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- Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:03 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2003 Quinta do Crasto Douro Reserva Old Vines
- Replies: 7
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TN: 2003 Quinta do Crasto Douro Reserva Old Vines
2003 Quinta do Crasto Douro Reserva Old Vines - Portugal, Douro (3/1/2014) Candied fruit, caramel, toasty oak, clamping tannins and very weak acidity. A difficult pairing with food due to its lack of acidity and heat (14.5% abv). Too bad so many Douro producers are selling out to the New World styl...
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:14 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
- Replies: 9
- Views: 929
Re: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
Okay Andy, give me a couple days to come up with another idea for an Offline for you to host, and we'll all be thereAndy Velebil wrote:Like I said just come on down.
PS: Don't go so cheap on the food next time
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:03 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
- Replies: 9
- Views: 929
Re: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
Andy Velebil wrote:ITom D. wrote:If I could find any, I'd gladly drink them now AND laterRoy Hersh wrote: I would not open any more of these at least for another five+ years.
When you come back to LA I've got more :)
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:46 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
- Replies: 9
- Views: 929
Re: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
If I could find any, I'd gladly drink them now AND laterRoy Hersh wrote: I would not open any more of these at least for another five+ years.
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:47 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
- Replies: 9
- Views: 929
TN: 2010 Niepoort Coche Douro White
Very pale and clear in the glass. Fascinating nose of green melon, mineral, and caramel. Touch of oak on the palate, with more melon and mineral, and a buttery caramel malo note, still showing decent acidity. I am completely charmed by this obscure blend of grape varieties, and the malo treatment it...
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:44 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: TN: 2010 Niepoort Redoma Reserva Douro White
- Replies: 1
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TN: 2010 Niepoort Redoma Reserva Douro White
Very bright, acidic, with a touch of heat. An interesting contrast to the Coche, this really shines as it melts into spicy food, though it lacks the substance for sipping on its own. (91 pts.)
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:00 am
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: A Taylor Offline
- Replies: 163
- Views: 10545
Re: A Taylor Offline
Thanks to Andy for his generosity, and for all his work as planner, host. and chef. This was a great event!
We had a really good group, it was so nice to finally meet Roy and some fellow FTLOP'ers. Many tasting notes to follow...
We had a really good group, it was so nice to finally meet Roy and some fellow FTLOP'ers. Many tasting notes to follow...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:08 pm
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6322
Re: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
Starting our rather bumpy descent through that storm right now. See you soon I hope.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:34 am
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6322
Re: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
Sounds like you need some Port, Roy.
I've made it as far as Chicago, connection to the OC looks on time, so my luck is holding up so far. A hundred miles down, 2,000 to go...
I've made it as far as Chicago, connection to the OC looks on time, so my luck is holding up so far. A hundred miles down, 2,000 to go...
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:50 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Which is more interesting?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 746
Re: Which is more interesting?
The VP's are too young for me, and the single vintage makes the colheita more interesting than the 30-year. Not saying it's better, though.
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:35 pm
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6322
Re: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
Okay, I seem to finally be putting the last traces of lingering sinus infection behind me. Haven't been drinking much wine at all for the past couple months, so I'm going to be ready to go this weekend! Andy, are you sure there will be enough wine? :lol: I'm counting on Roy to throw a few surprises ...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:04 am
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: In search of Average
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4676
Re: In search of Average
Looking back at my tasting notes over the years, I was surprised to see my worst ever score for a Port was 87 points :shock: That's probably partly because I just don't drink a lot of Port, so when I do open a Port I try to make it something decent. And some of my lower scores have been for Ports th...
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:26 am
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: A Taylor Offline
- Replies: 163
- Views: 10545
Re: A Taylor Offline
I'll be flying into SNA (not Ontario) around 11 am, and will pick up a rental car. If anyone else is flying in around that time, they are welcome to ride along to the hotel.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: what to do when there is too much HEAT
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1079
Re: what to do when there is too much HEAT
Although I'm typically the first person to complain of heat or booziness in any type of wine, if air doesn't help I'm usually inclined to just tolerate it rather than resort to chilling. I don't like to lose the other aromatics.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:06 am
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6322
Re: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
Nice to see some white wines in the mix.Bradley Bogdan wrote:IIRC, as I packed up the box like a month ago:
2008 Heart & Hands Blanc de Noirs, Finger Lakes, NY
2008 Hermann J. Weimer Riesling "Magdalena Vnd", Finger Lakes, NY
2008 Standing Stone Riesling "Ice", Finger Lakes, NY
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:56 pm
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6322
Re: Pre-Taylor Offline, Friday Feb 28, 2014
Would love to ship a couple old Bordeaux out to Andy, but don't see them fitting in among a bunch of Ports. But there is always room for Champagne.
More specificially: 2004 Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or (magnum)
More specificially: 2004 Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or (magnum)
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:12 am
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: A Taylor Offline
- Replies: 163
- Views: 10545
Re: A Taylor Offline
Thanks Andy. Almost time to break in those bad boys with some old Taylor's!
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:36 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1963 Taylor or Fonseca
- Replies: 12
- Views: 653
Re: 1953 Taylor or Fonseca
I wonder what it was that you drank, exactly. Neither of those shippers declared a 1953 VP. You perhaps had a single vintage tawny or special release of some sort? Never seen anything from that vintage from T or F.
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:03 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: New FTLOP favicon?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6619
Re: New FTLoP favicon?
Not to minimize Julian's excellent efforts, but I'm not sure I understand the basic premise that this icon needs changing [shrug.gif] As far as the small "o" in the old icon, might it make sense to shorten the "t" to match, thus creating a regularly alternating large/small/large/...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:30 pm
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: A Taylor Offline
- Replies: 163
- Views: 10545
Re: A Taylor Offline
This post should probably go on the Friday thread, but since Andy's got things on a roll here... How are we looking for wines Friday night? Are we going completely blind or should people start declaring what they're bringing so we have an idea? I'm not planning on bringing anything in my checked bag...