For The Love Of Port

Eric,

Not necessarily better, but the 1931 and 1963 Noval Nacional are very different today. In the same way that the 1963 Nacional and the 2024 or 1994 are very different today.

Moses B., GREAT list, that 1948 Fonseca is incredible. But the 1945 Croft you mentioned, is up there with the 1931 Noval (and Nacional) as all time great Vintage Ports. There are a few mentions of 1963 Nacional and it is an incredible VP well deserving the accolades. I know many that disagree, I hav...

Eric Menchen:

An impressive list. Can I ask you what holds you back from a 100 point score?

Do you believe that nothing can be perfect or deserving of 100 points? I would appreciate hearing your rationale if you don't mind sharing!

Alex B. who doesn't love the 1931 Noval regular bottling. They are certainly more consistent than the 1931 Nacional. There is also bottle variation of the Noval bottling. I have been fortunate to taste a lot of bottles and most are as good as Vintage Port gets. The others are typically pretty close,...

Mark L wrote: I have not nearly been as fortunate as you, Glenn! What a spectacular list! The only 100 on my list is the Mourao "60" (I actually preferred that to the Mourao "100+" which originally came out at the same time.) I agree with your Mark. I have always found the 60 (e...

Eric Ifune wrote: 1880 Mourao. My only 100 point wine. Only because you were stingy 8--) when visiting Krohn, having had samples of 1863 and 1896 Tawny and White in a category that would eventually become to be known as VVO Port. Alex Bridgman had the 1896 "Taylor's" as one of his 100 poin...

Glen, I had that 1906 Brunheda two weeks ago and it is still amazing and I remember your reaction the first time you tasted it, before Mr. or Dr. Tawny came into play. On my previous visit a few weeks earlier, they were providing this sample as 1905. I explained clearly why it should be accurately r...

Taylor's VVO White Port - (80 YO) - Not sure, but I believe the mother wine is the 1896 White that I've had a few times at Krohn. Similarities for sure.

TN in #127.

Back to reality, here is the original posting of this information and a brief informative article included in both languages from Hugo:

https://porttoportwine.blogspot.com/202 ... 76000.html

I will dig around and find the name of the guy, if possible. He's based here, so hopefully it won't be that difficult to come across. Thanks!

Hi Andy,

To post a graphic like that, which I have now also seen, it would be good to give attribution to where you copied that from. They obviously put a lot of work into it and deserve the credit for that.

Top 2016 Vintage Ports Including 100-Point Taylor's   "There is no doubting the quality of these nascent 2016s ... Why not treat yourself to a case or two?" - Neal Martin, Vinous.com Made only in the finest years and capable of drinking windows that quite literally span a lifetime, Vintage...

Minor increase in 2026. Very minor. Here are stats from the most recent half dozen harvests (post-pandemic) including this year.
Based on IVDP statistics, based on 550 liter pipas, (casks).

2021: 104.000 pipas
2022: 116.000
2023: 104.000
2024: 90,000
2025: 75,000
2026: 76.000

I didn't open it, but I did have the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time. It wound up with getting to taste the 2024 Niepoort.

I have elaborated on this, in a different new thread.

Several times a week, in the latter part of the afternoon, I start to feel like a solid pick-me-up is needed. I walk down the block to my favorite coffee/bakery place where I have lunch a few times a week. Today, just before dinner time, I headed out and sat down, and before I could even order, I di...

Mike,

Have a great time. It will be interesting to see which of your pairings is going to be more impressive on day 2. Looks like a fantastic lineup of Vintage Ports too.

Glenn,

Have a great time with the dinner, friends and those incredible bottles!

Interested to hear how that 100 is holding up.

2011 J.H. Andresen Vintage Port - for Port Wine Day (night) celebration yesterday. Love this bottling and I don't care that I am drinking them young. So delicious.

Once everyone places their orders on the buying ops, I usually am out of the loop .... UNLESS something does not go according to plan. :scholar: With new producers, these are never easy. With Menin, they struggled to get the back labels approved in the USA, but just when we all thought that had been...

I am in possession of the new bottles of Taylor and Croft. Yes, there is a difference, but if I had not read the article Andy shared, I'd never have noticed. But taking one of these newly bottled Ports and put it side-by-side, I don't notice much visibly except a few mm of height. Picking them up, y...