For The Love Of Port

I’ve really liked the Quinta das Carvalhas 50 Yr.

Churchill’s has today as well.

Messias don’t surprise me. I can’t recall ever being wowed by their tawnys.

Nice tasting and surprised to see that 10 yr hold its own.

Kopke and Burmester have declared their 2024’s

SYMINGTON FAMILY DECLARES 2024 VINTAGE PORTS ... I'm surprised to see so much Alicante Bouschet listed. I'm quite familiar with the grape (Mouchão!), but I've never seen it come up on lists of the 5 or 6 most common grapes used in Vintage Port. It’s replacing another grape variety that’s apparently...

The Symington Family has officially announced their 2024’s.
Warre
Dow’s
Cockburn’s
Quinta do Vesuvio
Capela do Vesuvio
Graham’s
Graham’s Stone Terrace
And per Richard Mason, a bit of;
Quinta de Roriz
Smith Woodhouse

2009 Smith Woodhouse LBV. Young and tannic fruit. Very good acidity up front and throughout the palate. Dark berries and chocolate dominate Long complex finish. 91 points. Just got a case of this. Wasn’t expecting it to be this good. Will probably put 6-8 bottles into my offsite for longer aging…an...

2009 Smith Woodhouse LBV. Young and tannic fruit. Very good acidity up front and throughout the palate. Dark berries and chocolate dominate Long complex finish. 91 points. Just got a case of this. Wasn’t expecting it to be this good. Will probably put 6-8 bottles into my offsite for longer aging…and...

Yes, I knew that, which really sucks. The question is what does Grupo Melo do with it? Try to build back stock or slap the Krohn name on inferior Port and try to leverage the brand name? I do believe they got to keep the Ruby Ports ( VP, etc) with the purchase. But I believe TFP kept all the tawnys...

Krohn maakt uitstekende Colheitas, maar helaas is daar – sinds de overname door Taylor Fladgate – min of meer een einde aan gekomen; het lijkt er namelijk op dat Taylor de voorraad van Krohn gebruikt om onder de naam Taylor te bottelen, tegen een aanzienlijk hogere prijs. In fact, there has been a ...

1973 Quinta da Devesa Finest Reserve Branco Port. A year-dated "Finest Reserve"? That seems like an odd labeling. This bottle did not have the year sticker on it. But subsequent ones released they got permission and simply added an oval sticker with “1973” on it. However I know what it is...

1973 Quinta da Devesa Finest Reserve Branco Port.

Glenn E. wrote:That's awesome! I can't wait to try it. By the time I get there, though, she'll have been in business for a couple of years already.

Her presentation will be well polished by then [emoji1787]

Some of you already know Maria Tita. Some of you don't, but should. She used to work at Avepod and with producers like S. Leonardo and Blackett to name two. A wonderful person and very knowledable about Port. She's opened a new wine bar in Porto quite close to the Palacia da Bolsa. [cheers.gif] Here...

2024 Ramos Pinto and Quinta de Evramoira announced.

Wow that’s horrible.

Al B. wrote:When did Luís Sottomayor take over as winemaker? He’s had a huge, positive impact on the quality and style of the Sogrape brands. I wonder if 1994 was his first vintage?

While he’s been there for a long time, I think he took over as the “head” winemaker about ~20 yrs ago.

Eric Menchen wrote:First link worked -- cool!
Second link, which was copied from the story, didn't work. But this did: https://www.thefactoryhouseoporto.com/
Note the extra 'o'.

Thanks!

It is now open to the public for tours.

https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/315729

http://thefactoryhouseporto.com/

I completely agree with Andy, corks can last for very long periods of time. A half century ... without even trying. That would be equal to 1977 right now, (ok 49 if you want to be technical). But most of us collecting since the early days of this website (2005) and a bunch of us that are older, or ...