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1963 Vintage Port Messias Vinhos
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:19 pm
by savanatbunnie
I live in France, and have found in the cellar, a bottle of 1963 Port as above. Can anyone tell me if this is of any value?
Feel a bit of a fraud on this forum, as I am not a port drinker, unless it is with brandy 
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:48 pm
by Derek T.
Brenda,
I can't find any current prices for this bottle.
1963 was a very good year for port but this is not one of the best port producers. I have 1 tasting note for this port in a book I have - in 1990 it was described by James Suckling as "over the hill". It will still be drinkable but is now well past it's best.
In terms of value I would think it would be worth no more than 70-80 Euro.
Please don't drink it with brandy
it has waited 40 years to be opened so please find someone who enjoys port and open it together after a nice meal on a cold winter evening
Derek
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:01 am
by savanatbunnie
Thank you Derek, might well do that. The label is very tatty, so maybe it will go down well with some cheese, like you say after a nice meal with friends.
Bunnie Lawrence