For The Love Of Port

David Spriggs wrote:

Jonathan S wrote:1) Noval 40 Years of Age Tawny

Oooo! Nice wine!

Thanks! It was bottled in 2012, and I have to say that I am loving and savoring every sip! It is a truly brilliant bottle!

S. Leonardo 30 Year Old Tawny Port

First bottle from a stash of six unlabelled bottles I bought last year, with Taylor Crusted Port legible on one of the capsules, but no bottling date.

One bottle had a TS level and clear signs of seepage, so an obvious choice for investigation. I pushed the cork into the bottle rather than risk shredding it, and after decanting, broke the bottle to recover it - it was very clearly branded as Taylor Crusted, bottled in 1963.

The wine did that strange port party trick of darkening after decanting - it was quite pale at first but quickly descended to a fine mahogany colour.

Very nice wine to drink - a slight nuttiness coupled to just a hint of green on the meniscus told me this wine had spent some time in cask before bottling.

Bottles like this make me feel there is a worthy gap in the port spectrum - a halfway house between ruby and tawny, between Crusted and Colheita..

Tom Archer wrote:First bottle from a stash of six unlabelled bottles I bought last year, with Taylor Crusted Port legible on one of the capsules, but no bottling date.

One bottle had a TS level and clear signs of seepage, so an obvious choice for investigation. I pushed the cork into the bottle rather than risk shredding it, and after decanting, broke the bottle to recover it - it was very clearly branded as Taylor Crusted, bottled in 1963.

The wine did that strange port party trick of darkening after decanting - it was quite pale at first but quickly descended to a fine mahogany colour.

Very nice wine to drink - a slight nuttiness coupled to just a hint of green on the meniscus told me this wine had spent some time in cask before bottling.

Bottles like this make me feel there is a worthy gap in the port spectrum - a halfway house between ruby and tawny, between Crusted and Colheita..

Nice find!

Tom Archer wrote:Bottles like this make me feel there is a worthy gap in the port spectrum - a halfway house between ruby and tawny, between Crusted and Colheita..

I have noticed that gap before, too. 10-yr old Tawnies, or "early bottled" Colheitas (7-10 yrs old) seem to fit, but of course neither of those can be aged or they'll move out of the gap.

Before I ever tried one, I always thought that Garrafeira would fit in this gap. But it really doesn't, so the gap remains unfilled.

Derek T. wrote:2003 Macedos Douro D.O.C. - yum, yum

Nice !!! was it the bottles we got directly at the quinta a few years ago? How are the tannins evolving? It was quite a beast!

Edit : oops I think I forgot to look at the last page ahahah

so the gap remains unfilled

There are theoretical ways it could be filled - a five to seven year old Crusted with the wine kept in pipes throughout, would probably deliver.

The IVDPs preconception of premium port styles might be an issue though.

Frederick Blais wrote:

Derek T. wrote:2003 Macedos Douro D.O.C. - yum, yum

Nice !!! was it the bottles we got directly at the quinta a few years ago? How are the tannins evolving? It was quite a beast!

Edit : oops I think I forgot to look at the last page ahahah

Those went long ago, Fred

Tom Archer wrote:Bottles like this make me feel there is a worthy gap in the port spectrum - a halfway house between ruby and tawny, between Crusted and Colheita..

I've found that American attempts to imitate Port often fall in this range, but fail to deliver something I really want to drink.

I've found that American attempts to imitate Port often fall in this range, but fail to deliver something I really want to drink.

I respect the attempts made at sincere port style wines made in other countries, and some of them, such as the Cavendish from SA, are often very nice enduring wines.

But they are not port, and it shows - only a mountainous semi desert wine region with schistous rock can deliver.

Is there only one such region on the planet? - I have no idea...

Bought a load of unknown bottles yesterday, 14 bottles + 4 half bottles for £480 (£30/btl) - came from the cellar of a deceased 90yr old gent. I would have paid more, but that's what was asked.

Six had identical foil capsules, 4 x IN, 1 x BN, 1 x VTS

Have just popped the VTS bottle to see what I've got...

Taylor '35 - in perfect condition

- Nice!

Tom Archer wrote:Bought a load of unknown bottles yesterday, 14 bottles + 4 half bottles for £480 (£30/btl) - came from the cellar of a deceased 90yr old gent. I would have paid more, but that's what was asked.

Six had identical foil capsules, 4 x IN, 1 x BN, 1 x VTS

Have just popped the VTS bottle to see what I've got...

Taylor '35 - in perfect condition

- Nice!

Jackpot!


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Opened an S. Leonardo 30-yr old tonight for movie night with some friends. Yum!

Gould Campbell 2000: Kinda of in a middle stage, after 2 days it is getting smooter and more expressive. Seems like it wants to talk more, we'll see in 5-10 years

1964 Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Port

Stuck in a hotel this week with no good wine store nearby. However, Managed to find a 10 year Sandeman tawny and a Vinho Verde. Had a glass of the tawny last night but had to study so couldn't go all out.


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1994 Quinta da Romaneira VP (2 bottles, decanted in one large decanter), for my aunts 70th birthday

Gerwin,

Why not one of the very fine 1944 Colheitas from her birth year?

1963 Graham's Vintage Port

-Niepoort 20-Year Tawny
-Warre's Otima 10-Year Tawny

(I'll be sipping on these alongside a Noval 40-Year Tawny for a nice vertical. :) )