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by jdaw1
21:30 Mon 13 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1912 Cockburn
Replies: 8
Views: 6817

1912 Cockburn

Part of the large vertical of Cockburn which was held in The Crusting Pipe on Wednesday 8th October 2008. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 189? Unknown, thought to be Taylor ; 1908 Cockburn ; 1912 Cockburn; 1924 Unknown ; 1927 Cockburn ; 1935 Cockburn (served to left side of table) ; 1935 C...
by jdaw1
21:29 Mon 13 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1908 Cockburn
Replies: 6
Views: 6297

1908 Cockburn

Part of the large vertical of Cockburn which was held in The Crusting Pipe on Wednesday 8th October 2008. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 189? Unknown, thought to be Taylor ; 1908 Cockburn; 1912 Cockburn ; 1924 Unknown ; 1927 Cockburn ; 1935 Cockburn (served to left side of table) ; 1935 C...
by jdaw1
21:29 Mon 13 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1927 Taylor
Replies: 10
Views: 9583

1927 Taylor (originally a mystery bottle)

Part of the large vertical of Cockburn which was held in The Crusting Pipe on Wednesday 8th October 2008. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 189? Unknown, thought to be Taylor; 1908 Cockburn ; 1912 Cockburn ; 1924 Unknown ; 1927 Cockburn ; 1935 Cockburn (served to left side of table) ; 1935 C...
by jdaw1
20:58 Mon 13 Oct 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Wednesday October 8, 2008
Replies: 217
Views: 90344

Re: Wednesday October 8, 2008

Links to threads relating to the large vertical of Cockburn which was held in The Crusting Pipe on Wednesday 8th October 2008: Review of the evening as a whole ; 189? Unknown, thought to be Taylor ; 1908 Cockburn ; 1912 Cockburn ; 1924 Unknown ; 1927 Cockburn ; 1935 Cockburn (served to left side of ...
by jdaw1
16:47 Sun 12 Oct 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Ferreira October 17 Vertical/New York City
Replies: 28
Views: 23243

Re: Ferreira October 17 Vertical/New York City

We have the following bottles: Maybe 1970 Ferreira (Glenn E.); 1977 Ferreira (jdaw1); 1978 Ferreira (jfacciol); 1983 Ferreira Quinta do Seixo (jfacciol); 1985 Ferreira (jfacciol); 1995 Ferreira (jfacciol). That suffices even if Roy and another make us five. Roy: you are in; please adopt. Also please...
by jdaw1
12:44 Sun 12 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1537
Views: 809061

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Benchmark Wine wrote: Smith Woodhouse Madelena Port 1999 ~ 1 @ $33
by jdaw1
18:18 Fri 10 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1537
Views: 809061

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Benchmark Wine wrote:Fonseca Port 1994 ~ 1 @ $190 WS100, Decanter*****
Quinta do Noval Nacional Port 1970 ~ 1 @ $795 WS98, RP96
Quinta do Noval Nacional Port 1985 ~ 1 @ $375 WS95
Quinta do Noval Port 1994 ~ 1 @ $85 WS95, RP95 bin soiled label
Taylor Port 2003 ~ 12 @ $79 RP98
by jdaw1
10:55 Tue 07 Oct 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Old & Odd, New York, Friday 7th November 2008
Replies: 132
Views: 59604

Re: Old & Odd, New York, Friday 7th November 2008

Title changed again, to Friday 7th November.
by jdaw1
22:23 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Happy Birthday
Replies: 7
Views: 2982

Re: Happy Birthday

AHB wrote:Although an exception to this rule is made if one has drunk one's birthyear Nacional at the Quinta.
Alas the only birth-year Noval I have had at the Quinta was a Colheita. Very fine, but lacking the rareness and hence smugness of the Nacional.
by jdaw1
22:20 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1999 Warre LBV (unfiltered)
Replies: 5
Views: 3923

Re: 1999 Warre LBV

Traditional (ie. unfiltered) LBV. Decanted cleanly out of the bottle leaving nothing in the bottle but lots of sludge in the filter paper - so much so that it took nearly two hours to drip through. 1. Lift filter paper, holding it in at least three and ideally four points. 2. Insert new filter pape...
by jdaw1
22:17 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1991 Morgan
Replies: 4
Views: 3628

