For The Love Of Port

We are frozen in here, expecting 6 degrees tonight. I opened a bottle of this 1992 Niepoort. Upon opening lots of ripe , dark berry , fruit, not too hot. 8 hours later no heat, nice fruit, nice bouquet, nice spicy notes, great finish. You must have had a flawed bottle.

I bought a case of this from Rare Wine Company in the 90's for my son's birth year. We have opened one or two bottles wich have been very good. It might be time to open one to see how it is doing.

It is a frigid 9 degrees or less here tonight but we have our first Super Bowl here in my area. I am having some fine Dow Ruby NV which is a very nice port , sitting by the fire. The schools are closed. The roads are treacherous but we expect the temps to be in the 60's by Super Bowl Sunday. I have ...

I have bought a case of Taylor 92 that had six bottles--magnums!
Is it possibly a case of magnums?

The bottles are probably okay , even those with slight leakage. This is not one of the top houses for 1985. I have drunk some of it but I don't have any tasting notes. I have drunk all I had in my collection a few years ago. My memory seems to tell me 88-90. It is a decent enough port and should sho...

Warre 1966
Graham 1970
Graham 1963

To refine tasting skills, blind tasting is a must. I attend several per year. It helps develop palate memory. I think that having too many wines at one time is a mistake as the taste buds have a harder time distinguishing the wines. I think if you opened 3 ports with a group and say you had 77, 85, ...

Just a real question, not implying anything, but I thought we could not post on "port style" wines on the BB? I have refrained from questions and tasting notes on such things as Heitz Ink Grade or the Australians. I hope this means that the "rule" is relaxed or that I have misund...

We bought a lot of this for our son's birth year. Glad we have it but I give it 86-88. We paid $12 for the 375 and $20 for the 750. Not Fonseca's best effort. I place it equal with the better NV's such as Warre's Warrior etc. I gave it higher on previous posts but recent bottles have not been up to ...

As noted in the thread on port tasting groups, I attend a Wednesday group. I am not sure when the waiter pulls the cork but proabbly around 10:30 and we serve dessert about 1:30. I can try to decant it myself but I deliver it the day before. 24 hours seems too long, but we are really not set up perf...

The youngest VP I have had in awhile. Nice color, Good spicy bouquet. Smooth entry. Gentle on the palate. Decanted 3 hours. Not too hot. Very good stuff. Nice medium finish. I give it 91 points.

Opened 1-9-11
Decanted 3.5 hours. Always a gem. Great ruby color , pwerful bouquet, perufme ripe strawberries, mint, cinnamon. Great entry, big flavors on the palate. Smooth lingering finish. One of the best bottles of this port I have ever opened.
I give this bottle 98 points.

Cellartracker tells me I have 10 bottles of each vintage. This is also a tie for me as to my favorite of the vintages. I like Graham and Taylor 70 but I like Taylor and Graham 77. SO--I refuse to choose!

Just over 2 hours. I was relying on someone else to bring it and they got it there a little late.Still, it was quite good. I think I bought this on your recommendation Roy a couple of years ago.

As I have mentioned here before, I attend two blind tasting groups. One is a group that has met at the Fort Worth Club every Wednesday at lunch for about 40 years. I would say 50% of the desert wines provided by the weekly host ( we take turns) are ports. The other group meets 1st and 3rd Fridays fo...

I opened a bottle of this for our Friday blind tasting group, yesterday. It was a nice, smooth port. Seemed younger than 1967. Nice fruit, mint on the nose. Medium ruby color. Smooth mouth entry, just a little pleasant heat. Smooth finish, not complex 91 points.

I have4-5 bottles.

I opened a bottle of this last week, on my birthday Dec 29. I have similar thoughts on the notes as yours. Nice mint on the bouquet. Good finish. About the same points. I might say 89. It was better after 24 hours.

How about a 1988 Cristal and a 1983 Lafite on New Years Day to celebrate TCU's win in the Rose Bowl!

I am not sure what is triggered in the human psyche when the weather finally gives a chill to the air and we call it port drinking weather, but if you are indoors in room temperature from 65-75 degrees, and the port is 60 to 70 ( All F't) it really makes no difference. I dirnk less port in the hot w...