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by LGTrotter
12:35 Thu 16 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1983 Fonseca
Replies: 4
Views: 3478

Re: 1983 Fonseca

Didn't you just buy a case of these? You must be very pleased to have secured some fine drinking for the next few months. Yes I did and I am pleased. I hope they last longer than a few months as I think they have some development ahead of them. Although this is a hunch rather than a definite thing,...
by LGTrotter
22:12 Wed 15 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1983 Fonseca
Replies: 4
Views: 3478

1983 Fonseca

Pale in colour with a very clear meniscus, but all reds and pinks with little or no perceptible browning. The nose seems almost non-existent, a hint of spirit and dust. This port steals across the palate on satin slippers, beautifully soft and composed making a long clear arc which begins with sweet...
by LGTrotter
19:44 Wed 15 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
Replies: 74
Views: 46963

Re: What have you got open this weekend?

I also still have some S. Leonardo 40-yr old leftover from a week ago. Like 1 glass left. :nirvana: So what have you been drinking all week which has kept you away from the S. Leonardo? (I can't imagine the whole bottle lasting a week otherwise, never mind one remaining glass!) Glenn is doing well,...
by LGTrotter
01:16 Tue 14 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
Replies: 74
Views: 46963

Re: What have you got open this weekend?

AHB wrote: 23:45 Mon 13 Mar 2017
LGTrotter wrote: 23:36 Sun 12 Mar 2017 Tesco 94. I seem to have a mountain of it.
And a decent glass of port it is too.
Still probably the best port in terms of QPR I have ever owned, whatever others may say. And I am going to perform the same trick next time they have a 25% off deal on the 97 too.
by LGTrotter
01:11 Tue 14 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: An afternoon of rummaging
Replies: 4
Views: 4590

Re: An afternoon of rummaging

I liked “that pent up past”: captured the sense very well. Thank you, I often think that however much I like the taste of port and enjoy the unique intoxication of it I almost certainly wouldn't be obsessive about it if it wasn't for the decades it must endure before it finally reaches its consumma...
by LGTrotter
00:51 Tue 14 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: «Wood years» vs «Bottle years»
Replies: 23
Views: 12768

Re: «Wood years» vs «Bottle years»

This point has been much discussed in various threads on this forum, I cannot think where or I would post a link. Glenn is right that it is rather like comparing apples and oranges, and he is also right that there does not seem to be an upper limit on wood ageing. I was thinking about this question ...
by LGTrotter
23:36 Sun 12 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: What have you got open this weekend?
Replies: 74
Views: 46963

Re: What have you got open this weekend?

Tesco 94. I seem to have a mountain of it.
by LGTrotter
23:34 Sun 12 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: An afternoon of rummaging
Replies: 4
Views: 4590

An afternoon of rummaging

I spent my afternoon rearranging my port collection, moving things, tying on luggage labels, writing down where everything was. I don't like disturbing it too much but it is such a pleasant thing to do. I had been feeling a bit grumpy with a cold and I came away with a feeling of tranquility. Loaths...
by LGTrotter
23:08 Sun 12 Mar 2017
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 677066

Re: Apostrophe crimes

By the way, do we have any feedback on Ms Robinson's views? (I feared another correction should I attempt the apostrophe on her first name) Mention is hereby made of the absence of punctuation at the end of the bracketed sentence. I thought I was tying my shoelaces carefully but it seems I was only...
by LGTrotter
21:00 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Krohn's LBV Port
Replies: 2
Views: 3107

Re: Krohn's LBV Port

I have had the standard LBV a few times. I quite liked it, their vintage 03 was very tasty and well priced. They do seem to have a particular flavour to all their ports, very sweet, Tarne mentions pecans and I think he is spot on. I think they are now owned by Taylor Fladgate so I wonder if the styl...
by LGTrotter
18:48 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Forum: Reviews
Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
Replies: 21
Views: 26414

Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017

I guess this is from the perspective of someone who has plenty of port from the sixties and seventies tucked away I do have some, but not plenty, and certainly not enough :( When is it ever enough? I started buying wine with a 12 bottle rack and thought that when I filled that up it would be enough...
by LGTrotter
18:39 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Forum: Selling Port
Topic: Selling an case (12 bottles) of Vintage Fonseca 1983 Port
Replies: 4
Views: 5082

