For The Love Of Port

Randy Katz wrote:

Al B. wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:23 pm

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 10:58 pm 6 x 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco

Wow! Where did they come from? That’s a heck of a purchase.

Auction.. Only place to find much Krohn.

Mixed reviews on this site, all seem good but rarely great. At $230 each, seemed a good purchase.

Wow, prices of those have really gone up. They are very good but they are also starting to get a bit long in bottle. I would recommend not storing them long term at this point. I’ve got a few left and you’ve reminded me I need to pull them out of storage sometime soon.

6x 2000 Vesuvio VP

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 8:29 am

Randy Katz wrote:

Al B. wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:23 pm

Wow! Where did they come from? That’s a heck of a purchase.

Auction.. Only place to find much Krohn.

Mixed reviews on this site, all seem good but rarely great. At $230 each, seemed a good purchase.

Wow, prices of those have really gone up. They are very good but they are also starting to get a bit long in bottle. I would recommend not storing them long term at this point. I’ve got a few left and you’ve reminded me I need to pull them out of storage sometime soon.

I got that feeling from the tasting notes. Will be drinking them in the near-term. Looks like it may be the only Colheita Branco they made?

2007 Dow's Colheita, a fantastic tawny that's not super easy to find (thankfully we've got the internet now, lol)

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 3:48 pm

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 8:29 am

Randy Katz wrote:
Auction.. Only place to find much Krohn.

Mixed reviews on this site, all seem good but rarely great. At $230 each, seemed a good purchase.

Wow, prices of those have really gone up. They are very good but they are also starting to get a bit long in bottle. I would recommend not storing them long term at this point. I’ve got a few left and you’ve reminded me I need to pull them out of storage sometime soon.

I got that feeling from the tasting notes. Will be drinking them in the near-term. Looks like it may be the only Colheita Branco they made?

There was less than a pipe of the 1896 Branco in the old Wiese & Krohn lodge. Haven't heard what Taylor Fladgate will do with it.
It still is the best branco I've had, maybe a bit better than the new San Leonardo muito velho blends.

3 x Taylor Very Very Old Tawny Port Platinum Jubilee Edition

https://www.taylor.pt/en/port-wine/platinum-jubilee

It's pre-arrival, and AFAIK is only going to be available in England, so mine will rest quietly at Seckford's until I next arrange a shipment from them.

Since it says "Very Very Old" on the label, I assume it is being released under that new category which is supposed to represent Ports that are 80+ years old. So far Taylor is being very coy about the actual ages of the wines in the blend, but given their size and stature (not to mention the dedication of the Port to the Queen) it wouldn't be worth the risk for them to skimp on this particular Port.

1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Mike J. W. wrote:1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Odd mix and good grab on the Malvedos

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:23 am

Mike J. W. wrote:1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Odd mix and good grab on the Malvedos

It is a bit of an odd mix. Two different auctions. The Malvedos was from a Zachy's auction and the other two were from Wine Bid.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:03 pm 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand.

Thomas V wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 3:03 pm

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:03 pm 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand.

I love an LBV with 20 to 30 years of age on it.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 6:33 pm

Thomas V wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 3:03 pm

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:03 pm 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand.

I love an LBV with 20 to 30 years of age on it.

Especially when you bear in mind you only paid around 25% (or less) of what a VP would cost on release. Just the icing on the cake.

Thomas V wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 3:52 am

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 6:33 pm

Thomas V wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 3:03 pm

Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand.

I love an LBV with 20 to 30 years of age on it.

Especially when you bear in mind you only paid around 25% (or less) of what a VP would cost on release. Just the icing on the cake.

Spot on!

Not really purchases but arrivals and trades:

2 x 1994 Grahams
4 x 1983 Dows
2 x 1983 Gould Campbell

These aren't Port, but they're port-style wines made by one of the original Yakima Valley wineries here in Washington.

Hinzerling Winery is no longer growing grapes. They've sold all of their back stock of wine, but still have some fortifieds that I tasted this past weekend while in Prosser for a barbecue competition. They were tasty enough that I bought some.

NV Hinzerling Winery Three Muses Ruby Port
NV Hinzerling Winery Rainy Day Fine Tawny Port
NV Hinzerling Winery Angelica (Gewurztraminer, not Mission)
NV Hinzerling Winery Collage (3 x Muscat blend - early, canelli, and orange)

The Three Muses does not taste at all like a Ruby Port, but rather about a 10-15 Year Old Tawny Port. The owner said that the color is quite variable at this point, ranging from an actual Ruby Port color to more of a 10 Year Old Tawny color. The one we tasted was definitely more tawny than ruby. This is technically a solera, but a very young one in which 25% is bottled and replaced every year.

The Rainy Day tastes a lot like a softer style 20 Year Old Tawny. It is also a solera, this one being a 3-tier solera that was started in 1989 but which included 2 (out of 7) barrels of 1982 at that time. The 3 tiers now consist of 15 1/2 barrels, of which 2 are bottled (and replaced) every year resulting in a production of roughly 50 cases in 375ml bottles.

Santa Eufemia 10 Year Old While and two cans of Taylor Fladgate Chip Dry & Tonic.

2 x 1967 Cockburn VP
2 x 1994 Osborne LBV
1 x 1995 Quinta Do Tedo VP
1 x Porto Rocha 150th Anniversary Tawny

1941 Antonio Jose da Silva (Noval?) VP

I’m not buying much these days but did give in to temptation last week and bought single bottles of:
Kopke 1966 Colheita
Kopke 10YO White
Kopke 20YO Tawny
Kopke 50YO White (in halves)
Quinta Santa Eufemia 20YO White
Quevedo 40YO Tawny (two bottles, plus two for a friend)

1 each of:
1970 Cockburn VP
1970 Smith Woodhouse VP
1994 Dow VP
1994 Quinta Do Vesuvio SQVP
2011 Dow VP

2 x 2003 Niepoort VP
10 x 1982 Ramos Pinto VP (4 being sold to John M)