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What should be next?
Posted: 20:56 Sun 25 Jul 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
I'm away on holday shortly and when I come back I will be fed up with having drunk port from the 2004 vintage or younger for about the last 3 months. According to the modelling that Uncle Tom encouraged me to do, my next bottle can be from either of the following groupings:
1999-1994
1993-1989
So, without worrying whether I've got one or not, what would suggest I open when I get back for maximum enjoyment?
Alex
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 20:58 Sun 25 Jul 2010
by benread
Vesuvio 1994!
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 21:54 Sun 25 Jul 2010
by Glenn E.
1991 Croft
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 21:56 Sun 25 Jul 2010
by clawhit
Warre 1994
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 09:34 Wed 28 Jul 2010
by Axel P
Due to my sons birthday I had some delicious 99s recently. I do prefer Vesuvio, Kopke and Taylors Terra Feita. I do agree that they are not as good as the 94s, but for only a split of the costs. So go for 99-94 for the more fruity option and for a 89 or 90 for the more mature option.
Axel
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 11:47 Wed 28 Jul 2010
by Deleted_User_1
Vesuvio 1999...that will get you back in the groove!!
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 11:50 Wed 28 Jul 2010
by Deleted_User_1
[quote="AHB"]I'm away on holday shortly and when I come back I will be fed up with having drunk port from the 2004 vintage or younger
Drinking Port less than 6 years old...Are you being American?
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 13:29 Wed 28 Jul 2010
by Andy Velebil
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 08:19 Thu 29 Jul 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
Cookie wrote:AHB wrote:I'm away on holday shortly and when I come back I will be fed up with having drunk port from the 2004 vintage or younger
Drinking Port less than 6 years old...Are you being American?
Not quite - sacrificing my standards for the greater good so that you can all read my thoughts on the 2008 vintage plus taking a couple of half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV with me as I travel off to my port desert of a holiday. One has to have a chilled glass of LBV waiting after a hard day's lying on the beach, don't you know, what?
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 00:16 Wed 04 Aug 2010
by DRT
AHB wrote:I'm away on holday shortly and when I come back I will be fed up with having drunk port from the 2004 vintage or younger for about the last 3 months. According to the modelling that Uncle Tom encouraged me to do, my next bottle can be from either of the following groupings:
1999-1994
1993-1989
So, without worrying whether I've got one or not, what would suggest I open when I get back for maximum enjoyment?
Alex
A 1993 Horizontal.
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 13:52 Wed 04 Aug 2010
by uncle tom
Cruz '89 - the great pleasant surprise on what I think was out first outing to the Crusting Pipe..
..wonder how it's showing now?
Tom
Re: What should be next?
Posted: 21:51 Wed 04 Aug 2010
by WS1
Hi Alex,
all suggestions mentioned have their appeal; especial Vesuvio 1994
. However my choice would be if in your cellar one of Fonseca Guimarens 1998, Malvedos 1990, Malvedos 1992, Vargellas 1996, Vesuvio 1996 or Vesuvio 1997, Croft da Roeda 1997 or Delaforce da Corte 1991.
All of them I drank/tried over the last two years and were in my eyes immediately approachable and offer maximum enjoyment in the brackets you mentioned.
In my humble opinion you should not open any of these and drink something from the 70ties or 80ties
regards
WS1
