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Posted: **17:22 Mon 18 Oct 2021**

winesecretary wrote: ↑05:59 Mon 18 Oct 2021 @ Mike J.W. - I think you'll be impressed with the Niepoort. Best young VP I've ever drunk.

I am curious to try it even though it's young. I have a half dozen full size bottles and a couple of halves. I think I'll try out a half bottle
and see what it's like. I suspect a fruit bomb?

Posted: **13:47 Fri 22 Oct 2021**

12 x 1983 Offley Boa Vista VP

Posted: **14:08 Fri 22 Oct 2021**

I took delivery yesterday of the Quevedo premium Advent calendar refill pack. The port included is a step up from last years offering with the more basic offerings being replaced by some very exciting ports. One point of note is the new label designs that look fantastic and have some style Indicators for port type and colour. They all look very impressive, as well as very tasty!

Posted: **18:25 Fri 22 Oct 2021**

Doggett wrote:I took delivery yesterday of the Quevedo premium Advent calendar refill pack. The port included is a step up from last years offering with the more basic offerings being replaced by some very exciting ports. One point of note is the new label designs that look fantastic and have some style
Indicators for port type and colour. They all look very impressive, as well as very tasty!

The new wood box version is impressive as well.

Posted: **12:51 Tue 26 Oct 2021**

I’ve been expanding my Quinta de Roriz collection. By a strange co-incidence, I ended up finalising two purchases yesterday. One for a case of the 2016 and the 2004. The other for a bottled of believed Kopke Quinta de Roriz 1834 which, if true, will be, by some measure, the oldest bottle of Port in my possession once I pick it up...

Posted: **19:37 Tue 26 Oct 2021**

JacobH wrote: ↑12:51 Tue 26 Oct 2021Kopke Quinta de Roriz 1834

Vintage of high repute. Shipper of high repute. Not quite in the prime of youth.

Posted: **20:00 Tue 26 Oct 2021**

my Quinta de Roriz collection

I have three 1927 Roriz, bottled by Gonzalez Byass - bought eight years ago, all in good order, but never sampled..

..excuse needed..!

Posted: **20:48 Tue 26 Oct 2021**

Until 1901 the grapes of Roriz were Kopke, when Gonzalez Byass became the buyer.

Posted: **07:51 Wed 27 Oct 2021**

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:37 Tue 26 Oct 2021
JacobH wrote: ↑12:51 Tue 26 Oct 2021Kopke Quinta de Roriz 1834
Vintage of high repute. Shipper of high repute. Not quite in the prime of youth.

I’m hoping it will have reached full maturity by the time we open it!

uncle tom wrote: ↑20:00 Tue 26 Oct 2021
my Quinta de Roriz collection
I have three 1927 Roriz, bottled by Gonzalez Byass - bought eight years ago, all in good order, but never sampled..

..excuse needed..!

Absolutely. I’ve wanted to have a proper Roriz vertical for a while. There are about a dozen recent vintages from 1991 onwards, although they are made in such small quantities that tracking them down is a bit tricky; I’m about half-way there. I think we would need the full set of them plus perhaps another Gonzalez Byass bottling if we can get hold of it! I think the chances of ever seeing another Kopke one are about zero.

Posted: **02:27 Thu 28 Oct 2021**

I have 1999, should it be required.

Posted: **15:41 Wed 03 Nov 2021**

Cr03 - 1 case of 12.

Posted: **15:52 Wed 03 Nov 2021**

It's not the best producer nor the best year, but I purchased a case of 6 of 1998 Quinta do Passadouro very cheap (chap forgot to set a reserve price at an auction, ended up being around €23/bottle). I think I'll open one this weekend to see the stage in which the wine currently is.

Posted: **19:13 Wed 03 Nov 2021**

MigSU wrote: ↑15:52 Wed 03 Nov 2021It's not the best producer nor the best year, but I purchased a case of 6 of 1998 Quinta do Passadouro very cheap (chap forgot to set a reserve price at an auction, ended up being around €23/bottle). I think I'll open one this weekend to see the stage in which the wine currently is.

I bought two dozen of the Ps98. Twenty-three have been opened, of which at most six were drinkable with pleasure. Hopefully you will have better luck than that.

Posted: **19:25 Wed 03 Nov 2021**

Gee, I don't like those odds. What exactly was wrong with them? Any actual faults, or simply a wine that wasn't that good?

Posted: **17:54 Thu 04 Nov 2021**

The 1994 and 1997 bottlings of anything that came from Niepoort tend to be heavily riddled with VA. I've never had a 1998 Passadouro, but VA would be my concern there as well.

