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by PhilW
16:22 Thu 14 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Leaking cork, what should i do?
Replies: 6
Views: 2382

Re: Leaking cork, what should i do?

Obviously it's not ideal, but nor is it particularly uncommon, depending on the age of the bottle and its cork condition, and the amount of temperature (and pressure) change the bottle undergoes during its transportation (hence the general preference to transport during cooler months). Here's what I...
by PhilW
11:51 Tue 12 Sep 2023
Forum: Reference
Topic: Port brand abbreviations
Replies: 346
Views: 248479

Re: Port brand abbreviations

Dolamore and Quinta Dona Matilde are of different eras, with, I suspect, no vintages in common. No good question should go unanswered; to the best of my knowledge: - Dm : Dolamore BOB vintage port from 1966..1982 - BrDM : Barros Quinta Dona Matilde (single quinta) vintage port from 1982..2002 - (q)...
by PhilW
13:31 Mon 11 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port
Replies: 73
Views: 92271

Re: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port

In some way this is a real unicorn of a bottle, as there is so very little to go on to create a market. I can only find one other 1925 vintage (this was a SQVP but from a different lodge) being auction in the UK in the last few years, which realised £300, plus this is one of the most expensive auct...
by PhilW
13:04 Mon 11 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port
Replies: 73
Views: 92271

Re: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port

For me the next step would be to find the value of the bottle, I am certainly open to having a seat at a tasting. I am more of a collector of wine, the best part of the wine collecting and tasting is opening a bottle with friends, like minded people! Again thank you all for your input and passion!!...
by PhilW
09:39 Mon 11 Sep 2023
Forum: Reference
Topic: Port brand abbreviations
Replies: 346
Views: 248479

Re: Port brand abbreviations

Dm = Dolamore? Ick. While allowed, having both DM and Dm seems ripe to cause confusion. Perhaps Do for Dolomore? I'm less worried about Dm vs DM . We already have similarly VZ (Van Zeller) vs Vz (Quinta de Ventozelo), and I suspect there will be others. Admittedly I've started pre-pending with"...
by PhilW
10:30 Tue 29 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Quevedo White 30YO (bottled 2022) - Tonel 14: Granpa's White
Replies: 2
Views: 378

Re: NV Quevedo White 30YO (bottled 2022) - Tonel 14: Granpa's White

I differed slightly on this. Fascinating to try, but I put Grandpa's and Claudia's top, followed by Senior and then Junior; I clearly liked Claudia's much more than both of you. And since we'd been trying a lot of blending, I was messing around and found that the best I could come up with was a blen...
by PhilW
20:59 Sun 27 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (bottled 2020)
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Re: 1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny

1994 Graham Colheita (Single Harvest Tawny) ...Delicious, and should be very interesting with more age and intensity. Phil, Are you saying the already bottled version should be very interesting with more age or are you referring to the '94 that's still in barrel to be bottled at a later date? The l...
by PhilW
20:39 Sun 27 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (bottled 2020)
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Re: 1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny

Alex Bridgeman wrote:Any idea when the wine was bottled?
Bottled 2020.
by PhilW
21:02 Sat 26 Aug 2023
Forum: Reference
Topic: Port brand abbreviations
Replies: 346
Views: 248479

Re: Port House abbreviations

We seem to be veering toward SL . Should we ask? Please could whoever is best connected send this link , also asking that they peruse the first post of this thread? Also, because we're all pedants, it's São Leonardo, not San Leonardo. One could dispute whether we are all full-strength pedants, rath...
by PhilW
20:55 Sat 26 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (bottled 2020)
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

1994 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (bottled 2020)

1994 Graham Colheita (Single Harvest Tawny) Very clean flavour, fresh; not yet old enough to gain much intensity, but lovely flavours (caramels, light nuts, perhaps a little raisin), strong acidity then cuts across growing complexity and great length. Delicious, and should be very interesting with ...
by PhilW
08:11 Thu 24 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2011 Dow
Replies: 2
Views: 357

2011 Dow

It had been a long, long time since I tried this wine, and I was quite surprised to see it available by the glass at 67 Pall Mall, as my expectation was that it would currently be in its closed/awkward teenage phase, but not so. Admittedly I don't know how long the bottle may have been opened, but o...
by PhilW
11:32 Thu 17 Aug 2023
Forum: Travel
Topic: Advice please
Replies: 22
Views: 6503

