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Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 4:26 pm
by Bruno P.
ok colheita sounds good
. the wine was bottled in 2005. 19 years in barrel.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 8:14 pm
by Miguel Simoes
2 x 1977 Dow VP (my first bottles of this!)
1 x 1994 Graham VP
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 7:04 am
by 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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:21 am
by Rob C.
Al B. wrote:
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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:43 am
by Bruno P.
Miguel Simoes wrote:2 x 1977 Dow VP (my first bottles of this!)
1 x 1994 Graham VP
Amazing wines Miguel, i drank dows 1977 excellent wine.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 12:05 pm
by Roy Hersh
Alex,
Thank you for the Skeffington explanation. I bet a vertical would certainly be a unique tasting!
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 3:26 pm
by Al B.
Roy Hersh wrote: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...
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 3:28 pm
by Al B.
Rob C. wrote:Al B. wrote:
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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 7:00 pm
by Kurt Wieneke
1 x 2005 Quinta do Portal LBV
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 8:20 pm
by 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!
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 6:06 am
by 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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:57 pm
by David Spriggs
After saying that I'm "too old" to purchase new Vintage Port releases, I broke down and purchased some 2011 Vintage Ports.
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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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:14 am
by Al B.
David Spriggs wrote: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!).
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 6:32 am
by Andy Velebil
Super excited to have gotten a Port from my birthyear, 1973 Martinez VP. Many thanks to Tom for helping in this.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:03 am
by 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/
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:19 am
by Andy Velebil
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.
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:34 am
by David Spriggs
Andy Velebil wrote: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?
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 1:05 pm
by Eric Menchen
Not a Port, but perhaps a ringer for a 1997 tasting some day: Beaulieu Vineyard Port Napa Winemaker`s Collection, 1997
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:07 pm
by Miguel Simoes
1 x Dow 77
6 x Fonseca 85
5 x Dow 94
7 x Taylor 00
V exciting!
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:09 pm
by David Spriggs
Miguel Simoes wrote:1 x Dow 77
6 x Fonseca 85
5 x Dow 94
7 x Taylor 00
V exciting!
Wow! Nice collection!