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- 21:36 Wed 06 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1955 Cockburn
- Replies: 0
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1955 Cockburn
IMG_6572.jpeg 1955 Cockburn, bottled in the UK by an unknown bottler. Pop and pour from a bottle with a base of neck fill and a good colour. Ruby red colour, 60% opaque. Fruit nose, ripe red berries and fruits of the forest. Smooth fruit on the palate, red fruit gums with a nicely judged backbone o...
- 15:16 Tue 05 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Aged LBVs - Tue 5 March 2024 @ B&F - ALIVE AGAIN!
- Replies: 107
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Re: Aged LBVs - Tue 5 March 2024 @ B&F - ALIVE AGAIN!
This will be decanted shortly.
- 11:23 Tue 05 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Aged LBVs - Tue 5 March 2024 @ B&F - ALIVE AGAIN!
- Replies: 107
- Views: 55273
Re: Aged LBVs - Tue 5 March 2024 @ B&F - ALIVE AGAIN!
I won’t be with you this evening, the logistics and diary just didn’t work out for me.
I will be with you in spirit since I plan to open a Warre 1969 LBV which has started to seep.
I will be with you in spirit since I plan to open a Warre 1969 LBV which has started to seep.
- 09:44 Mon 04 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4489
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Any more food orders? I have to submit our food order tomorrow..
- 03:01 Sun 03 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1900 Niepoort Colheita (bottled 1971)
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1900 Niepoort Colheita (bottled 1971)
It was amazing. It would have:
(a) held it’s own at the “Possibly the best colheita tasting ever” dinner in June 2023 and;
(b) been a better glass of wine than the amazing 1912 Niepoort that I had this evening. And that was spectacular!
- 19:39 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1950 Burmester Colheita
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2680
1950 Burmester Colheita
IMG_6354.jpeg 1950 Burmester Colheita, bottling date not known but from the appearance of the label and sello believed to be in the early 1970s. €32 for a 50ml pour from Garrafeira Nacional Santa Justa. Reddish-brown in colour, about 30% opaque. Rich nose, mixing butterscotch and balsamic, nicely s...
- 19:38 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1958 Borges
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2667
1958 Borges
IMG_6488.jpeg 1958 Borges, by the glass from the Garrafeira Nacional Mercado Ribeira, €45 for a 50ml sample. Rich golden orange colour, 30% opaque. A lovely nose of bitter-sweet orange oil. Slightly thickened texture on the palate; rich, bitter orange oil giving an impressive density of fruit on th...
- 19:37 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1900 Niepoort Colheita (bottled 1971)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1265
1900 Niepoort Colheita (bottled 1971)
IMG_6493.jpeg 1900 Niepoort, bottled 1971. By the glass from Garrafeira Nacional Santa Justa vinotec machine. A wonderful dark chestnut brown colour. A huge nose, intense and concentrated, immensely expressive. Smelling the glass just creates a response of “wow!” Layer after layer of scent coming o...
- 19:36 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1960 Barros
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2653
1960 Barros
IMG_6455.jpeg Barros 1960, by the glass from the Garrafeira Nacional Conceição Vinotec machine for €26 for 50ml. Warm golden colour, 20% opaque. Dry and sour on the nose, not attractive. More pleasant on the palate with some honey flavour showing through, but dry in tone so little of the expected h...
- 16:45 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Villa Oeiras 15YO Vinho Superior
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1898
NV Villa Oeiras 15YO Vinho Superior
Villa Oeiras Superior, 15 Years “ouro”, Carcavelhos. Pop and pour. More Arinto grape in this blend than in the younger blends. Rich golden colour, 10% opaque. A little oak on the nose (new Portuguese oak 225l barrels used on the younger wines, moved to used oak as the wines mature) blended in with b...
- 16:43 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Villa Oeiras 7YO Vinho Generoso
- Replies: 0
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NV Villa Oeiras 7YO Vinho Generoso
Carcavelhos. Aged for an average of 7 years in a mixture of Portuguese and French oak. Pale peach colour. A lovely nose of peach and apricot, sweet and honeyed. Sweet, light and gentle on the palate - a touch of honey, lots of floral perfume. The wine has enough acidity to be balanced. Honey and lim...
- 16:41 Sat 02 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Conde Oeiras Meio Doce
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1776
NV Conde Oeiras Meio Doce
NV Conde de Oeiras, Meio Doce, Carcavelos - the first bottling of this wine; a blend from the vintages 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004. Bottled in 2009. Decanted to allow the wine to develop. Wonderful orange and tangerine nose with a hint of oak underneath. RS of around 110g. Sweet but well balance...
