For The Love Of Port

John M. wrote:6 x 2012 Quinta do Crasto LBVs. Only $16 per--a bargain.

Very good deal. I hope you bought them all?


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Andy Velebil wrote:

John M. wrote:6 x 2012 Quinta do Crasto LBVs. Only $16 per--a bargain.

Very good deal. I hope you bought them all?


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LOL...left 1 behind. Spread the joy.

1 x Graham 40 Year to share with family at my Mother's Birthday party in a few weeks.

Andy Velebil wrote:

Bert VD wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote: It has leaked. Also the pushed up cork indicates heat damage. For the price worth it most likely, but most likely won't show as well as a well stored one.

the cork is actually flush with the glass. heat damage would surprise me in Belgium. but it sounds like i shouldn't wait to long anymore to drink it..

From the pic it does look as though the cork pushed up a little. Perhaps someone pushed it back down, who knows. And heat damage can happen anywhere. Leave it in a car in the sun, by a warm stove, on a shelf in the window, turn the heat up in the house all winter, etc. And who's to say that bottle spent all it's life in Belgium?

BTW, I resized your pics to make viewing easier.

Is the waxed cracked? I thought with Grahams, red wax is norm back then? Is the wax brittle? It should be for the age.

it's not wax but metal

It has leaked. Also the pushed up cork indicates heat damage.

The pushed up cork thing is a pet peeve of Robert Parker. Whilst I'm not arguing that it never happens, I just don't see it in the UK, and when corks are proud it is almost invariably the result of the cork not being properly driven home in the first place (you can usually tell from the capsule if it went on over a proud cork) I've also seen a few stashes of bottles that were known to have suffered heat damage, and whilst they often show seepage, the corks stay in situ..

2 x 2011 Alves de Sousa

2x Warre’s Fine White at 50% off, so $8 each.

2x Quevedo samplers each $27 for a half bottle of White, Reserve Tawny, Ruby, and 2011 LBV in OWC. I’m questioning that choice because I don’t want the Ruby and I realized I don’t like the Reserve Tawny as much as I thought I did. And I already have a couple of these. I like half bottles, though, and never see low end products in them. I know i’l drink them.

2011 Fonseca VP, 8 halves
2000 Q. do Noval Silval, 12 bottles

6 x 2003 Vesuvio VP in OWC

Filling a hole in my collection. It's not a vertical because I only have every 2nd or 3rd year, but I do have a lot of Vesuvio. I had a hole between 2000 and 2005 that's now been filled.

1 x 1970 Taylor Fladgate VP
2 x 1970 Graham's VP
2 x 1985 Fonseca VP

4 x Andresen 10 Anos White Port
2 x Andresen 1982 Colheita Port
2 x Blackett 10 Anos Tawny Port
2 x Wiese & Krohn 1987 Colheita Port

Also put down orders for

1 OWC of 2016 Taylor's VP
1 OWC of 2016 Graham's VP

Missed it by -->||<-- that much.

Tried to get a Tappit Hen of 2016 Graham's The Stone Terraces. Would have been close to $1000 with shipping from the UK, but I totally would have done it. Sadly someone beat me to it.

1 x 1997 Quinta do Noval VP (got it at a great price at auction)
1 x 2000 Fonseca VP

1970 Butler Nephew VP (belgian botteling, G Thienpont "Red rich Alto Douro Portwine), 12 bottles

1 x 1970 Ferreira VP
1 x Andresen Very Old, 40 Year Old Tawny

"Confirmed" order but no invoice yet, so hopefully I'm not jinxing it by announcing it...

3 x 750 ml 2016 Graham's Stone Terraces VP
1 x 2250 ml 2016 Graham's Stone Terraces VP
3 x 750 ml 2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela VP
1 x 2250 ml 2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela VP

Yes, 2250. Tappit Hens, aka Marie Jeannes. Not the cool old squat bottles, but still a fun and rare bottle size.

Glenn E. wrote:"Confirmed" order but no invoice yet, so hopefully I'm not jinxing it by announcing it...

3 x 750 ml 2016 Graham's Stone Terraces VP
1 x 2250 ml 2016 Graham's Stone Terraces VP
3 x 750 ml 2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela VP
1 x 2250 ml 2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela VP

Yes, 2250. Tappit Hens, aka Marie Jeannes. Not the cool old squat bottles, but still a fun and rare bottle size.

Invoice received and paid, so I did manage to get Tappit Hens. Fun!

Also just found and ordered 6 more bottles of Stone Terraces. That will put me at 12 total plus the Tappit Hen, so I should probably stop now.

3 more bottles of 2016 Graham's Stone Terraces.

BUY ALL THE PRECIOUSES!!!

2 x 2011 quinta do Crasto lbv
27.00$/bottle