I'm normally very tolerant of VA, but the stuff I've had from 1994 and 1997 has been nearly undrinkable.

Posted: **18:54 Thu 04 Nov 2021**

Well, rats. Oh well, we'll see this Saturday.

Posted: **23:15 Thu 04 Nov 2021**

MigSU wrote: ↑19:25 Wed 03 Nov 2021What exactly was wrong with them?

Dirty bacterial.

Posted: **00:04 Fri 05 Nov 2021**

jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:15 Thu 04 Nov 2021
MigSU wrote: ↑19:25 Wed 03 Nov 2021What exactly was wrong with them?
Dirty bacterial.

Oh, great news, then.

Posted: **20:54 Fri 05 Nov 2021**

1 x 1945 Croft VP
2 x 1992 Taylor's VP

Posted: **20:12 Sun 07 Nov 2021**

@ Mike J.W. - you have yourself two absolutely cracking ports there, IMHO.

Posted: **21:32 Sun 07 Nov 2021**

winesecretary wrote: ↑20:12 Sun 07 Nov 2021 @ Mike J.W. - you have yourself two absolutely cracking ports there, IMHO.

Thanks. I've had the '92 before and I really, really liked it. I buy it when I can get it at a decent price at auction. I think it's only going to keep getting better for quite awhile. Right now, I prefer it over the '94 Taylor's but that might just be because in my opinion, the '94 still isn't ready.

As far as the '45 Croft, I've read a lot about it, but have never tried it. I'm going to save it for a special occasion. What that is yet, I don't know.
Maybe for my retirement celebration next December.

Posted: **21:42 Sun 07 Nov 2021**

@ Mike J.W. - For me the Taylor 1992 is not only the wine of the vintage but the best wine Taylor made that decade, and probably a decade either side although some here would probably argue for the Vargellas 1987. The 1994 is definitely behind the 1992 for me. The 1992 was a wine I avoided for years because RPWA had reviewed it well (often a big turn-off in the UK wine world, certainly for those of us who have very 'old world' palates) and then I opened a bottle about two years back and I was just blown away by it.

Croft 1945 - retirement celebration - maybe - on your own, with the door locked on the inside...

Posted: **22:03 Sun 07 Nov 2021**

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:42 Sun 07 Nov 2021 @ Mike J.W. - For me the Taylor 1992 is not only the wine of the vintage but the best wine Taylor made that decade, and probably a decade either side although some here would probably argue for the Vargellas 1987. The 1994 is definitely behind the 1992 for me. The 1992 was a wine I avoided for years because RPWA had reviewed it well (often a big turn-off in the UK wine world, certainly for those of us who have very 'old world' palates) and then I opened a bottle about two years back and I was just blown away by it.

Croft 1945 - retirement celebration - maybe - on your own, with the door locked on the inside...

Blown away describes my reaction to the '92 as well. I also had it about 2 years ago for the first time. It runs laps around the '94. We'll see if the '94 ever catches up.

You're right, I could get pretty selfish for once when I crack open the '45.

Posted: **04:23 Tue 09 Nov 2021**

In general, 1994’s have been in a funky phase for about 5-6 years now and are slowly coming out it. So if your comparison of them is from that time frame don’t use it as a reliable set in stone decision. Your opinion of them may just change in due course. Of course, you’ll need to drink lots of it first

Posted: **08:04 Tue 09 Nov 2021**

@ Andy V - I suspect you may be right about the 1994s having been in a down phase. Next 1994 horizontal is in 1 week, I am happy to say, so we will be able to test the thesis... and, as you also say, one needs lots of comparators. Because of my age I have as much 1994 as any other vintage.

Posted: **20:42 Sat 13 Nov 2021**

Posted: **13:42 Fri 19 Nov 2021**

2 x Taylor's Historical collection I

2 x Taylor's Historical collection II

2 x Taylor's Historical collection III

2 x Taylor's 2005 Vintage - Vargellas & Terra Feita (Estates Collection)

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

Posted: **10:53 Sat 20 Nov 2021**

JKristiansen wrote: ↑13:42 Fri 19 Nov 2021 2 x Taylor's Historical collection I

2 x Taylor's Historical collection II

2 x Taylor's Historical collection III

2 x Taylor's 2005 Vintage - Vargellas & Terra Feita (Estates Collection)

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

I've not seen the Estates Collection cases before. They look really nice.

On a different matter - have you bought yourself the latest Graham Single Harvest Tawny vintage yet? I'd love to see another picture of your collection of the range of the wines.

