Nelly organised a tasting and, for her first theme threw, a real curveball - white aged Ports. Glenn very kindly curated the tasting for us, ensuring that we brought something different and tasted the wines in an order which made sense (at least it did to him). All were served blind so we only knew the identity of the bottle we brought.
It was such a pleasure to be able to taste 9 different aged white Ports side-by-side like this. There were some nice surprises and some disappointments but the tasting reminded me just how much I love white Port!
The wines we tasted in tasting order were:
Tasting notes and links to tasting notes have all been posted. Please feel free to add your thoughts and comments!
2022: Tue 17 May - White Port
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Alex Bridgeman
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2022: Tue 17 May - White Port
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
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- Location: Berkshire, UK
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The wines were in the order given in the first post with MPM number 1 and NW number 9.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.