For The Love Of Port

Some Port you can't purchase, you need to receive them as gift. Friday, I received a magnum of 20 year old Niepoort memorium for Rolf, a very pretty bottle! The kind I'll never want to open.

Needed some cellar defenders for the spring / summer. So hauled in this lot.

Cálem 20YO Tawny
Pocas 20YO Tawny
Dalva 1995 Colheita (2)
Bulas 10YO White (2)

SWC 2007 LBV (2)
Panascal 1999 SQVP
Rozés 2017 VP

I've bid and won a lot over the past few weeks. Here's my winnings:

1 x 1977 Fonseca VP
1 x 1980 Borges VP
1 x 1983 Graham's VP
1 x 1985 Graham's VP
2 x 1991 Martinez VP
1 x 1982 Pocas Colheita
2 x 1983 Messias Quinta do Cachao SQVP
1 x 1988 Sandeman Vau Vintage
1 x 1992 Fonseca VP
2 x 2000 Gould Campbell VP
1 x 2000 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 2011 Warre's VP
1 x 2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela SQVP
4 x 1994 Fonseca VP
1 x 30 year old Niepoort Tawny (I over paid for this, but I never see it around and wanted to try it)

I also went to the Ironbound section of Newark yesterday to visit a few Portuguese liquor stores and bought the following:

2 x 1994 Dow LBV (I had one a few months back and really liked it)
1 x 1999 Jose Maria Da Fonseca & Van Zeller LBV
1 x 1999 Churchill LBV
1 x 1992 Taylor's LBV
1 x 1996 Calem Quinta Da Foz SQVP
1 x 1995 Taylor's Quinta De Vargellas SQVP
1 x 2003 Calem VP
1 x 1983 Calem Colheita
1 x Dalva 40 year old Dry White Port

2 x S. Leonardo 30 year old White (picked this up in a Pennsylvania state owned liquor store)

Lots of Port I know, but I retire in a few years and my Port buying will drop significantly. I'm building up my cellar for retirement.

3 x 2002 Warres LBV
1 x Pocas 30 Year
1 x Pocas 20 Year
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita (b.2017)
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse

I think the Pocas 20, 30 and Colheita would make a fun tasting

John M. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:00 am 3 x 2002 Warres LBV
1 x Pocas 30 Year
1 x Pocas 20 Year
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita (b.2017)
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse

I think the Pocas 20, 30 and Colheita would make a fun tasting

Yes they would.

John M. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:00 am 3 x 2002 Warres LBV
1 x Pocas 30 Year
1 x Pocas 20 Year
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita (b.2017)
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse

I think the Pocas 20, 30 and Colheita would make a fun tasting

I have an '82 and '97 Pocas Colheita I could add to the tasting. I also saw a Pocas 10 y.o. yesterday but didn't pick it up. I'd love to find a 40 y.o. at a reasonable price.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:43 am

John M. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:00 am 3 x 2002 Warres LBV
1 x Pocas 30 Year
1 x Pocas 20 Year
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita (b.2017)
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse

I think the Pocas 20, 30 and Colheita would make a fun tasting

I have an '82 and '97 Pocas Colheita I could add to the tasting. I also saw a Pocas 10 y.o. yesterday but didn't pick it up. I'd love to find a 40 y.o. at a reasonable price.

Alright, New Jersey Peeps (&NY/Eastern PA) this is the beginning of a tasting once we all have our shots! Stay tuned!

1 x Pocas 30 y.o. Tawny
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita
1 x 1991 Taylor Quinta De Vargellas SQVP
1 x 2000 Pocas Junior VP

1977 Smith Woodhouse in magnum

I think this gives me 19 magnums now? I have 1977 (8), 1985 (2), 1994 (3), 1995 (1), and 2003 (5). I might be missing 1 or 2 in my mental inventory. Then I have 8 Tappit Hens and 1 Imperial, but those are all too young to drink and will probably never be mature in my lifetime. Someone is going to get a nice inheritance... I just don't know who because we don't have any kids!

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:11 pm I think this gives me 19 magnums now? I have 1977 (8), 1985 (2), 1994 (3), 1995 (1), and 2003 (5).

So when we have our magnum party, I can fill in a 1992 and 1997, and have a few others from some of the years you mention. I don't own an imperial (yikes!), but I do have a double magnum that probably won't be ready in my lifetime as well.

Eric Menchen wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:24 pm

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:11 pm I think this gives me 19 magnums now? I have 1977 (8), 1985 (2), 1994 (3), 1995 (1), and 2003 (5).

So when we have our magnum party, I can fill in a 1992 and 1997, and have a few others from some of the years you mention. I don't own an imperial (yikes!), but I do have a double magnum that probably won't be ready in my lifetime as well.

I "found" another one... I have a 1997 Quinta do Crasto, too, for a total of 20. And something tickling at the back of my head says that I should have one or two magnums of 2011 Quevedo, but I can't think of where they'd be in my storage.

Quick tally: I currently have 140 magnums of vintage port, the oldest being an 1897 Graham.

I have but 3 magnums---but one is a 1977 Smith Woodhouse--Great minds think alike!

Tom Archer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:28 am Quick tally: I currently have 140 magnums of vintage port, the oldest being an 1897 Graham.

I'm free that day!

1 x 2013 Ramos Pinto LBV (Unfiltered)
2 x 2005 Quinta do Noval LBV (Unfiltered)
1 x Quinta do Noval 20 y.o. Tawny

I've been buying LBV recently - a dozen Niepoort 2016

- Where have the years gone? 2016 LBVs already....

Some random bottles from auction:

1955 Gould Campbell
1964 Butler, Nephew & Co.
1983 Ramos Pinto

You outbid me on the Ramos Pinto.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:28 pm You outbid me on the Ramos Pinto.

I did? I didn't notice that there were other bids when I put mine in. It was a good price!

Maybe I'll get to share it with you at a tasting!

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:58 am

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:28 pm You outbid me on the Ramos Pinto.

I did? I didn't notice that there were other bids when I put mine in. It was a good price!

Maybe I'll get to share it with you at a tasting!

Lol. No problem at all Glenn. I got plenty of stuff from that auction. I'll have to put a list up, but I was happy to snag an older Calem to try (1970) and my first 1994 Quinta do Noval.