For The Love Of Port

2 X Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port
4 X Kopke Colheita Port -- 1999

From BPW. Shipping to CT only $9... so cheap!

Some of the good stuff was sold out already... was looking to get some of the 1987 colheita... no luck.

Couldn't resist that BPW offer either.
2x Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port -- N.V. 750mL
1x Kopke Colheita Port -- 1987 375mL
1x Kopke Colheita Port -- 1994 375mL
1x Kopke Colheita Port -- 1994 750mL
2x Kopke Colheita Port -- 1997 375mL

12 x 2007 Fonseca LBV

Just taken delivery of my first 2011 vintage ports! 6 bottles of each of Sandeman, Offley and Ferreira.

3 x 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco arrived yesterday. I pick these up any time I can find them for a reasonable price, as they're both a really good white colheita and one of my few available birth year Ports.

I picked up a very good looking bottle of Martinez 1922 today.

Eric Menchen wrote:Couldn't resist that BPW offer either.
2x Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port -- N.V. 750mL

Received these yesterday (with others). One was a 2009 bottling, one 2011. Hmmm.

Two bottles of 1995 Quinta do Noval vintage port. Not a vintage you see very often.

In Portugal
2 Krohn 30 year old,
1 Krohn 1976 Colheita,
1 Dalva 1985 Colheita,
2 Vieira de Sousa 10 year old,
2 Bulas 20 year old,
6 Brunheda 40 year old,
1 Portal 2004 Moscatel,
3 halves Casa Santa Eufemia 40 year old,
3 halves Casa Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White,
1 half Quinta do Noval 1937 Colheita.

Eric Ifune wrote:In Portugal
2 Krohn 30 year old,
1 Krohn 1976 Colheita,
1 Dalva 1985 Colheita,
2 Vieira de Sousa 10 year old,
2 Bulas 20 year old,
6 Brunheda 40 year old,
1 Portal 2004 Moscatel,
3 halves Casa Santa Eufemia 40 year old,
3 halves Casa Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White,
1 half Quinta do Noval 1937 Colheita.

Damn! V impressive.

1 x 1970 Fonseca VP @ $120
Someone outbid me for a 2nd bottle.

Will be opening it soon. Prob over Thanksgiving.

High hopes! If I love it, will get more VP. If not, will prob just stick with aged tawnies.

Miguel Simoes wrote:1 x Sandeman 30 Yr @ $60 + tax (~$64.5)

From http://www.stirlingfinewine.com (of Stirling, NJ)
Wonder when i'll get to drive by to pick it up...

2 x Sandeman 30 Yr @ $60 + tax (~$64.5)

Same place. Will finally be going there to pick the first one up, figured I'd up it to 3 instead of just 1. It really is a great deal.

1 x 1983 Grahams
1 x 1991 Warres
1 x 1995 Fonseca Guimaraens
1 x 1995 Warres Q. da Cavadinha

3x 1991 Gould Campbell
1x 2003 Niepoort LBV
4 x 2004 Niepoort LBV

Mixed lot at auction. Average price p/bottle 21 euro (incl. buyers premium). Good price on the VP, reasonable price on the LBV's I think (for Dutch normal prices that is).


Also received my first case (6) of 2011 VP, my Kopke has arrived Now comes the hard part, leaving it at peace for the coming 15-20 years before trying the first bottle

I have a long list of bottles purchased whilst in Portugal, but even more recently here is what is coming:

2007 Graham's magnums

1/2 cases of each:
1970 Graham's VP
1977 Warre's VP
1977 Dow's VP
1992 Cavadinha VP
1985 Gould Campbell VP
1985 Fonseca VP

Gerwin,

If you have not tried the Kopke 2011 yet, I urge you to open one up early and see what it is like and document your impressions. It will be an invaluable lesson for you. OTOH, if you've already tasted it in the past, then by all means keep those young pups locked up!

Best regards,

Roy

Roy Hersh wrote:Gerwin,

If you have not tried the Kopke 2011 yet, I urge you to open one up early and see what it is like and document your impressions. It will be an invaluable lesson for you. OTOH, if you've already tasted it in the past, then by all means keep those young pups locked up!

Best regards,

Roy

Roy,
Thanks for the tip. I haven't tried any young VP's since the Kopke 2005 (tasted directly in december 2007), which at the time I could not really enjoy. To much of a fruit and tannine bomb at the time for my taste then. But my taste has evolved since then of course.

If I can get my hands on another box of 6 of these ones, I might be tempted to open one when it is still in it's infant stage.
If I do, I will be sure to post the TN.



Gerwin

1 x Ferreira 20 Yr

Gerwin de Graaf wrote:

Roy Hersh wrote:Gerwin,

If you have not tried the Kopke 2011 yet, I urge you to open one up early and see what it is like and document your impressions. It will be an invaluable lesson for you. OTOH, if you've already tasted it in the past, then by all means keep those young pups locked up!

Best regards,

Roy

Roy,
Thanks for the tip. I haven't tried any young VP's since the Kopke 2005 (tasted directly in december 2007), which at the time I could not really enjoy. To much of a fruit and tannine bomb at the time for my taste then. But my taste has evolved since then of course.

If I can get my hands on another box of 6 of these ones, I might be tempted to open one when it is still in it's infant stage.
If I do, I will be sure to post the TN.



Gerwin

Just placed an order for another case of 6 Kopke 2011 VP. As I stated, I will be opening one in about 9 weeks on my 40th Bday. Just to see (and show to my guests) what power is in a young VP. There will be much wine and some other ports as well of course (some 40 YO Tawnies are on deathrow for this purpose).

6 x Casa de Santa Eufemia 30-yr old White Port