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Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997
Posted: 10:03 Thu 04 Aug 2011
by ACmole
Just had a letter from The Wine Society saying their supplier is withdrawing Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997 due to "excessive levels of acidity" in some bottles.
They will be replacing said bottles with Niepoort 2000.
This seems a remarkably generous offer, given that they were purchased about 5 years ago.
It's a shame I only had half a case and have drunk 2
Re: Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997
Posted: 21:26 Thu 04 Aug 2011
by ajfeather
ACmole wrote:hey will be replacing said bottles with Niepoort 2000.
Not a bad drop
Re: Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997
Posted: 05:09 Fri 05 Aug 2011
by RonnieRoots
Not a bad deal at all, the Niepoort was probably always the better wine. 1997 was still early days for Vale d. Maria and the quality has increased a lot in recent years.
Re: Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997
Posted: 17:28 Fri 05 Aug 2011
by uncle tom
1) Checks stock - I have the '99 & '00 VdM but no '97 - good..
2) Checks tasting notes - none on TPF - wonders how extensive the problem is..
3) Wonders what will happen to the withdrawn stock - if, say, 50% were duff, I can think of several people who'd offer them £5 a bottle, and cook up a Chilli or casserole whenever they opened a duff one..
4) Remembers that the next bottle on Death Row is a Cockburn '83 - first time I've opened one, and they do have a reputation in that dept - fingers crossed!
Tom
Re: Qunta do Vale Dona Maria 1997
Posted: 08:07 Mon 08 Aug 2011
by ACmole
The 2 bottles we've had were fine, still a bit closed if anything and looking like they would mature quite well.
If it wasn't for the offer of the Niepoort....
Alan