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What's particularly amusing is that they've also reduced it down to 3 bottles as that's now the maximum number Asda will let you have of any one item. Maybe they're worried about panic buying of Port? Port is one thing I will never run out of :D The only time I've panic bought port is in the M&S £6...

Asda website currently has a Cockburn LBV (no mention of the vintage however) for £10 per bottle (reduced from £13). A growing, and very annoying habit of the supermarkets is to assume that vintage dates don't matter. I mostly boycott those doing this.. I certainly have been put off buying online i...

Asda website currently has a Cockburn LBV (no mention of the vintage however) for £10 per bottle (reduced from £13). A growing, and very annoying habit of the supermarkets is to assume that vintage dates don't matter. I mostly boycott those doing this.. I certainly have been put off buying online i...

nac wrote:Asda website currently has a Cockburn LBV (no mention of the vintage however) for £10 per bottle (reduced from £13).

My local Asda is still selling off the 2014 stock.

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I'm sure I had read somewhere that 2018 was looking to be a good harvest for port, but after 2016 and 2017 there is no way it will be a widely declared vintage. I assume this means that there will be a fairly good chance of some excellent examples of SQVPs available. Does anyone have any early infor...

The Sandeman LBV is my go-to LBV; it's easily available and extremely good value for money. If you can find them, I also recommend Quevedo, Offley and Ferreira. Warre and Smith Woodhouse will be held back for 8-10 years to be released with some bottle age — they will be worth seeking out in due cou...

uncle tom wrote:The Sandeman is now available, and showed very well when presented at the BFT last year.

Thanks, I'll have a look for it.

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I recently noticed that some 2015 LBVs are now gracing some supermarket shelves. Given 2015 was a rather good year for port wines, does anyone have any suggestions for specific wines that might be worth acquiring as cellar defenders?

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Soft and delicious on all three occasions I have popped a cork... but I do decant it for 24 hours before starting on it, and I tasted a bottle in May which JDAW brought to a blind event which was more spirity. The 2011 is more aggressive and I am not planning to broach any more of [my embarrassingl...

How did you find the spirit quality in this? I've had two bottles so far with quite variable quality; one was soft and delicious, the other had an aggressive spirit element that masked almost everything else.

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I'm going to abstain from voting as I'll have to decide where I stay once I know the location of the tasting. I would be interested in taking part in all parts of this but don't want to sway the vote if I later find out I can only make it for the main part of the tasting in the end.

I have interest in this as I have no 80s port and I'm looking to acquire some. Happy to split with others if they are interested.

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Thanks gents, that's helpful. I did wonder given the "unfiltered" labeling whether they are truly likely to improve but it sounds like they are best drunk now, maybe with one bottle saved to try in the far future. Alex, I'll happily take you up on that offer if I make a tasting in the near future. S...

I am back in Bristol and won't be back in the London area for a while I'm afraid.

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I have a couple of bottles of the unfiltered 2011 Croft LBV, and I'm undecided whether to drink it sooner rather than later. I'd love to hear whether those more experienced would suggest to drink it sooner or leave it and see how it matures! Any thoughts?

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24 hours later (post Christmas dinner)... The spirit element is now not nearly so dominant but the fruit has also faded a little. More red berries than plum, there is plenty of pepper and spice on the palate with some vanilla, chocolate and liquorice on the finish, which is sadly not very long. Much...

Decanted 6 hours (Christmas Eve). Deep coloured, almost purple. Very spirit heavy nose, more so than the last bottle I opened. A little red fruit alongside that but mostly masked. Very heavy spirit on the palate with a lot of pepper heat, some dark chocolate and a mineral element. There's some plum ...

Very deep colouring, almost purple, mostly opaque. Spirity nose with strawberries and some blackcurrant. Plenty of fruit on the palate, heavy on the plum but complimented by some lighter red berries. Spicy pepper and some smooth tannins with eucalyptus and liquorice provide a reasonable but not spec...

George's bottle: Candy and light red fruit on the nose. Eucalyptus and tart berries on the palate. Liquorice in the back of the mouth and quite a spirity finish. V Good.

An informal pre-Christmas tasting of ports with the theme "A bottle of port which cost you less than £25" at The Boot & Flogger , theme suggested by winesecretary and organised (with plenty of help from others) by richn . Links: Review of the event as a whole Tasting notes: 2001 Warre Quinta da Cava...

Did anyone pick up the scoring sheets etc? I realised when I got back that I had left them on the table. If someone did collect them could they please share them here? (They may not be entirely legible, I did make a lot of mistakes as I was filling them out.

Not a load of fruit the nose or the palate, eucalyptus and savoury flavours coming through. Quite tart. Medium pepper heat. Good.

Mixed dark and red fruits on the nose. Red fruits with a silky smooth finish and lovely tannins. Very good.

Plum fruits on the nose, quite sweet. Wonderful fruits led by the plum but with red fruits and chocolate. Enjoyable tannic structure. Excellent, my wine of the night.

Not much on the nose. Soft fruits on the front of the palate. Quite tannic and rather peppery, enjoyably so. Good.