What Port(s) have you purchased this week?

[Bruno P.]

ok colheita sounds good . the wine was bottled in 2005. 19 years in barrel.

[Miguel Simoes]

2 x 1977 Dow VP (my first bottles of this!)
1 x 1994 Graham VP

[Eric Menchen]

2x Barros 1997 Colheita, 375ml, recent bottling
Taylor First Estate Reserve
Dow 2007 LBV

A local b&m is going out of business and had everything 30% off or more. The above were bargains and probably hadn't been on the shelf too long. They have a fancy cabinet with VP and other high end bottles, but given the poor storage and big markup, those weren't deals.

[Rob C.]

This means that Skeffington varies considerably in style from vintage to vintage and is unusual in that it is not tied to any particular set of vineyards. TFP often use this house to supply the buyer's own label market (Tanner's 2011 vintage port is Skeffington, for example) and it can represent a real bargain in vintage port terms - I paid £11.50 for a half bottle of the 2011 vintage.

Where did you find halves? I have only been able to find 75cl bottles...had been on the look-out for halves after the success with the 2009.

[Bruno P.]

2 x 1977 Dow VP (my first bottles of this!)
1 x 1994 Graham VP

Amazing wines Miguel, i drank dows 1977 excellent wine.

[Roy Hersh]

Alex,

Thank you for the Skeffington explanation. I bet a vertical would certainly be a unique tasting!

[Al B.]

Alex,

Thank you for the Skeffington explanation. I bet a vertical would certainly be a unique tasting!

It would be great fun, but next to impossible to organise since the production tends to get drunk pretty quickly! Might be an idea for a future offline though...

[Al B.]

Where did you find halves? I have only been able to find 75cl bottles...had been on the look-out for halves after the success with the 2009.

Tanners for sure, and I'm guessing The Port Society can probably also get the Skeffington in halves.

[Kurt Wieneke]

1 x 2005 Quinta do Portal LBV

[Glenn E.]

NV Casa de Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White Port

This is the 1973 White Colheita that can't be bottled as such because it wasn't declared properly, and this bottle might be the best example of it that I've tasted so far. Very yummy just slightly chilled!

[John M.]

1992 Tuke Holdsworth LBV (Never seen one in the US--had to try it)
1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV (Have some 2004-2006, rounding out a vertical)
1999 Quinta do Crasto VP

With premium at auction $85--I thought that was pretty good for a VP plus two semi-obscure LBVs.

[David Spriggs]

After saying that I'm "too old" to purchase new Vintage Port releases, I broke down and purchased some 2011 Vintage Ports.

12 x 2011 Taylor Vintage Port
12 x 2011 Fonseca Vintage Port
6 x 2011 Graham's Vintage Port

I'll probably go back for a bit more Graham's and a few others.

[Al B.]

After saying that I'm "too old" to purchase new Vintage Port releases, I broke down and purchased some 2011 Vintage Ports.

12 x 2011 Taylor Vintage Port
12 x 2011 Fonseca Vintage Port
6 x 2011 Graham's Vintage Port

I'll probably go back for a bit more Graham's and a few others.

You're not too old - drink them in the next 5 years and have a big smile on your face. Sod the next generation; they don't have the patience to wait 50 years anyway (at least mine don't!).

[Andy Velebil]

Super excited to have gotten a Port from my birthyear, 1973 Martinez VP. Many thanks to Tom for helping in this.

[John M.]

Andy;

See this thread...the white port is from 1973. http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/ ... =6&t=15944

NV Casa de Santa Eufemia 30 Year Old White Port $60/Bottle

https://winelibrary.com/

[Andy Velebil]

Andy;

See this thread...the white port is from 1973. http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/ ... =6&t=15944

NV Casa de Santa Eufemia 30 Year Old White Port $60/Bottle

https://winelibrary.com/

I do own some of that. But I've never had a red Port, or even seen a VP for that matter, from this rare vintage. The only one I've ever actually seen is Noval's 1973 LBV (it was way overpriced and sitting in a hot shop in the sun drenched window so I didn't buy it). I've asked every producer I've come across and none have any 1973 red Ports left in their cellars.

[David Spriggs]

Super excited to have gotten a Port from my birthyear, 1973 Martinez VP. Many thanks to Tom for helping in this.

Nice! 1973 is a VERY difficult year to find. There were maybe 2 VPs made?

[Eric Menchen]

Not a Port, but perhaps a ringer for a 1997 tasting some day: Beaulieu Vineyard Port Napa Winemaker`s Collection, 1997

[Miguel Simoes]

1 x Dow 77
6 x Fonseca 85
5 x Dow 94
7 x Taylor 00

V exciting!

[David Spriggs]

1 x Dow 77
6 x Fonseca 85
5 x Dow 94
7 x Taylor 00

V exciting!

Wow! Nice collection!