For The Love Of Port

Posted: **Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:24 pm**

Hi All,

I am not sure about a few things, and was wondering if anybody could clarify them for me.

Recently a friend and I enjoyed a botlle of "Quinta de Ventozelo - 20 year old Tawny". It was good, but different than I expected. It was a pleasant suprise, but I had a 20- year old Graham's tawny on my mind. (They are distinctly different to each other)

My questions are:

--The taste of this port. Is it due to the Douro Bake/Burn or something else?
--This quinta is called: Quinta de Ventozelo, but in "The Port Companion" by Godfrey Spence, pages 214 & 215, there is a quinta called Quinta de Ventozello. Are these Quinta's one & the same, eventhough the spelling of Ventozelo varies?.

Hope to hear from you all.

Sincerely,

Christopher D J Woodman

Posted: **Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:59 am**

Great wines, here you go>>>>

http://www.quintadeventozelo.com/engl/c ... index.html

Posted: **Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:14 pm**

Good question. I have not yet tried the Ventozelo 20 yr tawny... it is horrendously overpriced in the majority ofthe stores I have seen it offered in. For the $70 I have seen it for, I could buy a number of other items that I know will drink jusy fine... or 2/3rd of a bottle of something in the $100-range that I am really keen to drink/try.

I can\t really speak to the Douro Bake that you refer to, but will say this: I have found the Graham's tawny to be distinct;y "weaker" than many of the other producers of same age. For example, Taylor, Fonseca, Niepoort and Noval all offer 10 yr tawny that has grip and power. More substance. Whereas I found Graham's to be much thinner, lacking in charachter and power. I found the same with my comparisons of the Taylor, Fonseca, Graham's and Sandeman 20 yr old tawny line.

In my neighborhoods, Graham's Tawny is significantly cheaper for the 30 and 40 yr old blends... perhaps this is due to this perception I have?

Todd

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