Re: Advice please

Also, if you gentlemen have suggestions for a very old vintage port, perhaps the most expensive bottle I'd buy, around 200-300E, i will definitely consider it!! That all depends on your definition of very old. Also you've given us a price range of e200-300, and then asked about the e550 T63 (which ...
by PhilW
09:39 Tue 15 Aug 2023
Forum: Travel
Topic: Advice please
Replies: 22
Views: 6503

Re: Advice please

I agree with Alex's recommendations, but just to add a few more notes/suggestions: - Ramos Pinto and Ferriera are both good for tour + museum items - Graham's lodge has perhaps the widest range of ports (including both vintage and colheita) which can be purchased by the glass in their tasting rooms,...
by PhilW
09:09 Tue 15 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port
Replies: 73
Views: 92271

Re: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port

Thanks for posting the extra pictures It's certainly an odd one, always interesting to (virtually) examine unusual old bottles. Given the T-stopper, it's extremely unlikely to be VP, and as Andy has said, the paper strip is not a selo; it looks like a tax stamp (which might be consistent). The fact ...
by PhilW
14:55 Mon 14 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port
Replies: 73
Views: 92271

Re: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port

Interesting looking further at the additional photos you've added to your post. From what I can see currently, it does indeed look like a T-stopper rather than driven cork, which as DRT mentioned makes it much less likely to be VP again; also the paper tape over the cap doesn't look like a normal po...
by PhilW
19:00 Sat 12 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellas port
Replies: 73
Views: 92271

Re: 1925 Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vargellias port

Hi and welcome to :tpf: and a very interesting bottle you have. The Taylor Vargellas 1925 is a vintage port listed with evidence in "The Book" (by jdaw1 on this site). I'm assuming that as the owner of such a venerable bottle, you probably know of/about the Quinta da Vargellas vineyard ( h...
by PhilW
12:05 Sat 05 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Tour of Berry’s historic London shop and cellars
Replies: 1
Views: 1561

Re: Tour of Berry’s historic London shop and cellars

Excellent plan; I've booked myself on the same session.
by PhilW
21:24 Fri 04 Aug 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1985 Warre
Replies: 0
Views: 1532

1985 Warre

Audouzed for 6hr, decanted, drinking the first evening at D+2h onward. Decent, but still quite green/stemmy, something I associate with QH, not normally Warre, albeit Warre underneath. The second evening, D+24h on, now much better integrated this evening, more big dark, very intense plums and some b...
by PhilW
19:49 Wed 26 Jul 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 377385

Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024

Thought I had requested a place but seem to have been bumped, possibly as I did say ‘hoped’. Anyway, please add me to any further reserve requests, many thanks. You are not alone. But note: I think that there might have been a snafu, and some acceptances were listed out of order. I will re-do my ad...
by PhilW
21:46 Wed 28 Jun 2023
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Quevedo colheita
Replies: 1
Views: 522

1994 Quevedo colheita

Colheitas seem to me to generally taste perhaps 10 years younger than their XX year old tawnies (such as 30yr Colheita vs 20 year tawny), probably due to the small amounts of older components in the mix. The Q94c is interesting to me as it tastes younger than I expect, perhaps 17yt equiv, but is soo...
by PhilW
20:41 Mon 26 Jun 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Unusual Shaped Port Bottle
Replies: 15
Views: 11286

Re: Unusual Shaped Port Bottle

There was a bottle with a flat side at auction in April, with the cap clearly showing it was port - was this the one you opened? If not then there is another one or there at least.
by PhilW
15:56 Fri 23 Jun 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
Replies: 14
Views: 7707

Re: Whitwham's Bottler.

Interesting - thank you. The bottle and labels match well to all the other Croft 1945 I've seen, which usually have a red wax capsule with "CROFT T&C OPORTO", the though wax is often mostly missing. I wonder whether Whitwhams recorked this, or perhaps just put their seal on over the to...
by PhilW
10:36 Fri 23 Jun 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
Replies: 14
Views: 7707

Re: Whitwham's Bottler.

Mike - I should have asked - could you post a couple of pics of your bottle? (full bottle, and capsule from top/side) I've only ever seen one version of Cr45, with a distinctive bottle shape, bottled in Oporto with the T+C (Thomson and Croft) stamp on the red wax, so am curious as to what your bottl...
by PhilW
14:14 Thu 22 Jun 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
Replies: 14
Views: 7707

Re: Whitwham's Bottler.

I've had very mixed experience with Whitwhams, but I suspect this may be somewhat self-selecting, since looking back at my records I can find only one port actually bottled by them, while there are several which have been recorked by them, and others where a Whitwhams generic label has been applied ...