- 19:04 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1995 Quinta dos Pesos, Howards Folly
- Replies: 0
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1995 Quinta dos Pesos, Howards Folly
1995 Quinta dos Pesos by Howard’s Folly. 1995 was an outstanding vintage in Carcavelos, outperforming 1994 as the wines mature. Bottled 2023, possibly refreshed a little before bottling to make a more consistent style along with the 1991, helped by selection of the wine in barrel. 25% of the grapes ...
- 19:02 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta do Barao No1
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1902
NV Quinta do Barao No1
NV Quinta do Barão No.1, Carcavelos. Made in the 1920-30s. Number 1 is the driest style of the wine from Quinta do Barão, a quinta which ceased production in the late 1980s. Dark orange colour, 30% opaque. Râncio nose. A little sweeter on the palate than the 1906 d’Algoa. Generous bitterness, medium...
- 18:52 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta de Cima
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1895
NV Quinta de Cima
NV Quinta de Cima, Carcavelos. A fair amount of sediment, despite the fact the wine was decanted. Believed to be from the first half of the 1990s, but exact date(s) not known. Deep orange with a touch of green on the rim; 50% opaque. Some oxidised orange on the nose. Quite thick on the palate, sweet...
- 18:45 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide
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- Views: 1921
1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide
1989 Quinta da Ribeira da Caparide, Carcavelos. Light and elegant appearance, looks a little turbid with some fine sediment in suspension. 20% opaque. Sharp and bright on the nose, something a little odd? Balanced on the palate, light and elegant and made in a drier style. Stunning persistent finish...
- 18:43 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 2012 Quinta da Correira
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1847
2012 Quinta da Correira
Quinta da Correira 2012, an outstanding year in Carcavelos, giving better balance than 2011. The is the first tasting of the not-yet-released 2012 vintage, which will be bottled in 50cl format. The Correira vineyards are located a little further from the sea than most Carcavelos. The wines are trodd...
- 18:14 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 Years Plus
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- Views: 1885
NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 Years Plus
NV Quinta da Bela Vista 80 years plus, Carcavelos. 10g residual sugar. The first bottle was defective with an unpleasant nose so a second bottle was opened and poured. The wine was bottled in 1991 from 3000 litres (16,200 bottles) of family stocks of the producers who ceased making wine in the 1950s...
- 18:10 Fri 01 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: 1906 Quinta d'Algoa
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1926
1906 Quinta d'Algoa
1906 Quinta d’Algoa, Carcavelos. From the look of the label this was probably bottled in the 1920s-30s. Decanted 2 hours. A warm olive-brown colour with a green rim. The nose shows a little VA, reminiscent of Madeira or cask aged Port. Alongside the VA is a perfumed, honeyed nose. Astonishingly dry ...
- 22:11 Wed 28 Feb 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1957 Graham
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2798
1957 Graham
IMG_6353.jpeg Graham 1957: Dark ginger in colour, 20% opaque. Spice and dust on the nose with some dried ginger root. Sweet on the palate, no fruit but full of butterscotch and ginger. The acidity provides the backbone. Long, lingering humbug aftertaste. Although there is no fruit, this is a very p...
- 13:04 Tue 27 Feb 2024
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Exhaustive list of fortified wine?
- Replies: 6
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Re: Exhaustive list of fortified wine?
Vermouth. Does anyone drink Vermouth neat? If Buckie counts do QC British wine, Thunderbird, or Scotsmac also count. Perhaps not - too far off the spirit of the thread? I had a neat Vermouth the other day - a white wine (actually Sherry) base with lots of orange and rosemary, poured over ice and se...
- 12:57 Mon 26 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4489
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Food for me please:
- no starter
- Crab, king prawn, tomato, garlic linquine - WITH NO CHILLI
I might have the pear crumble for dessert...
- no starter
- Crab, king prawn, tomato, garlic linquine - WITH NO CHILLI
I might have the pear crumble for dessert...
- 23:04 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4489
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Aha! I have just re-read the rules and I am fully compliant. I shall be bringing two bottles of fortified wines.Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:21 Fri 23 Feb 2024 Damn those rules! I had chosen the two wines I was bringing but one falls outside the rules.
Hmm…
- 14:33 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Mould under foil/on top of cork
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1627
Re: Mould under foil/on top of cork
I believe cellar mould is a form of penicillin and is essentially the same mould as you find on the skin of a white rinded soft cheese (like Camembert or Brie). It’s harmless and can be seen in some well reputed cellars to a spectacular degree. I don’t worry about cellar mould on my bottles or corks...
- 10:21 Fri 23 Feb 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Blind Fun - 11th March
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4489
Re: Blind Fun - 11th March
Damn those rules! I had chosen the two wines I was bringing but one falls outside the rules.
Hmm…
Hmm…