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1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

6x Vesuvio 2003

12 x Cockburn 1970
1 x Warre 1977
1 x Fonseca G 1976

Alex M wrote: ↑19:07 Wed 29 Jun 202212 x Cockburn 1970
1 x Warre 1977
1 x Fonseca G 1976

FG76 has been a treasure. I haven’t had it in ages.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:25 Wed 29 Jun 2022

Alex M wrote: ↑19:07 Wed 29 Jun 202212 x Cockburn 1970
1 x Warre 1977
1 x Fonseca G 1976

FG76 has been a treasure. I haven’t had it in ages.

I shall save it for consumption in your company.

Alex M wrote: ↑21:42 Wed 29 Jun 2022I shall save it for consumption in your company.

Ooh, thank you. Yum.

Picked up some '85 Taylor and Maynard's 10 year

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑03:40 Tue 24 May 2022 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Just spotted the case of 12 bottles of the GM86. What a nice catch!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑09:31 Wed 13 Jul 2022

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑03:40 Tue 24 May 2022 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Just spotted the case of 12 bottles of the GM86. What a nice catch!

Thanks Alex. I've had them before and they're very good. They came up at auction and there were no bids so I got them at a very attractive price. The bottles are in pristine condition. I sold a few to a fellow FTLOP member here in Jersey that has tastings from time to time.

Thought I'd share this as pretty sure some readers will be interested...

Not Port, but have just placed en primeur order for Chryseia 2019 via The Wine Society - £130 for 3 bottles in bond. This is the first time they've offered Chryseia EP.

Orders need to be in by midday on 21st.

32 x Grahams Crusted 2013 @ £10 in Sainsbury's

nac wrote:Thought I'd share this as pretty sure some readers will be interested...

Not Port, but have just placed en primeur order for Chryseia 2019 via The Wine Society - £130 for 3 bottles in bond. This is the first time they've offered Chryseia EP.

Orders need to be in by midday on 21st.

Wow that’s a good price.

Justin K wrote: ↑23:18 Thu 14 Jul 2022 32 x Grahams Crusted 2013 @ £10 in Sainsbury's

Way to go Justin-sounds as though you cleared the shelves!

I clearly live in a deprived area (of Port) as my local Sainsbury’s no longer stocks the Crusted

idj123 wrote: ↑08:43 Fri 15 Jul 2022

Justin K wrote: ↑23:18 Thu 14 Jul 2022 32 x Grahams Crusted 2013 @ £10 in Sainsbury's

Way to go Justin-sounds as though you cleared the shelves!

I clearly live in a deprived area (of Port) as my local Sainsbury’s no longer stocks the Crusted

I left 59 bottles behind!

Justin K wrote: ↑23:18 Thu 14 Jul 2022 32 x Grahams Crusted 2013 @ £10 in Sainsbury's

That’s your cellar defence sorted for a while.

Not even a shelf label at my local Sainsbury's, just the Malvedos. The nearest one I can think of that might range Graham's Crusted is Camden but given the location I expect it will have been cleared a while back - still at £10 might be worth a look. Another possibility might be Hendon.

Failing that I could easily take ten @ £10 cash if somebody want the Nectar points. I can collect from London so please PM if you can help me out...

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Delinquent wrote: ↑11:46 Sun 17 Jul 2022 This always happens when I visit my friend
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Cockburn 1974? As not featured in the book. Pls send me details: high-res picture of bottle and cork; provenance; judgement about whether fake. Thank you.

V05 - 1 case of 6.

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Delinquent wrote: ↑15:55 Mon 18 Jul 2022 The source is 100% reliable - no doubt. There is a story to this bottle... When Symington bought Cockburn, they found stock of Vintage Bottlings in the cellars. They will sell those bottles in the future.

I thought the producers had to declare a vintage within a certain period of time? I take it that doesn't mean said vintage needs to come to market though.

How is it?

mosesbotbol wrote: ↑19:45 Mon 18 Jul 2022I thought the producers had to declare a vintage within a certain period of time? I take it that doesn't mean said vintage needs to come to market though.

Yes, definitely. Cockburn 1977 became an official declaration in, ooh, about 2017.

Delinquent wrote:

jdaw1 wrote: ↑11:59 Sun 17 Jul 2022

Delinquent wrote: ↑11:46 Sun 17 Jul 2022 This always happens when I visit my friend
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Cockburn 1974? As not featured in the book. Pls send me details: high-res picture of bottle and cork; provenance; judgement about whether fake. Thank you.

Here are the pictures as requested:

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The source is 100% reliable - no doubt. There is a story to this bottle... When Symington bought Cockburn, they found stock of Vintage Bottlings in the cellars. They will sell those bottles in the future.

To be factually correct. The Syms didn’t “find” bottles in the cellar. The stocks being stored by the previous owners were known and included part of the purchase price, as with everything else when one buys a large business.

When was this bottle bought and where is a better question?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:29 Tue 19 Jul 2022

mosesbotbol wrote: ↑19:45 Mon 18 Jul 2022I thought the producers had to declare a vintage within a certain period of time? I take it that doesn't mean said vintage needs to come to market though.

Yes, definitely. Cockburn 1977 became an official declaration in, ooh, about 2017.

1977 Cockburn was a special case because the "secret" was so widely known. Without that common knowledge of its existence, and the circumstances surrounding it, there is little doubt in my mind that they would not have been allowed to "declare" it so late.

I helped Miguel Corte-Real drink his last two private cellar bottles of the not-yet-declared 1977 Cockburn, and our group talked about the early 1970s leading up to 1977 in great detail. He didn't mention a 1974 at that time.

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