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- Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:16 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What type of Vintage Port do you prefer?
- Replies: 8
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Re: What type of Vintage Port do you prefer?
The aromatic kind. Seriously, drier or sweeter isn't my first criteria and I don't have a strong preference either way. I want something that has a complexity of flavors and not too much alcohol heat or overwhelming tannins. And I can really get drawn in by aromatics. On a beer scoresheet , aroma i...
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:33 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
Dow/Quevedo- tied but because i can see drinking either on different moods Jeff, Could you elaborate on what kind of mood you find fits each of the two ports mentioned above? Thanks [cheers.gif] Andreas As with any young ports, it's certainly more of a scientific guess on how well they might mature...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
That's easy... Taylor! (It's the only one I've tasted. :oops:) I really need to try more of them, though, as the Taylor we had at the vertical you hosted in LA was superb. are we going to open your bottle of grahams st? you want me to bring the quevedo? From the planning it sounds like we have plen...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:43 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
My top three in order
Taylor VVV
Noval
Dow/Quevedo- tied but because i can see drinking either on different moods
Taylor VVV
Noval
Dow/Quevedo- tied but because i can see drinking either on different moods
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:35 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Favorite 2011 Vintage Ports so far?
are we going to open your bottle of grahams st?Glenn E. wrote:That's easy... Taylor!
(It's the only one I've tasted. )
I really need to try more of them, though, as the Taylor we had at the vertical you hosted in LA was superb.
you want me to bring the quevedo?
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:08 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port-o-thon
- Replies: 1
- Views: 601
Re: Port-o-thon
i managed to do a dow's tasting across NY, London and Portugal goin from the 1947 to the 2007 which you were partially in attendance
oh and I will add that it was very generous of some of the fellow Londoners in helping out with the continuation of the dow's tasting!
oh and I will add that it was very generous of some of the fellow Londoners in helping out with the continuation of the dow's tasting!
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:49 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Noob question about crumbling corks
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2254
Re: Noob question about crumbling corks
i'd attribute it more to what andy mentioned. Bad corkscrew and/or improper usage. A good one should have a relatively evenly spaced and thin enough worm to snake through the cork. The spirals on cheap ones are spaced too close together and will demolish even the best aged corks. The other is techni...
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: VP vs. LBV: A Port Dilemma
- Replies: 35
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Re: VP vs. LBV: A Port Dilemma
surprised no one even mentioned Rozes.
you can't talk LBV without Rozes in the mix
they probably make one of the best LBVs out there, their vps though, does leave much to be desired
you can't talk LBV without Rozes in the mix
they probably make one of the best LBVs out there, their vps though, does leave much to be desired
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:08 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: When was the first time you shared some port with Julian
- Replies: 15
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When was the first time you shared some port with Julian
I recall actually it was an 94' horizontal tasting + vesuvio vertical tasting.
the first time i saw those tasting mats , I was speechless
the first time i saw those tasting mats , I was speechless
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:03 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Tell us about your first offline with others you met through FTLOP
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2190
Re: Tell us about your first offline with others you met through FTLOP
The Old & Odd Tasting in NYC in November of 2008. AHB and jdaw1 were both there, among others. That was followed relatively quickly by the 2009 Port Gala here in Seattle where I met a whole host of FTLOPers. :friends: oh i forgot about this tasting! actually i didn't even know there were the fo...
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:32 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port cocktails
- Replies: 2
- Views: 840
Re: Port cocktails
We have talked about various recipes at various times, but I couldn't find a consolidated thread. So here we go! Tonight at Toulouse Petit I asked Tony, the bartender, to create a cocktail that Lindsey and I had been talking about. It worked! 1 oz 20-yr old Tawny Port 1 oz sweet bourbon whiskey (we...
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:31 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: If you could only visit one Quinta, which would it be?
- Replies: 13
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Re: If you could only visit one Quinta, which would it be?
What about to be buried in
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:30 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Cynthia Jenson and Glenn Elliott
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3010
Re: Cynthia Jenson and Glenn Elliott
I dont know why I was thinking after reading hte subject, "sitting in a tree ...."
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:35 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port and tannins
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1883
Re: Port and tannins
Some were 100% destememed, another I wrote about yesterday was 30% destemmed, while one individual crushed with 100% of the stems included in their Port. It really has a pretty significant impact based on what the Portmaker is trying to achieve. What kind of impact, would you say? how pretty of a g...
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:12 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: If you could only buy from four producers, who would they be?
- Replies: 35
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Re: If you could only buy from four producers, who would they be?
I'm updating my list having drunk some more =)
#1 still fonseca- vp/svp
#2 noval - colheitas and some vps
#3 offley - vps
and I don't really need the rest.
#1 still fonseca- vp/svp
#2 noval - colheitas and some vps
#3 offley - vps
and I don't really need the rest.
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:42 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port and tannins
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1883
Re: Port and tannins
Hard to argue against Moses' point that the key way to manage tanning in vintage port is to make sure that your bottle has adequate age before you open it. But assuming that Roy meant in newly created port, I would say that the key is to make sure that the tannins are ripe and rounded - no unripe g...
- Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:00 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port and tannins
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1883
Re: Port and tannins
usually a pretty girl to drink with
- Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:21 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1992 Vesuvio - when?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 885
Re: 1992 Vesuvio - when?
i popped a 92' vesuvio over the holidays and my bottle was quite disjointed.
slightly hot, a weird grapey sensation.
Got much better on day 3 in the decanter
slightly hot, a weird grapey sensation.
Got much better on day 3 in the decanter
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:48 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: You heard it here first. 2011 Quarles Harris VP
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3138
Re: You heard it here first. 2011 Quarles Harris VP
thanks for the tip!
will have to check out TJs
will have to check out TJs
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:46 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1945 Sandeman Vintage Port
- Replies: 1
- Views: 604
1945 Sandeman Vintage Port
I owed someone a note, but dont remember who. Light, clear pale amber with a hint of a ruby core. lovely delicate nose of caramel, vanilla and cinnamon. Mouth feel is thin/medium of watery honey mixed with some allspice infused spirits. The mouthfeel does stick around and leaves a nice lingering bur...