Has anyone tried the 2014 vintage of Crasto's Reserva Old Vines? I've seen some reviews and it ranges from an elegant, light to medium-bodied wine for current drinking, to dark and tannic with cellaring required. Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks .............. Mahmoud.
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- Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:00 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: Quinto do Crasto Reserva Old Vines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 302
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
To my knowledge the bottles were only labeled when pulled out of their cellars. All the ones I saw aging in the old cellar were without labels. That makes eminent sense, since the labels would only get damaged in the cellar. Looking at the label you posted explains some of the confusion surtroundin...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
I found the reference to the corks. It was in an article by Axel Probst in the World of Fine Wine . Tasting a vertical of Cockburn vintage port he notes the following: "It is always a special privilege to taste the best of Cockburn’s ’77 Ruby Ports. As already mentioned, this Port was never dec...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:42 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
Thanks Al, Your synopsis is very well written. It basically encapsulted what I read many years ago in a now defunct Canadian magazine called Wine Tidings as well as soem of the things I read while researching my post. However your post stictches all the loose threads and weaves a full tapestry with ...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:34 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
I have to say I am somewhat uncomfortable with all this ambiguity. Cockburn did not release a 1977 vintage port, that much we know. However we also know that their winemakers decided to disobey orders and bottled at least two barrels of the 1977 vintage. Other barrels of port from the 1977 vintage, ...
- Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:38 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
I doubt that everybody in the trade initially knew about it since it was done surreptitiously. Of course over time word would have spread and, as Andy mentioned, eventually even the company executives who, lets not forget, were also in the trade. Similarly, it is also intuitive that the two barrels ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:06 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
Hi Andy, I decided to do a bit of sleuthing and found the following: With regard to the crusted port argument Richard Mayson said this: " A generally declared year, but not declared by Cockburn who were busy building up Cockburn’s Special Reserve at the time. Consequently this wine was bottled ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:55 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 164
Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
I do tend to enjoy older LBVs, especially the so-called "tradional" style (yes, I know, they're not called traditional anymore, hence the inverted commas). As a matter of fact the 1982 Smith Woodhouse was the very first LBV that I tasted. My expert port buddy served it to me and explained ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:28 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Graham Vintage Port
- Replies: 1
- Views: 259
Re: 1977 Graham Vintage Port
Thanks for the note John. The '77 Graham's was my very first vintage port purchase along with the '77 Warre's. A local wine purveyer, the late Hank Gillespie, prompted the buy when he said that the prices of the '77 were about to be ramped up and that the prices in New York had already doubled. Stil...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:26 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1637
Re: Crusted question
I am also aware of single vintages declared as crusted. The most famous was the un/now released Cockburn’s 1977 (that is now a VP). What the regs say and what is allowed are two totally different things. From what I recall reading in a wine magazine many, many years ago, Cockburn decided not to dec...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:49 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Question on Van Zeller VPs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1258
Re: Question on Van Zeller VPs
I recall considering buying a 2000 Van Zeller port some years ago and in the end decided on the 2000 Silval instead. For some reason I think the label had Van Zeller and the name of another company.
Mahmoud.
Mahmoud.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:57 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Graham's: When a commercial LBV succeeds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 248
Graham's: When a commercial LBV succeeds
I cannot remember when or why I bought a 2000 Graham's LBV (bottled 2006) because the previous Graham's that I had tried was a 1995 and I thought it was almost less than passable. So imagine my surprise when I came across this in a box of mixed wine. Considering how little I liked the 1995 and its l...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:17 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What age is too old for Port?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3076
Re: What age is too old for Port?
With proper LBV, they are great with 20-35 years behind them. Warre 1981 or Ferreira 1996 are a couple of examples of proper LBVs which are drinking well to my taste at the moment. Good to hear about the Ferreira, it's one I am planning on trying in the near future. When you say "proper" ...
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:27 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What age is too old for Port?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3076
Re: What age is too old for Port?
reading just the title i thought 'how can you be to old to drink port?' Hilarious, love it! Very interesting thread. I try and cellar almost every type of port, whether simple LBVs or "traditional", crusted and vintage but have no fixed idea of how long to keep them. It's mostly based on ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:08 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Crusted or LBV - Which do you prefer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 839
Re: Crusted or LBV - Which do you prefer
When it comes to LBV port I make a clear distinction between what I consider everyday LBVs and the "traditional" LBVs that are unfiltered and mostly bottled after four years, like Warre's and Smith Woodhouse. As for crusted port the only one I've seen here in Edmonton was a Churchill and i...
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:07 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2011 Dows LBV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Re: 2011 Dows LBV
John, did the Dow's LBV have a bottling date?
Mahmoud.
Mahmoud.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:51 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: Broadbent 10 Year Old Malmsey question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 864
Re: Broadbent 10 Year Old Malmsey question
Madeira is almost indestructible. In bottle, evolution (likely for the better) will be glacial. In 2010, I wrote the following in this forum: "Once I left an open bottle of Madeira, a Malmsey, for 5 years. It was about two-thirds full, stoppered, and left on the dining room buffet table. After ...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2003 Warre’s LBV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 545
Re: 2003 Warre’s LBV
... I have a renewed interest in the LBV category ... They are vastly under appreciated in my opinion, particularly the traditional, unfiltered styles, usually bottled four years after the vintage. Mahmoud. PS: The 2003 Taylor Fladgate LBV is a remarkable port even though an "ordinary" LB...
- Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Memories from a remarkable Port event
- Replies: 6
- Views: 619
Re: Memories from a remarkable Port event
While Portugal was occupied fighting the Spanish, what remained of the thinly protected Empire was lost to the armadas of the British and Dutch forces. Portuguese outposts in India and China were taken over. I'm confused by this, because the two outposts that immediately come to mind are Goa in Ind...
- Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:33 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 20 yr tawny curiosity
- Replies: 7
- Views: 442
Re: 20 yr tawny curiosity
Thanks for the post Steve, very timely considering the recent discussion on a thread about old colheitas and tawnys. In case you missed it: https://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40975 I started my wine journey hearing about drinking tawny ports, colheitas included, when...