Posted: **20:56 Sat 20 Nov 2021**

2 x Graham's 2007
2 x Taylor's 2000
2 x Barros 2019
2 x Burmester 2019

Posted: **19:24 Sun 21 Nov 2021**

MigSU wrote: ↑20:56 Sat 20 Nov 2021 2 x Graham's 2007
2 x Taylor's 2000
2 x Barros 2019
2 x Burmester 2019

I love those Graham's 2007. They're certainly young now, but I think they're really going to show very nicely in another 10 or 15 years.

Posted: **19:40 Sun 21 Nov 2021**

That's good to know!

Posted: **15:10 Mon 22 Nov 2021**

1 x Migules 40yr in a special "Vin med mere.dk edition - made special for the danish marked and the wine shop vinmedmere.dk

It's a different blend then the normal Miguels 40yr

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

Posted: **15:35 Mon 22 Nov 2021**

That's an interesting oddity. I've never had any of their wines.

Posted: **15:40 Mon 22 Nov 2021**

I don’t know Migules although I can see they have declared fairly frequently since 1960 according to their website: are they popular in Denmark?

Rather alarmingly, after just buying the mixed case from Vintage Wine and Port which included the Messias 10-year-old white, I now have eight different bottles of white Port in my possession: a new record!

Posted: **15:45 Mon 22 Nov 2021**

MigSU wrote: ↑15:35 Mon 22 Nov 2021 That's an interesting oddity. I've never had any of their wines.

I notice that VintagePort.se says that they were founded in 2015 by someone who is related to the Messias family and sell wines from the Messias reserves. Whilst their tawnies could be a mixture of family stocks, are the vintage ports likely to be straight rebranded Messias bottles?

Posted: **12:52 Wed 24 Nov 2021**

Has anyone had the Pintas vintage 2003? I bought a couple of bottles on the recommendation of a friend, but haven't had it yet.

Posted: **13:57 Wed 24 Nov 2021**

4 bottles of Warre's Otima 20 year Tawny Port

21 EUR - not for 1 bottle.. But all 4 bottles..

Someone made a "black week" price mistake on a danish website - so the price I paid, was the amount that I was supposed to save..

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

Posted: **14:12 Wed 24 Nov 2021**

JKristiansen wrote:4 bottles of Warre's Otima 20 year Tawny Port

21 EUR - not for 1 bottle.. But all 4 bottles..

Someone made a "black week" price mistake on a danish website - so the price I paid, was the amount that I was supposed to save..

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

That is an incredible bargain!

Posted: **14:36 Wed 24 Nov 2021**

I'll say!

Posted: **15:53 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

1 x W66
1 x G70

£169 inc commission.

Posted: **17:20 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

I realised that an interesting option for a birth-year port to drink with family at Christmas could be a tawny, so when I saw this on VWP I couldn't resist.

Posted: **17:25 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

@Alex M - that's a very good score.

Posted: **19:00 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

rich_n wrote: ↑17:20 Wed 01 Dec 2021 I realised that an interesting option for a birth-year port to drink with family at Christmas could be a tawny, so when I saw this on VWP I couldn't resist.

I just picked up 3 of those also! It's a very nice tawny, I think you will enjoy it.

Posted: **20:28 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

Glenn E. wrote:
rich_n wrote: ↑17:20 Wed 01 Dec 2021 I realised that an interesting option for a birth-year port to drink with family at Christmas could be a tawny, so when I saw this on VWP I couldn't resist.
I just picked up 3 of those also! It's a very nice tawny, I think you will enjoy it.

Good to know, if you're singing its praises then I would think I've not gone too far wrong.

Posted: **22:06 Wed 01 Dec 2021**

It is a delicious wine. I think it was one of the wines in the Kopke tasting pack - I remember thinking how nice it was.

Posted: **23:23 Thu 02 Dec 2021**

1 x 1980 Warre's VP
5 x 1994 Quinta Do Vesuvio SQVP
12 x 1994 Warre's VP @ £23 per bottle
1 x 1995 Taylor's Vargellas SQVP
1 x 2017 Dow's VP

Posted: **23:30 Thu 02 Dec 2021**

Wow, 94 Vesúvio. Great wine!

Warre's 94 - absolute bargain.

Posted: **00:55 Fri 03 Dec 2021**

I saw the price of the Warre '94 and thought just the same - you have got yourself an absolute steal Mike. If there's more available at the same price, buy it!

Posted: **07:32 Fri 03 Dec 2021**

What Alex said on the Warre 1994 - great find!

Posted: **09:48 Fri 03 Dec 2021**

and there I was thinking, I was about to see a post about someone on

buying 9 bottles of N31.

what a great price on the Warre's 94

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