For The Love Of Port

30 year Sandeman

I use an Excel workbook that contains: 1. A wish list of bottles I am searching for 2. A record of everything I taste, with dates, tasting notes and scores 3. An inventory list sorted by age and type (Vintage, TWIOA, Colheita, LBV, Crusted, etc) 4. A fridge plan mapping out where all of my bottles a...

S. Leonardo Velhissimo Tawny Port opened last night for a handful of aficionados. Thank goodness I still have another bottle ... the first one disappeared WAY to quickly. It held up to the hype and my expectations, which were pretty high.

1965 Delaforce Colheita

2003 Taylor LBV. Down to my last few bottles, and still drinking very well. Smooth and silky, fruit (cherry) dominating. Nice medium finish. Will be sorry to see these go. I wish they were not bottled with a t-cork. I would love to hang onto one of these for another 10-15 years to see how they are. ...

Glad to hear that this showed nicely. I had a similar experience to yours, but mine was about 6 years ago. Similar impressions then, and mine also improved over about a 6 hour decant. I would try this again ... at the right price.

-- Gary

I find that this is really dependent on the person. Some like Tawnies, some like VPs. Most have at least a moderate preference for one versus the other. I actually keep a spreadsheet, as any well-balanced and sane person would do, to keep track of individual preferences. That way, I can serve what t...

60 Year S. Leonardo Tawny

I would go with a fairly young LBV.

40 year S. Leonardo Tawny
1963 Graham's Vintage

Bottled 2006 Sadly, my last bottle of this. Very nice 20 year tawny. Blind, I would have guessed it to be a 40 year. Deep amber color with 1/4 inch clear rim. Aroma primarily dark molasses with a hint of alcohol. Flavors of toasted walnuts, honey and molasses. A little marzipan and a little heat. Ve...

20 year Feist, bottled in 2006

1927 Taylor VP (another one off my bucket list) split with the brother-in-law.

1976 Noval Colheita

I'll open soon a Fonseca 1970 and a Dow 1977 magnum (i'm scared... i'll see). I'll open in about 2 weeks Taylor F. Single Harvest 1964. I have 3 Taylor F. Vergellas Vinha Velha 2011 (i drank one last year... awesome). I have some "big bottles" that will wait too. I tell you this so if you...

My final Port purchase of 2015:

1 x 1977 Dow's Vintage magnum
6 x 1992 Taylor Vintage half bottles

Andy Velebil wrote:Is the 60 year old supposed to come in some special box?

Mine did not. Only the 100 year old.

40 Year S. Leonardo Tawny
1987 Souza VP

Hi Jeremy, I am fairly close to you. MacArthur's is good, and occasionally you can get good deals from them. Schneider's of Capitol Hill is pretty good, also. Otherwise, Total Wine can offer some good deals on younger Ports. But, the best selection in the region is in my cellar :winebath: If you are...

I just picked up mine from UPS a few minutes ago. The 100 YO bottles are beautifully packaged. All going into the cellar, now, EXCEPT one of the 40 YO bottles. That one gets opened tonight. I am downright giddy!

Thanks, Roy. What a spectacular buying opPORTunity.