Crusted b2002

Me too.

angeleyes · Post by **angeleyes** » 00:14 Sat 07 Nov 2009

Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:30 Sat 07 Nov 2009

2 x 1986 Smith Woodhouse Colheita

Post by **DRT** » 13:27 Sun 08 Nov 2009

angeleyes wrote:Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?

I haven't tried the Crasto 2001 but my store had the Eira Velha 2000 and Crasto 2000 at £11.25 per bottle with the "buy 6 and get 25% off" offer. I went back today and cleared another shelf of 5 bottles of the Eira Velha 2000 and one more Crasto 2000. I also picked-up a lone bottle of Fonseca Guimareans 1988 for £15. That store also had the Crasto 96, which I left on the shelf as I already have quite a few of those and have drunk a case or more over the past two years. Very good juice for the price. Although I haven't tasted the 2000s that I bought this weekend I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

angeleyes · Post by **angeleyes** » 22:07 Sun 08 Nov 2009

DRT wrote:I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

I have to agree!

Anyway, back on topic:

2 x Eira Velha 2000
1 x Crasto 2001
2 x Sains. 10 year old tawny (Symington)
1 x Warre LBV 2000 (unfiltered)

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:23 Mon 09 Nov 2009

6 x 2007 Porto Rocha Vintage Port for $48/bottle.

Of the 25-ish 2007s that I've tried, I have the Porto Rocha tied for 3rd in the vintage. $48/bottle is a steal, especially in the US.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 05:50 Mon 09 Nov 2009

DRT wrote:
angeleyes wrote:Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?
I haven't tried the Crasto 2001 but my store had the Eira Velha 2000 and Crasto 2000 at £11.25 per bottle with the "buy 6 and get 25% off" offer. I went back today and cleared another shelf of 5 bottles of the Eira Velha 2000 and one more Crasto 2000. I also picked-up a lone bottle of Fonseca Guimareans 1988 for £15. That store also had the Crasto 96, which I left on the shelf as I already have quite a few of those and have drunk a case or more over the past two years. Very good juice for the price. Although I haven't tasted the 2000s that I bought this weekend I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

The Crasto 2000 (VP I presume?) is very nice. Not one of the top 2000's but very nice for the mid-term. A bit like Kopke, Vale d. Maria and Passadouro. I happily paid 30 euros for my bottles, and at £11 it is a definite steal.

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 15:25 Mon 09 Nov 2009

2 x QdVesuvio 2005

angeleyes · Post by **angeleyes** » 20:07 Tue 10 Nov 2009

2 x Delaforce Quinta da Corte '91

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 00:52 Thu 19 Nov 2009

5x fonseca 85

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 04:01 Thu 19 Nov 2009

2xGraham1980
2xFonseca2003
2xWarre2000
1xWarre2003
2xDelaforce2000
2xFonseca2003-LBV

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:01 Sun 22 Nov 2009

1 x 1985 Graham magnum
1 x 1980 Dow

marc j. · Post by **marc j.** » 23:57 Tue 24 Nov 2009

1 x 1948 Taylor
2 x 1937 Niepoort Colheita
1 x 1963 Taylor
8 x 1983 Ferreira
1 x 1997 Niepoort (mag)
1 x 1970 Taylor
2 x 1994 Niepoort
2 x 1991 Warre
4 x 1970 Niepoort
1 x 1977 Kopke Colheita

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 01:55 Wed 25 Nov 2009

2 x 1960 Croft... getting ahead of the game for my parents' 50th anniversary next year.

angeleyes · Post by **angeleyes** » 09:11 Wed 25 Nov 2009

1 x Dow Qd Bomfim '98

uncle tom · Post by **uncle tom** » 01:33 Fri 27 Nov 2009

Guilherme 1820..

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 02:13 Fri 27 Nov 2009

nice Uncle tom!

i believe sushi and i picked up another 12x Croft 00 for a steal of a price.

