1951 Offley "Baron de Forrester" Colheita Port

[Jay Hack]

• 1951 Offley Baron de Forrester Porto Colheita - Portugal, Douro, Porto (9/26/2006)
  Birth year Port bought at auction. Brought this to someone's home for an after-golf dinner. Tons of sediment even though bottled in 1998. Pain in the ass to open - hard wax and T stopper. We had to strain through cheesecloth. It was worth it! Delicious sweet nutty flavor with tourriga nacional distinctive fruit flavors. Not nearly as intense fruit as a VP but considering that 1951 may have been the worst year of the century, this is a very nice wine (92 pts.)

I saved about 3 ounces in the bottle, put it in the refrigerator, and waited 9 months to see what would happen. Not too shabby. Still good. This seems to be coming up for auction at every AMC auction. It cost me about $100 per bottle, which was not bad. I don't need more, but if you were born in 1951, this may be your only drinkable choice.