Page 1 of 1
Private tasting
Posted: 20:02 Fri 02 Oct 2009
by ac-fast
Tomorow Saturday
We are a group of 5 couples and we love port. Tomorrow we have our third tasting. The program is mixed, and are as follow
Barao de vilar LBV 03
Romariz LBV 03
Barros VP 05
Kopke VP 07
Ramos Pinto 20Y
Dalva 30Y
Portal 40Y
Romariz Colheita 63
Re: Private tasting
Posted: 21:23 Fri 02 Oct 2009
by Glenn E.
ac-fast wrote:Romariz Colheita 63
I'm interested to hear how this bottle shows for you. I have had it twice with wildly different results. The first time I had it in Porto it was wonderful. The second time was a bottle I purchased over the internet, and while it was very nice right after the bottle was opened it went downhill very quickly. After a mere 5 hours it was flat and bland, and by the next day it was practically just sugary water.
I hope your bottle is similar to my first!
Re: Private tasting
Posted: 07:45 Sat 03 Oct 2009
by ac-fast
Hi...
tomorrow I will post my experience
Re: Private tasting
Posted: 08:02 Sat 03 Oct 2009
by RonnieRoots
Glenn E. wrote:ac-fast wrote:Romariz Colheita 63
I'm interested to hear how this bottle shows for you. I have had it twice with wildly different results. The first time I had it in Porto it was wonderful. The second time was a bottle I purchased over the internet, and while it was very nice right after the bottle was opened it went downhill very quickly. After a mere 5 hours it was flat and bland, and by the next day it was practically just sugary water.
I hope your bottle is similar to my first!
Did they have very different bottling dates?
Re: Private tasting
Posted: 19:07 Sat 03 Oct 2009
by Glenn E.
RonnieRoots wrote:Glenn E. wrote:ac-fast wrote:Romariz Colheita 63
I'm interested to hear how this bottle shows for you. I have had it twice with wildly different results. The first time I had it in Porto it was wonderful. The second time was a bottle I purchased over the internet, and while it was very nice right after the bottle was opened it went downhill very quickly. After a mere 5 hours it was flat and bland, and by the next day it was practically just sugary water.
I hope your bottle is similar to my first!
Did they have very different bottling dates?
I do not know the bottling date of the first bottle - it was at the bar in the Pestana Porto. The second bottle was bottled in the late 1990s - 1997 as I recall - and so may have been worse for having been in bottle for so long. But for all I know the Pestana's bottle was also bottled in 1997.
Re: Private tasting
Posted: 21:53 Sat 03 Oct 2009
by RonnieRoots
Always difficult of course when it comes to provenance. It could well have been that the second bottle you bought had been used as window decoration for years.
I had this port as well. From an open bottle in the Solar do Vinho do Porto. Haven't got a clue about bottling year, or how long it was open, but it was a lovely glass.