Alex M · Post by **Alex M** » 08:37 Sat 28 Nov 2009

12 x Vesuvio 1994 for £37 per bottle.

dcs · Post by **dcs** » 17:56 Sat 28 Nov 2009

Alex M wrote:12 x Vesuvio 1994 for £37 per bottle.

That's a great deal! What a super Port!
-Dave-

Portman · Post by **Portman** » 18:02 Mon 30 Nov 2009

4 x 1991 Grahams Vintage

Post by **DRT** » 18:26 Mon 30 Nov 2009

Portman wrote:4 x 1991 Grahams Vintage

Very good juice

I just picked-up another 11 x half bottles of Croft LBV 2002. I used some discount vouchers they sent me today so these worked out at £2.74 each

Portman · Post by **Portman** » 19:05 Tue 01 Dec 2009

Well DRT, your TN on the Graham's helped me pull the trigger, so thank you. The TN section of this board is incredibly useful.

Post by **DRT** » 19:43 Tue 01 Dec 2009

Portman wrote:Well DRT, your TN on the Graham's helped me pull the trigger, so thank you.

Glad to have been of assistance

Portman wrote:The TN section of this board is incredibly useful.

Post by **DRT** » 00:08 Sun 06 Dec 2009

2 x Dow LBV 2004 @ £5.49 for a 50cl bottle at Tesco (going back for more)

2 x Quinta de Eira Velha 2000
2 x Fonseca Guimareans 1988
1 x Fonseca Guimareans 1996
1 x Taylor First Estate (because I have never tasted it)

The above 6 bottles were purchased from Sainsbury for a total of £75 in their "buy-6 get 25% off" deal.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 13:47 Mon 07 Dec 2009

Finally bought my first 2007's:
6x Niepoort
6x Vesuvio

And next to that:
6x Passadouro 2000
1x Niepoort 1991
1x Martinez Eira Velha 1994
1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988
1/2x Niepoort Colheita 1995
1/2x Niepoort Moscatel
1/2x JM Fonseca Moscatel de Setubal Alambre 20 Years Old
1/2x Noval Colheita 1976
And a half of Niepoort 2007 (cask sample) received as a gift.

Nice.

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 17:59 Mon 07 Dec 2009

RonnieRoots wrote:1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988

Personally, i find my Vargellas 88 halves to be best at D+0 to D+2, fyi.

TBird · Post by **TBird** » 18:34 Mon 07 Dec 2009

03 niepoort @ $39.99
03 noval @ $44.99
00 croft @ $29.99

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 19:18 Mon 07 Dec 2009

SushiNorth wrote:
RonnieRoots wrote:1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988
Personally, i find my Vargellas 88 halves to be best at D+0 to D+2, fyi.

It is not planned to last much longer than that.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:43 Mon 07 Dec 2009

1 x Warre's Otima 20-yr Old Tawny Port (outrageous price at $44, but I really wanted to try it)
12 x 1985 Churchill's Vintage Port (to be this winter's house Port, minus one bottle for my 1985 horizontal)
1 x 1985 Hooper's Vintage Port (bringing me to 20 bottles in the horizontal)

I got the Churchill's for $26.50/bottle, which seems like a good price anywhere but especially in the US.

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 20:13 Mon 07 Dec 2009

TBird wrote:03 niepoort @ $39.99
03 noval @ $44.99
00 croft @ $29.99

.... in my next life I want to be born in Brooklyn. This is awesome.

Axel

Post by **DRT** » 20:26 Mon 07 Dec 2009

Another 6 x Quinta de Eira Velha from Sainsbury for £11.50ish each.

marc j. · Post by **marc j.** » 16:21 Wed 09 Dec 2009

1 x 1962 Sandeman VP
4 x Rocha Three Centuries
3 x 1970 Niepoort VP
1 x 1991 Cockburn VP

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 21:52 Wed 09 Dec 2009

2 Warre 1963 (one for me, one for g-man)
1 Sandeman 1963 (for the Sandeman tasting)
1 Qd Noval 1963 (just because)

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 22:33 Wed 09 Dec 2009

Nothing recently, cash flow issue and work is a git meaning I don't get out.

