For The Love Of Port

It's been a Port kind of holiday. I have opened 3 bottles of 1997 Niepoort, 1 bottle of 1976 Krohn Colheita and 1 bottle of 1900 Krohn Reserva. Tonight's star is a 1945 bottle of Croft which was bottled in 1947.

I just received confirmation of my order: 4 x 30 Year 3 x 40 Year 4 x 60 Year 1 x 100 Year I would have liked to have ordered more, however, house building commitments are keeping me tempered. I cannot wait for our home to finish construction so I can take better advantage of these opPORTunities. Ma...

Great news. All the more reason to drink up some of my existing ports.

I bought another 1957 Niepoort and a 1912 Niepoort

1997 Niepoort -- too much VA to rate. Even after extended decant time (two+ days), the VA remained and the port was undrinkable. It was a shame since this is the second bottle of '97 in the past ten days with this condition. Let's hope the remaining 4 bottles are not marred by this problem.

1980 Kopke Colheita

Quinta do Noval

Glenn:

I had a similar experience with the first 2 bottles of "85 GC which I purchased from WTSO. I hope it does not hold true for the remaining bottles I purchased.

Roy, I do think the "97 Noval is softening although I am quite certain our palate/tolerances are very different. On a pop and pour it is still rather tannic but with 5-6 hours of decant and the next day, I find the Noval very enjoyable

1997 Niepoort were full size

Starting to drink more and more of the 2007 Quinta do Noval as a standard weekday port

1 x 1963 Quinta do Noval
1 x 1967 Pocas Junior Colheita
6 x 1997 Niepoort

Another bottle of 2007 Quinta do Noval

Nice purchase Glenn. I have enjoyed the 70's quite a bit over the years.

I purchased 4 x 1980 Kopke Colheita and 1 x Sandeman 40 YO tawny

1976 Krohn Colheita (bottled in 2013)

Purchased half of a case and enjoyed this port so much that we are going back to buy more tomorrow. Our 24 year old loved this port and we had to fight over the last couple of pourings. Very jammy aroma and slight acidity. I also, on initial opening and tasting, smelled a hint of bubble gum which wa...

Broadbent 10 yo Malmsey. Actually my first Madieira and it was quite enjoyable. My wife asked for God's intervention since my love of port is almost more than she can handle.

2007 Quinta do Noval

I think this may help someone who enjoys or wants to drink port now, although some of the cost of VP is high enough that it may keep some consumers away. I do join with Moses in questioning whether these changes in port making will affect the cellaring potential of the port. Will, for example, VP ma...

Even though the Euro is dropping, and in my opinion will continue the slide, I am not convinced that that event will depress port prices. Port, and especially vintage port, is becoming more and more in demand and that increased demand alone may more than offset any currency influence. I may change m...