Re: 1991 Morgan Vintage Port

In the 1991 Morgan department I am still a virgin.
by jdaw1
22:15 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1988 Fonseca Guimaraens
Replies: 3
Views: 3082

Re: 1988 Fonseca Guimaraens vintage port

I have none, which it seems is far too few.
by jdaw1
22:14 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1970 Borges
Replies: 3
Views: 4137

Re: 1970 Borges & Irmao

Feel free to post a picture of the exciting neck tag.
by jdaw1
22:02 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Happy Birthday
Replies: 7
Views: 2982

Re: Happy Birthday

Correct Form For Beginners
One celebrates one’s fortieth birthday with dinner at Quinta do Noval, or one politely allows the day to pass without mention.

{Smugtastic emoticon}
by jdaw1
17:26 Mon 06 Oct 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Old & Odd, New York, Friday 7th November 2008
Replies: 132
Views: 59604

Re: Old & Odd, New York, Friday 17th October 2008

I have five bottles that qualify: please adopt.
by jdaw1
22:42 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1537
Views: 809061

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Acker, Merrall & Condit wrote:2 bottles 1963 Graham's Vintage Port $249 per bottle, 96pts, WA
12 bottles 1977 Graham's Vintage Port $129 per bottle, 93pts, WA
12 bottles 1983 Graham's Vintage Port $89 per bottle, 92pts, WA
by jdaw1
22:38 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1537
Views: 809061

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Fonseca Port 1983 ~ 2 @ $80 WS90, MB**** Fonseca Port 2000 ~ 12 @ $70 RP95+, ST95 Graham`s Port 1991 ~ 2 @ $60 RP94, WS93 Graham`s Port 1994 ~ 6 @ $80 RP96, WS95 Quinta do Noval Port 1970 ~ 1 @ $95 Quinta do Noval Silval Port 1997 ~ 1 @ $39 RP93, WS92 Quinta do Noval Silval Port 2000 ~ 9 @ $30 WS94...
by jdaw1
22:13 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale by retailer
Replies: 1537
Views: 809061

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Fonseca Port 2000 ~ 12 @ $70 RP95+, ST95 "Saturated medium-deep ruby. Exotic aromas of black fruit liqueur, road tar, smoked meat and hot stones; this reminded me of a great ripe-year Hermitage. Hugely rich and dense, with compelling sweetness and pliancy but also sound framing acidity. Extrem...
by jdaw1
22:12 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Ferreira October 17 Vertical/New York City
Replies: 28
Views: 23243

Re: Ferreira October 17 Vertical/New York City

There is a quorum; we are quorate.
by jdaw1
17:06 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Reviews
Topic: 30th September offline @ TCP
Replies: 9
Views: 3966

Re: 30th September offline @ TCP

Metal neck tag eh?
by jdaw1
16:12 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 2008 vintage - The countdown
Replies: 39
Views: 14503

Re: 2008 vintage - The countdown

And it was dry and comfortably warm in Porto when I left this morning.
by jdaw1
16:09 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: BREAKING NEWS: President of IVDP resigns
Replies: 4
Views: 1427

Re: BREAKING NEWS

I can only hope that a six-litre resignation will be followed by a six-litre appointment.
by jdaw1
16:05 Sun 05 Oct 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: GRRRRR!
Replies: 5
Views: 3645

Re: GRRRRR!

Ouch: that was surely a distressing sight.

Maybe I will be able to hunt down the glass man and have decanters made for you. Not forgotten!
by jdaw1
11:06 Sun 28 Sep 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Notes on a Cellar-Book: Corrections and Comments
Replies: 2
Views: 2079

Notes on a Cellar-Book: some comments

To find ’70 and ’73 always maintaining and improving their place to the very last bottle, when tears would have mingled with the wine but for spoiling it ; to see the ’90’s catching up and beating the (as it seemed to me) always over-rated ’87’s : or to pit against each other two such vintages as ’...