Hoping to get a delivery tomorrow courtesy of a rather nice chap from this forum. Fingers crossed...

VJR · Post by **VJR** » 08:10 Thu 10 Dec 2009

Fonseca 70. A & N bottlings and a few John Harvey bottlings - like to compare these to Mentzendorff's.
So delicious right now, and at 90 quid per- fantastic QPR - not a bad bet for current drinking and "immediate gratification" between Xmas and New Year.

Cheers, victor

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 22:18 Thu 10 Dec 2009

18 x Morgan 91
6 x Sainsburys special offer - thank you gentlemen for making note of that one, shall be trying that tomorrow evening.

Portman · Post by **Portman** » 22:10 Thu 17 Dec 2009

4 x 1995 Smith Woodhouse Madelena

3 x 1995 Fonseca Guimaraens

4 x 2000 Delaforce (@ $25 per, not a bad deal)

TBird · Post by **TBird** » 21:24 Fri 18 Dec 2009

2004 Quinta do Crasto Porto Vintage @ $49.99

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 23:40 Mon 04 Jan 2010

2x 97 Noval

Michael M. · Post by **Michael M.** » 12:36 Thu 07 Jan 2010

6x 2005 Rozès VP @12,95 EUR each
2x 1987 Graham's Malvedos VP (halves) @ 18 EUR each
13x 2001 Vesuvio VP (2 owc/6) @ 39 EUR each

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:39 Thu 07 Jan 2010

Michael M. wrote:6x 2005 Rozès VP @12,95 EUR each

The ’97 needs a multi-day decant to be drinkable.

Michael M. · Post by **Michael M.** » 16:33 Fri 08 Jan 2010

Julian, thanks for the hint. Most of the 1997 seem to be closed down. That's why I leave them alone since some time.
2005 Rozès VP is very fruity but rather lean. At that price worth a try.
Michael

Post by **DRT** » 17:07 Fri 08 Jan 2010

Michael M. wrote:Julian, thanks for the hint. Most of the 1997 seem to be closed down. That's why I leave them alone since some time.
2005 Rozès VP is very fruity but rather lean. At that price worth a try.
Michael

Michael,

I have shared two bottles of the 97 with Julian recently and the problem wasn't to do with the fact that it was closed down it was just that it was horribly astringent and hot when first opened but seemed to soften and become drinkable as they integrated over the course of a few days in the decanter.

Michael M. · Post by **Michael M.** » 18:01 Fri 08 Jan 2010

Derek,

I have some bottles of this VP. I must admit, the 2 or 3 bottles a I had so far never wowed me. I found it to be quite boring. I allways tought it to be in a suboptimal phase. But I did not try extended aeration until now. I should make a new try and accommodate yours advices.

Michael

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:19 Fri 08 Jan 2010

The Rz97 isn’t great. But at D+0 it is undrinkably astringent and tanky; by day 4 it is pleasantly drinkable though still rather basic.

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:36 Fri 08 Jan 2010

jdaw1 wrote:The Rz97 isn’t great. But at D+0 it is undrinkably astringent and tanky; by day 4 it is pleasantly drinkable though still rather basic.

We had the same experience with their 1994 LBV. Rz is actually an excellent bottle for bars to keep around, it's inexpensive and does well sitting around.

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 21:01 Fri 08 Jan 2010

Burmester Colheita 37

angeleyes · Post by **angeleyes** » 01:07 Tue 12 Jan 2010

Just back from a rainy Lisboa.

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Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:17 Thu 14 Jan 2010

6 x 2003 Smith Woodhouse @ $38.95.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:43 Sat 16 Jan 2010

Eira Velha 2000 for £10 - but there was only 1 available