For The Love Of Port

Eric Ifune wrote:Average age of the wine.

Thanks. That seemed the most logical, but you never know with these things... :)

I'm a big fan of the Gonzalez Byass 30 year old PX sherry that we had a couple week ago - that's about the extent of our experience so far! Just got in 4 bottles of a younger PX to try out, but haven't opened any yet. While we're talking about that other fortified wine... Can anyone explain to me w...

I'm a big fan of the Gonzalez Byass 30 year old PX sherry that we had a couple week ago - that's about the extent of our experience so far! Just got in 4 bottles of a younger PX to try out, but haven't opened any yet.

Sadly cant help much w 30 Yr tawnies... still getting up the learning curve myself. Had one recently, the Ramos Pinto, and it v positively surprised me. And do note that I had it alongside the 1941 Noval Colheita, definitely the best port I ever tasted. Not wanting to hijack a thread but.. 1941 Nov...

I bought 4 as well.

Had our first foray into this style of wine tonight - Wow! Definitely going to have to explore these wines a bit more - this wine was absolutely killer with a chocolate mousse cake for dessert.

Glenn E. wrote:Forbes got it backwards... it's Taylor Fladgate in the US, and Taylor everywhere else isn't it?

Yeah, I noted that too - Forbes should really check their facts... :)

Roy Hersh wrote:Anything really new here?

Yeah! Taylor is going to ship a 1964 Tawny next year. News to me anyway :) I'm gonna have to get me some of that.

Sandeman 20 y/o Tawny - had a hankering for a 20 and didn't want to go out to offsite storage to get something else.

My #2 20 y/o Tawny - love this stuff - don't see it enough in restaurants or store shelves out here though.

9x 2011 Taylor Vintage Port
9x 2011 Fonseca Vintage Port
9x 2011 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port

Benni Skov wrote:Thank you so much Carl - 2 bottles are now being shipped in my direction.

Glad I could help!

Not many suppliers for that one listed on wine-searcher.com. Here's one in the EU that ships globally:

https://www.garrafeiranacional.com/vint ... _en_11825/

We'd love to see everyone, but we won't be making the trip up this year - at least in part because we just allocated all of our 2013 port budget to buying bottles of 2011 VP.

Maybe next year!

2000 Smith Woodhouse LBV. Corked, unfortunately.

I've just learned that Carl and Phyllis will not be making the trip up here and they will both be missed! We're disappointed beyond words to have had to cancel at such a late hour, but with both of us knocked down by some kind of killer 24-hour bug earlier this week, it was the right choice. We do ...

Roy Hersh wrote:Please call before coming over, as I have a lot to get done including airport pickups that day.

But of course! If you're busy when we're in the neighborhood, maybe we could drop them off at Glenn's instead. I'm sure we'll work it out.

-cd

As we need to have the bottles decanted ahead of time properly, would it be possible for the out-of-towners to ship their bottles to me? I will have a team of decanters here and I own about 15 decanters (and stock in the local cheesecloth producer), so we can do this properly. Roy - we'll be flying...

It's finally official - all conflicts have been revolved; we're absolutely, positively going to be there on the 20th with our two bottles of Port in hand. Can't wait!

Prats and Symington Douro Chryseia, 2003 Overall, a very nice bottle. Pop-n-Pour, enjoyed over a period of about 3 hours. At first this bottle had an odd funk to it - an almost leathery or meaty quality to the aroma. Over time, this blew off and we were met with the dark fruit flavors that we were e...