Any Ideas for Drinking Young Port Over a Week?

[Barry Sunderland]

I love young, grippy, juicy port. To finish an entire bottle over a week, I've been decanting the 'first pour', nitro-ing the rest, and then placing the bottle in the fridge. The next night, I'll take the bottle out of the fridge, decant some, and do the same steps as the first day, and continue this method over the week. Any other ideas or pointers?

[Eric Ifune]

I'll decant the first half into a half bottle, then do as you. The half bottle seems to slow oxidation even more so.

[Moses Botbol]

I find the nitro to kill some of the aromatic and kind of pointless on a young port since it's going to be finished long before the port fall apart.

I do the same as Eric with half bottles. I love Sherry half bottles just for this reason. The T cork is better than most port half bottles. If the port is filled right to the cork, there's no air and no need for nitro...

[Andy Velebil]

I find the nitro to kill some of the aromatic and kind of pointless on a young port since it's going to be finished long before the port fall apart.

I do the same as Eric with half bottles. I love Sherry half bottles just for this reason. The T cork is better than most port half bottles. If the port is filled right to the cork, there's no air and no need for nitro...

I'm not a big fan of Nitro either. I've tried it and it always seems to leave a weird taste to the wine/Port. I know they aren't supposed to, but I always find they do.

I just toss it into the fridge with a cork in it. And I also do the 1/2 bottle thing when I know I won't finish the whole bottle that day.

[Rob C.]

I often drink a bottle of tawny over sever weeks (small glass every 2 or 3 days) and have found best way for me to keep freshness is to use glass marbles to raise the level of the port back into the neck after each pour, use t-stopper and then back into fridge/wine cabinet/cellar.

[Moses Botbol]

I often drink a bottle of tawny over sever weeks (small glass every 2 or 3 days) and have found best way for me to keep freshness is to use glass marbles to raise the level of the port back into the neck after each pour, use t-stopper and then back into fridge/wine cabinet/cellar.

Wow, that is a new one for me. Pretty clever.

[Peter W. Meek]

I often drink a bottle of tawny over sever weeks (small glass every 2 or 3 days) and have found best way for me to keep freshness is to use glass marbles to raise the level of the port back into the neck after each pour, use t-stopper and then back into fridge/wine cabinet/cellar.

Wow, that is a new one for me. Pretty clever.

It is clever. Aesop thought it was pretty clever about 2000 years ago.

[Luc Gauthier]

I often drink a bottle of tawny over sever weeks (small glass every 2 or 3 days) and have found best way for me to keep freshness is to use glass marbles to raise the level of the port back into the neck after each pour, use t-stopper and then back into fridge/wine cabinet/cellar.

Wow, that is a new one for me. Pretty clever.

It is clever. Aesop thought it was pretty clever about 2000 years ago.

Yes , but did Aesop ever try port and peanut butter ?

[Roy Hersh]

Any Ideas for Drinking Young Port Over a Week?

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