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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: SFE Breaking news, re: Declaration 2022
- Replies: 1
- Views: 127
SFE Breaking news, re: Declaration 2022
Another couple of 2022's have been declared: 2022 Quinta do Vesúvio (SRP $120) and 2022 Additionally, only the 5th release of Capela da Quinta do Vesúvio (SRP $400), a single vineyard Vintage Port will also be declared. Warre's news follows: The following three Vintage Ports will be released en prim...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: What Portuguese wine have you purchased this week...
- Replies: 561
- Views: 159643
Re: What Portuguese wine have you purchased this week...
Also found recently some 2000 Quinta de la Rosa Tinto Reserve, and 1994 Quinta da Passadouro (bottled for Niepoort) Tinto. This is one of the benefits of living here. Now with five shops that call me when they obtain well stored, older bottles of table wine. Not Port, unfortunately. But I am drinkin...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:58 am
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: What Portuguese wine have you purchased this week...
- Replies: 561
- Views: 159643
Re: What Portuguese wine have you purchased this week...
24 bottles of Quinta de la Rosa Reserva from 2004. The price at 35 Euros each was impossible to resist.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:55 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: What Madeira(s) Have You Purchased Recently?
- Replies: 444
- Views: 259139
Re: What Madeira(s) Have You Purchased Recently?
2 bottle of Justino's 50 year old Terrantez. One can never have enough of these. Also the price keeps going up, so dollar cost averaging helps.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Decanting time for 1900 Niepoort Colheita
- Replies: 8
- Views: 840
Re: Decanting time for 1900 Niepoort Colheita
With an old-in-bottle Port like this, it will need time in decanter for the minor particulate that has precipitated out, also to clean up the aromatics after 5+ decades in bottle. I'd rather err on the side of caution and leave it in an open decanter for 3-4 hours at most. The VV bottling is a sturd...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5765
- Views: 1110458
Re: What have you opened this week?
Burmester 1952 Colheita Kopke 1966 Colheita 150 Year Old "Vinho Generoso" - producer unknown. This bottle was brought to my table last night and a glass each poured for us. No clue as to producer, specifics of the age or where the bottling took place. There was a facsimile label, but no ba...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Richard Mayson on Graham's The Stone Terraces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1348
Re: Richard Mayson on Graham's The Stone Terraces
True. Solely based on "QPR" there's no question that the Quevedo is the winner. I thought the Nacional was quite good. I did not like it as much as other recent releases of Nacional. But, few here are in the market for Nacional given the price point. Some of the ratings for the Nacional we...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:50 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
- Replies: 18
- Views: 528
Re: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
Eric, Good photos. Yes, I agree with you that Portal remains one of the most modern facilities in Douro, along with Napoles of Niepoort fame. But while equipment at Portal is way more modern than the vast majority of the Douro producers, the layout offers lots of flexibility ... the design was brill...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5765
- Views: 1110458
Re: What have you opened this week?
Did you love the 1983 GC?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5765
- Views: 1110458
Re: What have you opened this week?
I brought a group of Oxford students to the Douro for their first time and truly enjoyed watching their amazement and enthusiasm when coming from the other side of the Mourao mountains by train and seeing the vineyards in all their glory. Being a single day trip, there was only one place for them to...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5765
- Views: 1110458
Re: What have you opened this week?
Both sound fabulous!
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
- Replies: 18
- Views: 528
Re: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
Yeah, but we've all heard him say (for decades) "We will NEVER produce table wines."
Never say never.
Never say never.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:29 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: What Madeira Have You Opened This Week?
- Replies: 734
- Views: 178829
Re: What Madeira Have You Opened This Week?
Over the past few weeks, I've opened a 1971 D'Oliveiras Terrantez. 1940 JVH Sercial and a Justino's 50 year old Terrantez. I loved all 3 and plan to keep these open and not finish them for the next couple of months.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: What happened to Niklas Jörgensen?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 260
Re: What happened to Niklas Jörgensen?
Knowing Niklas, it is interesting to hear that he just gave up on his old passion, Madeira. Interesting character, I hope he has found something great to occupy his time!
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Sogrape buys new property in Spain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 452
Re: Sogrape buys new property in Spain
They are also scouting out properties in Pico Island of the Azores. In fact, they have taken on the distribution rights of Tito's wines there and will be sell them on the mainland and possibly far beyond. But I believe they not only see the distinct quality potential there, but I've been told them w...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:10 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5765
- Views: 1110458
Re: What have you opened this week?
10-20-30-40-50 year old Whites and Tawnies from my friend Torben Mandrup and Joana Duarte, (former winemaker at Bulas).
Also a fresh and killer bottle of DR L70.
Also a fresh and killer bottle of DR L70.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4170
- Views: 842070
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Like Alex, I don't purchase many bottles of Port anymore. But in addition to a couple of Van Zeller 20 and 30 year old Tawnies two weeks ago, I found a stellar bottle owned by a friend in Porto, selling off some of his oldest wines and he gave me a good deal on a pristine 1955 Sandeman. Anyway, I lo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
- Replies: 18
- Views: 528
Re: Taylor buying Quinta do Portal
Yes, I received a call on Sunday letting me know of this big news. All 53 hectares, and all. But while it was not official until last night, when the final pieces of the negotiations were signed off on. There is a Frenchman who is the consulting oenologist for Portal, provides insight for Paulo Cout...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1863 Taylor Fladgate....how long to hold?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8497
Re: 1863 Taylor Fladgate....how long to hold?
I was with Cristiano van Zeller last week and he told me that he had talked Jose and Iolanda into allowing him to bottle a limited edition lote of the 1896s and the 1863 as well. I had no idea he had been directly involved in that project. I assume it was before the Taylor bottling in 2014, that Ale...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: thick rubber/plastic capsules
- Replies: 3
- Views: 510
Re: thick rubber/plastic capsules
A duff bottle, no. But I can remember a 15-20 minute struggle with a 1966 Fonseca VP. Screw driver didn't work, so I carefully tried to cut through the rubber with an exacto-blade and was happy I left with both hands and fingers attached!