For The Love Of Port

I'd have to go with the 1992 SW LBV that we brought to the FTLOP anniversary event. It was so unexpectedly awesome - even next to the 92 Taylor, 92 Fonseca and 94 Taylor.

Carl D wrote:Royal Oporto 1953 Colheita - if enough people join our group for NYE, that is!

Ended up deciding to not open this - only two Port drinkers present and we both had the sniffles - no sense wasting a gem on tasters with impaired olfactory senses!

Ray Barnes wrote:Hi, Roy, sorry to say I am having difficulty finding that thread. In which section of the forum was it started? Sorry for the trouble. Ray

Ray, it's here: http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... =1&t=11459

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Roy Hersh wrote:1866 Quinta do Vallado, Adelaide "Tributa" ... TN and photos to follow in the newsletter that will be out shortly (next few days).

Excellent!

Royal Oporto 1953 Colheita - if enough people join our group for NYE, that is!

David Spriggs wrote:Ramos Pinto 20 year old Tawny @ $39.99 at Costco.

If only the Costco stores in our area had this - I'd buy a case or two! My favorite 20 by a good margin.

Carl/Phyllis, Not trying to be a contrarian, but purely for the sake of food pairing ... I'd pick the 1953 or any other wood-aged Port over any other LBV/VP in your list. I think a Ruby style Port would not taste nearly as good as a Tawny, Colheita etc. that wouldn't overpower the spiciness of the ...

We'll see if we've made a new Port convert - we did get several "Wow, that's GOOD" responses from various guests in any case! The Noval '07 was wonderful - with and without the Gingerbread. We still have a small amount left to finish up tonight. Just wishing we'd bought more bottles when w...

How many of there are you...and could you serve both?! We talked about both, but decided to limit it to one bottle for budgetary considerations. I'm itching to open the RO '53 though - we had a taste of it at the FTLOP anniversary party this summer (compliments of Sandy Becker - thanks!) so I know ...

I agree with Rob - go with the 2007 VP over the 2005 LBV. Knock their socks off! For the record, the 2005 LBVs that we have are the Single Vineyard variety. The 2007 is now in decanter. It'll ony get a couple hours, but it's better than nothing. Naturally, we tried a small amount pop-n-pour - yummy!

Which one? :stir: I think that 2005 is the year that Noval made both their normal LBV and a special "single Quinta" LBV. I only know this because I have some leftovers of the single Quinta LBV sitting here waiting for me to write a tasting note. :-) I'm not sure! I'll have to pull one of ...

I would not serve the '53 Royal Oporto. It's an amazing Colheita that deserves to be served on its own. It might pair just fine, but I think you want to be able to savor every nuance of that Port and not have it affected by strong food. I knew we could count on Mr. Tawny to defend the RO '53! Looki...

A shout-out for Darrel Corti. w00t!

Taylor 1994 VP
Smith Woodhouse 1992 LBV
Ramos Pinto 20yr Tawny

Eric Menchen wrote:I have purchased from them before and been happy as I recall. My past experience is not a guarantee of future results.

Likewise. I've orderd from them - price was great, shipping was fast, product was as-advertised.

David Spriggs wrote:I made the changes necessary to open links external to the forum to open in a new window. Let me know if you have any problems with it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Works beautifully - thanks!

First Port? No idea - probably six grapes or bin 27, I'd guess. First Port that I drank and really liked? That's easy - Taylor 20 year old Tawny. We'd become rather unenamored with tawnies, having had only the basic tawnies that appear on restaurant dessert menus, but the waiter in a place Phyllis a...

Oh goody! Another ancient tawny to add to the list of wines I'll probably never taste!

According to cellartracker, we have: 60% USA, 28% Portugal, 3% France, 3% Hungary, 2% Spain, 1% Italy.