Re: Selling an case (12 bottles) of Vintage Fonseca 1983 Port

Now tucked away safely chez moi. Most satisfactory, with thanks to Ben and his father's excellent directions.
by LGTrotter
01:10 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Forum: Reviews
Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
Replies: 21
Views: 26414

Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017

I do think the 80s decade is one of Port's weakest links. Oh dear. I guess this is from the perspective of someone who has plenty of port from the sixties and seventies tucked away, most of mine is from the eighties. Maybe it is what I am used to but I think there are a few overlooked wines from th...
by LGTrotter
17:02 Fri 10 Mar 2017
Forum: Reviews
Topic: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017
Replies: 21
Views: 26414

Re: 80s Majors Matrix, Thursday 9 March 2017

Looks like a great evening, i have assumed a dark green shade of envy. Me too. Particularly as Jancis was present, one of my wine heroes. Probably best I wasn't there, I would have only stared in slack jawed, bumpkinish awe at her all night. As to the wines I too noted that the 83s garnered no poin...
by LGTrotter
20:17 Sat 04 Mar 2017
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: One quiz at a time
Replies: 9703
Views: 1790481

Re: One quiz at a time

OK, I'll take the bullet; violin.
by LGTrotter
22:06 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
Replies: 23
Views: 23398

Re: Port in movies, dramas and tv series

Oh here you go, a link

I was thinking that the undergraduate in the first story complained of having his Cockburn 04 drunk by the rowing club. Published in 1933 that would make it just about thirty, an 85 in todays money.
by LGTrotter
21:31 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
Replies: 23
Views: 23398

Re: Port in movies, dramas and tv series

For those of you who have access to the BBC iplayer there is an adaptation of the Montague Egg story about the Dow '08. Read by Nigel Planar (Planer? Planar? Who knows, but Neil is who I mean). I would post a link but I am too frail. If you type 'Dorothy L Sayers' into it, you should find it.
by LGTrotter
20:03 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1977 Croft
Replies: 0
Views: 2125

1977 Croft

From a case which has apparently been to the Dam and back, there are notes on the others previously.

Corked. Not rated. What are the chances of that? Derek? Derek, I said what are the chances of that? D'ysee what I did there?
by LGTrotter
19:54 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Forum signatures
Replies: 8
Views: 5976

Re: Forum signatures

Phil's new signature seems a bit, well, you know.
by LGTrotter
19:48 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Ratings and scores
Replies: 6
Views: 4827

Re: Ratings and scores

Wow! That is some infographic you've got going there. Most pleasing. I have gone to a 100 point scale which I have not calibrated precisely but it feels like it has a bit more give in it than a straight five point scale. I do not claim it is 'better' than other scales and accept that it is preposter...
by LGTrotter
11:45 Fri 03 Mar 2017
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi there!
Replies: 2
Views: 9822

Re: Hi there!

Glad you joined Dennis and welcome. None of us here are experts A little false modesty here as Alex has tasted more port than most (look out for his tasting notes if you are thinking of buying something), though he is right that there are no absolutes with port, or indeed any wines, so please chip i...
by LGTrotter
20:09 Wed 01 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Forum signatures
Replies: 8
Views: 5976

Re: Forum signatures

I too have noted this strange inconsistency, I cannot believe that a Taylor LBV would represent the highlight of a 30 minute period of Alex's port habit. Phil too was apt to have a signature which was thought provoking, however I found the last one bewildering, even after it was explained. But he ha...
by LGTrotter
19:58 Wed 01 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 833075

Re: Latest buy

Needing to top up my port for drinking now-ish locker I have bought today a mixed dozen, one Fonseca 83, one Warre 83, two Warre 85, two Graham 80, two Graham 83 (in deference to Glenn's opinion), two Graham 85 (in deference to my own opinion), and two Croft 77. The cupboard is now looking much heal...
by LGTrotter
00:07 Wed 01 Mar 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port corks with branding on the end
Replies: 25
Views: 12770

Re: Port corks with branding on the end

Here's one. Senhora do Convento 2009. Branded both ends 2009, with 'VINTAGE QSPA' on the side.
by LGTrotter
23:51 Tue 28 Feb 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Replacing corks
Replies: 41
Views: 24330

Re: Replacing corks

Does anyone know where Phil's thread about port corks being branded on the ends is? This bottle of Senhora do Convento had a cork branded on the end with the date. Until the dog ate it.

Sorry to interrupt. Found it. Why can't you delete posts anymore?