For The Love Of Port

Bought a Taylor's and Dow's 2011 LBV, along with a Graham's Six Grapes and a Fonseca Bin 27, opened them all and tried them (masked by a little brown paper bag). The short version: I'd purchase the Dow's and Graham's again, and definitely pass on the Taylor's and Fonseca. The former two had interest...

What is "the Crasto style"? Is it fruitier, drier, more/less tannins, etc.?

Selling 12 bottles of 1977 Taylor-Fladgate VP (with the OWC). Cellar thinning. Would prefer to sell the whole case together, locally here in the Bay Area (CA). Edit: Lowest price on wine-searcher is $150/btl. Will do $125/btl, or less for the whole case (and I'll include the OWC). Email me at pspamA...

Thanks for the note, Thomas! Out of curiosity, what are your top 5 LBVs from 2011?

OT, but has anyone had the 2011 Dow's LBV? How does that compare with the '03 Taylor LBV?

At 72 hours, it improved ever so slightly. Still not good, but quaffable; I get the sense this will be it's peak.

Still blah at 24 hours, minuscule hint at 48 hours, but no hopes for a rapid transformation to potability :-) Seriously, I just looked at the bottle, and I've had almost none, and am thinking of how to get rid of it. Got any port-based recipes? I'll stick it in the fridge before attempting anything ...

Picked some up from TJ's as well after reading your post. Had high hopes as 2011 was such a stunning year for port, but this wine really left me disappointed - no discernible tannin structure to counterbalance the heavy fruit, resulting in a very monotonous mouthfeel. Comparing this with the Dow's 2...

As the 1977 Taylor VP was my first foray into aged VP, I was wondering if most older VPs tend to change from having more ruby characteristics when young to more tawny characteristics with age?

I've been surprised by the great quality of various LBVs, and have some questions (particularly regarding Dow's 2011 LBV): 1) Is it true that often the raw LBV wine is similar to the raw VP wine, aside from the additional aging the LBV receives? 2) How well do LBVs age compared to VP? I've read that...

1977 Taylor Fladgate VP (auction)
2011 Croft VP (Costco)
2011 Dow's LBV (Costco, $16.99; wow this was tasty!)
NV Fonseca Bin 27 (Bevmo, $14.99)

Agh, they just cancelled my 2011 Dow's order! :-( Was really hoping to cellar a case of this.

Found Roy's excellent guide:
http://www.fortheloveofport.com/decanti ... h-methodq/

Andy Velebil wrote:Do you have more of the 2011 than the '77?

Yep, I got a case of the 2011.

My dad's flying out, and my sister+family is driving up from LA, so I thought I'd serve something special for Thanksgiving. Basically, 2.5 of all of us will be imbibing. For the non-port wine, I've wanted to try the 2009 Pontet-Canet for ages, so I finally pulled the trigger and got an auction bottl...

By the way, has anyone had a chance to compare the 2007 Vintage Port Reserve and the 2009 Vintage Port Reserve?

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I actually went ahead and ordered the case of 2009 Vintage Reserve Port. However, when it arrived, it ended up being the Vintage Port instead! I'm trying to decide what to do (since shipping from the east coast was expensive!) - we went ahead and opened one bottle last night (while trimming the Chri...