1967 Quarles Harris Colheita Port
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1967 Quarles Harris Colheita Port
This was etheral at first but calmed down after four hours.A cuvee bottled in 82 These and colheitas are not my favourite but maybe I have not had as many good ones.I prefer vintage ports that have turned tawny with age.although I have had some 100 years plus which were good and a safer bet for buying drinkability.But lets get back on track this I enjoyed syrupy sweet almost almondy mid poor finishing sweet and ever so slightly hot.
Andy again (not Roy) Sorry about using Roy's account, but his computer doesn't like my log in attempts this A.M. and I can't go this long without posting....yes, I'm a Port nerd
Alan,
Quarles Harris is owned by the Symington family, who also owns Dow, Graham's, Warre, Gould Campbell, Smith Woodhouse, Q.d. Vesuvio, Q.d. Roriz, and some Maderia and dry wines. For lack of a better term, the QH is a lesser line of Ports. The Symington family website only mentions it, but there is no link, unlike all their other holdings. IIRC, the fruit for QH comes from various properties the Symington's own and buy from.
I've had a QH from 1977 and it was surprisingly good for a "lesser" house. TN is here http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... les+harris
BTW, here is the Symington's web site if your interested.
http://www.symington.com
Alan,
Quarles Harris is owned by the Symington family, who also owns Dow, Graham's, Warre, Gould Campbell, Smith Woodhouse, Q.d. Vesuvio, Q.d. Roriz, and some Maderia and dry wines. For lack of a better term, the QH is a lesser line of Ports. The Symington family website only mentions it, but there is no link, unlike all their other holdings. IIRC, the fruit for QH comes from various properties the Symington's own and buy from.
I've had a QH from 1977 and it was surprisingly good for a "lesser" house. TN is here http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... les+harris
BTW, here is the Symington's web site if your interested.
http://www.symington.com
Ambition driven by passion, rather than money, is as strong an elixir as is Port. http://www.fortheloveofport.com
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The Symington website
The wine page on the Symington website lists the VPs, in something that looks like order of reputation:
The Symingtons wrote:Graham's
Warre's
Dow's
Smith Woodhouse
Quinta do Vesuvio
Gould Campbell
Quarles Harris
Quinta de Roriz
- Possessivetastic.
- In disagreement with Roy’s list (but agreement with my thoughts), Warre's is above Dow's.
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Julian,
That's a rather controversial line-up - or was it intentionally provocative
My own take is pretty close to the standing in the market place (Roriz excepted - which (as a newcomer) has yet to be fully appreciated.)
My list runs:
Graham
Vesuvio
Warre
Roriz
Dow
Smith Woodhouse
Gould Campbell
Quarles Harris
One can debate the relative placing of the middle runners, and argue the placing of Graham in pole position, but to my mind there is no debate about the placing of QH at the back of the pack - a wine that has no clear identity of it's own, and is best known (in small print) as Tesco's own brand VP...
Tom
PS Yes - I agree that Dow is over-rated in many listings.
That's a rather controversial line-up - or was it intentionally provocative
My own take is pretty close to the standing in the market place (Roriz excepted - which (as a newcomer) has yet to be fully appreciated.)
My list runs:
Graham
Vesuvio
Warre
Roriz
Dow
Smith Woodhouse
Gould Campbell
Quarles Harris
One can debate the relative placing of the middle runners, and argue the placing of Graham in pole position, but to my mind there is no debate about the placing of QH at the back of the pack - a wine that has no clear identity of it's own, and is best known (in small print) as Tesco's own brand VP...
Tom
PS Yes - I agree that Dow is over-rated in many listings.
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I'm going to speak up for the QH'77. Its been a while since I had one but it was very enjoyable.
QH used for Tesco own label I would avoid. That's got little to do with QH's wine selection and all to do with Tesco's storage policies. In general, I find QH ports perfectly acceptable for the modest price they usually fetch.
Alex
QH used for Tesco own label I would avoid. That's got little to do with QH's wine selection and all to do with Tesco's storage policies. In general, I find QH ports perfectly acceptable for the modest price they usually fetch.
Alex
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Alex,bridgema wrote:I'm going to speak up for the QH'77. Its been a while since I had one but it was very enjoyable
Alex
I agree, the one time I had it recently, it was much better than i thought it would be.
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