What have you opened this week?

[Eric Menchen]

1987 Kopke Colheita

[Andy Velebil]

40 year old Rozes Port, 1-liter bottle last wed

last night, 2003 Niepoort Vertente Douro

[John M.]

2000 Ferriera LBV

[John E]

A half bottle of 1997 Fonseca VP. I decanted it last night, and tasted it two hours later--not bad. Now, 24 hours later, it has definitely improved.

[Roy Hersh]

1964 Dow's Reserve (Colheita)
1952 Kopke Colheita
1980 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

This weekend should see at least another 2-4 bottles opened.

[Al B.]

I opened a bottle of Graham 1985 as my contribution to a blind tasting yesterday.

[Rob C.]

I oowned a bottle of Graham 1985 as my contribution to a blind tasting yesterday.

I also opened a bottle of Graham 1985 as my contribution to the same blind tasting yesterday...and having both bottles open at the same time, with neither showing obvious fault, was a real lesson in how bottle variation can be very striking when bottles are from two different sources (even when both sources are of immaculate provenance...)

[Gerwin de Graaf]

Borges & Irmao 1970 VP
Kopke over 40 years old Tawny (bottled in 1980)

[Andy Velebil]

Borges & Irmao 1970 VP
Kopke over 40 years old Tawny (bottled in 1980)

How was the Kopke?

[Gerwin de Graaf]

Borges & Irmao 1970 VP
Kopke over 40 years old Tawny (bottled in 1980)

How was the Kopke?

Surprisingly , it was simply excellent! considering it was the worst looking bottle from the bunch (quite some seepage it seemed) it was amazingly tasty. I opened it last Friday (28th Oct), on the day they arrived. At first it was very nice, but had quite a lot of heat (too much) from the alcohol.
On Saturday this bottle was finished off after a dinnerparty, where I also brought the B&I 1970 VP, and at that time the heat was very much reduced / integrated, and what was left was a fantastic Tawny, with a lot of honey, nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts) in both nose and taste, and a finish of over a minute!

I'll try and put together a tn on this one too.

[Al B.]

A bottle of Offley Boa Vista 1972 - not great, but better than some 1975s I've had.

[Al B.]

And another bottle of Morgan '91 to go with the bonfires and fireworks tonight.

[Andy Velebil]

1970 Royal Oporto and the other night a 1995 Warre's LBV.

[Al B.]

A bottle of Taylor 1977 - lovely!

[Glenn E.]

1991 Dona Matilde Colheita. Wonderfully intense vanilla when first opened, but that's faded into the background since. Still great stuff!

[Eric Menchen]

In Mexico at a resort they had Ferreira Tawny at the bar, so I sampled a glass. I stuck with mezcal and tropical beverages after that, and recommended my friends to do the same.

[Eric Menchen]

2005 Dow LBV
1985 Bumester VP

[Glenn E.]

It's not real Port, but I opened a bottle of Yalumba Museum Reserve 21 year old Antique Tawny tonight with friends. Yummy!

[Andy Velebil]

1970 Quinta do Noval VP (and someone else at the same gathering a 1982 Dow's Colheita) both tasting notes posted.

[Andy Velebil]

and last night was a bottle of Cockburns Special Reserve. SO much better than it was several years ago. The Symington's have turned this back into a fantastic Ruby Reserve.