For The Love Of Port

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Decanter magazine: "The 2011 Port vintage is set to become the first widely declared year since 2007, with the wines hailed as 'classics', with a character 'rarely seen in the Douro Valley'."
Luis Sottomayor, winemaker for Sogrape-owned Sandeman, Ferreira and Offley: "From the beginning I think we knew we were in the presence of a great vintage . . . I have been working in the Douro Valley for more than 23 years, I have made a lot of vintage Port and I have never seen a wine with so much concentration, power and these tannins . . . It's a typical, classic vintage . . . We have the same acidity as in 2007 but a much stronger and more robust wine."

With delivery due this September, we're taking pre-arrival orders on what looks to be an outstanding vintage with across-the-board declarations from all the major and minor houses. You'll note the houses have also ceded to the demand for large format bottlings, so stock up on those big boys!

Croft 2011 Vintage Port
$35 net per 375ml bottle
$65 net per 750ml bottle
$135 net per 1500ml bottle
$299 net per 3000ml bottle
$550 net per 6000ml bottle
"The Croft 2011 Vintage Port has the richness and aromatic complexity which are the hallmarks of the house style but also impressive structure and depth of flavour. This is one of the most muscular and powerful of recent Croft Vintages." - Croft's Managing Director, Adrian Bridge

Dow 2011 Vintage Port
$43 net per 375ml bottle
$67 net per 750ml bottle
"For those that enjoy the drier side of the spectrum, the 2011 Dow will be your happy place. Fragrant, lean and muscular with amazing overall balance, focus and black fruits that dominate the landscape. A remarkable effort and my favorite of all tasted today. The proverbial 'iron fist.'"
- Roy Hersh, For The Love of Port

Fonseca 2011 Vintage Port
$44 net per 375ml bottle
$83 net per 750ml bottle
$170 net per 1500ml bottle
$375 net per 3000ml bottle
$699 net per 6000ml bottle
"The excellent ripening conditions leading up to the 2011 harvest have produced beautifully balanced, classic Vintage Ports and the Fonseca 2011 is no exception. It is showing the dense black fruit character which is typical of Fonseca Vintage Ports but there is also plenty of complexity and finesse." - Fonseca's Managing Director, Adrian Bridge

Taylor Fladgate 2011 Vintage Port
$44 net per 375ml bottle
$83 net per 750ml bottle
$170 net per 1500ml bottle
$375 net per 3000ml bottle
$699 net per 6000ml bottle
"2011 has produced textbook Vintage Ports, classics in every sense. The Taylor’s 2011 is a perfect example of the house style, elegant and refined but also with the characteristic inner strength and stamina which define Taylor’s Vintage Ports." - Taylor’s Managing Director, Adrian Bridge

Taylor Fladgate 2011 Vargellas Vinha Vehla Vintage Port
$195 net per 750ml bottle
"Since its purchase by Taylor Fladgate in 1893, the Quinta de Vargellas has formed the backbone of all their Vintage Ports. The core, the very oldest vines grown on the five plots which together make up the 'old vineyard' at Quinta de Vargellas, has been bottled separately for just the seventh time in the 120-plus year history of this site. This is the rarity and will be available in micro quantities only." - Peter Tryba

Umm, who is the vendor?

Eric Menchen wrote:Umm, who is the vendor?

Marty's Fine Wines, Beer, Spirits, Gourmet Food
675 Washington Street Newton MA 02160
617 332 1230