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Yes! definitely goes without saying that Claudia's style from 2007 to 2011 has certainly hit the sweet spot!AHB wrote:And to Claudia - she was the one who made the wine!
Something that I'm taking advantage of!Axel P wrote:I believe that is an extremely well made Port with an outrageous price-value-relationship.
Longer than it will take most of us here to reach an age that it will no longer matterGlenn E. wrote:So... just how long does it take for a 6L to properly age?
I might bring one of my dbl mags to our 2011 tasting in 2051. If I haven't drunk it.DRT wrote:Longer than it will take most of us here to reach an age that it will no longer matterGlenn E. wrote:So... just how long does it take for a 6L to properly age?
You might have to start that tasting without me.djewesbury wrote:I might bring one of my dbl mags to our 2011 tasting in 2051. If I haven't drunk it.DRT wrote:Longer than it will take most of us here to reach an age that it will no longer matterGlenn E. wrote:So... just how long does it take for a 6L to properly age?
Less of that kind of defeatist talk! We have the technology to rebuild all of us. We will be the bionic port drinkers. We'll be pouring the 2011s into our neck tubes for centuries to come!DRT wrote:You might have to start that tasting without me.djewesbury wrote:I might bring one of my dbl mags to our 2011 tasting in 2051. If I haven't drunk it.DRT wrote:Longer than it will take most of us here to reach an age that it will no longer matterGlenn E. wrote:So... just how long does it take for a 6L to properly age?
You’ll be late but why? At another tasting? Mistress just won’t let go? Tube strike? All three are plausible, sure, but are any really foreseeable?DRT wrote:You might have to start that tasting without me.
I will be 86. I am planning to be with my nurse in my Douro care home. Where else did you think I might be?jdaw1 wrote:You’ll be late but why? At another tasting? Mistress just won’t let go? Tube strike? All three are plausible, sure, but are any really foreseeable?DRT wrote:You might have to start that tasting without me.
I have every intention of attending, but it may well be in a Jeremy Bentham fashion. Surely you can also make it.DRT wrote:You might have to start that tasting without me.djewesbury wrote:I might bring one of my dbl mags to our 2011 tasting in 2051. If I haven't drunk it.DRT wrote:Longer than it will take most of us here to reach an age that it will no longer matterGlenn E. wrote:So... just how long does it take for a 6L to properly age?
TLW wrote:I have every intention of attending, but it may well be in a Jeremy Bentham fashion. Surely you can also make it.
That might cause a problem when selecting wine of the night.Wiki wrote:Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Originally kept by his disciple Thomas Southwood Smith,[19] it was acquired by University College London in 1850. It is normally kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the college; however, for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, and in 2013,[20] it was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting".
No. It just means you may get mouldy after the tasting.DRT wrote:TLW wrote:I have every intention of attending, but it may well be in a Jeremy Bentham fashion. Surely you can also make it.That might cause a problem when selecting wine of the night.Wiki wrote:Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Originally kept by his disciple Thomas Southwood Smith,[19] it was acquired by University College London in 1850. It is normally kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the college; however, for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, and in 2013,[20] it was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting".
We're back home now but he did say that the 11s were coming next week - I presume in the same shipment as the 74s! Which I'm looking forward to tasting too.uncle tom wrote:Give Oscar my regards..
..and please say:
"Tom wants to know if you've shipped his 348 bottles of '74 yet"
My wife - and daughter - would argue that I have been mouldy for quite some time already. As my daughter may be the recipient of a large parcel of port at some point in the future, she might claim my spot instead - she will probably have the large formats of Taylor, in any case. Just have to move one notch in the alphabet - TMW.djewesbury wrote:No. It just means you may get mouldy after the tasting.DRT wrote:TLW wrote:I have every intention of attending, but it may well be in a Jeremy Bentham fashion. Surely you can also make it.That might cause a problem when selecting wine of the night.Wiki wrote:Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Originally kept by his disciple Thomas Southwood Smith,[19] it was acquired by University College London in 1850. It is normally kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the college; however, for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, and in 2013,[20] it was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting".
The self-correcting holographic placemats will take care of all that.TLW wrote:My wife - and daughter - would argue that I have been mouldy for quite some time already. As my daughter may be the recipient of a large parcel of port at some point in the future, she might claim my spot instead - she will probably have the large formats of Taylor, in any case. Just have to move one notch in the alphabet - TMW.djewesbury wrote:No. It just means you may get mouldy after the tasting.DRT wrote:TLW wrote:I have every intention of attending, but it may well be in a Jeremy Bentham fashion. Surely you can also make it.That might cause a problem when selecting wine of the night.Wiki wrote:Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Originally kept by his disciple Thomas Southwood Smith,[19] it was acquired by University College London in 1850. It is normally kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the college; however, for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, and in 2013,[20] it was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting".
A 1974 Colheita that will be distributed through the Port Society - PM Tom for details..idj123 wrote:Excellent news for Oscar and the team, backing up the tagline I used for the Quevedo table at my nuptials in April this year-"one to watch for the future" (although I should have perhaps corrected to "one to watch now"!). Also looking forward to receiving my shipment and trying the '11 early doors, as I seem to be behind the curve in this regard compared to all else on this forum!
Excuse my ignorance but what are these '74s being referred to?
Wait, what???djewesbury wrote:A 1974 Colheita that will be distributed through the Port Society - PM Tom for details..
How big is a Methuselah?Chris Doty wrote:My associates and I are popping our first (of several) Methuselahs...
A double double mag?AHB wrote:How big is a Methuselah?Chris Doty wrote:My associates and I are popping our first (of several) Methuselahs...
So a mag is 1.5l, a double-mag is 3l, a Methuselah is 6l. Ah-ha; the bottle size that some people selling 2011 ports are referring to as an Imperial.djewesbury wrote:A double double mag?AHB wrote:How big is a Methuselah?Chris Doty wrote:My associates and I are popping our first (of several) Methuselahs...
I also wondered about this! As far as I knew, current port bottle sizes were fairly standard; but the confusion of using French wine terms (eg Jeroboam for double mag) which themselves have different meanings in Bordeaux or Burgundy is unhelpful!AHB wrote:So a mag is 1.5l, a double-mag is 3l, a Methuselah is 6l. Ah-ha; the bottle size that some people selling 2011 ports are referring to as an Imperial.djewesbury wrote:A double double mag?AHB wrote:How big is a Methuselah?Chris Doty wrote:My associates and I are popping our first (of several) Methuselahs...
Thank you.