Can you work from a picture of a bottle, uneven foreshortening and all? If yes, perhaps some of the following would help: 20080929_ferreira_1980.gif ; 20080929_ferreira_1994.gif ; 20080929_ferreira_colours.gif ; 20080929_ferreira_lbv_2000.gif ; 20080929_seixo_1983.gif ; 20080929_ferreira_1975.gif ; ...
The Reference section will hopefully grow into a substantial array of threads containing or linking to useful information. Perhaps we should be creating a thread at the top of this section which indexes and links to each topic in some sort of logical order? Only when there are so many threads that ...
When enough sets have been sold such that costs have been recovered, subsequent sales will go towards subsidising port at :tpf: tastings I attend. A noble cause, I’m sure you agree. My costs have now been recovered. Further sales, whether by me or by the holder of the UK-located inventory, DRT , wi...
For some reason, I can't find the original posting that I made. Administrators, did you take it down? No, I promoted it to the brand new Reference forum. BTW, the first post in this thread is copied from the wrong place. And thank-you for typing the text: good port does slither down rather nicely.
Thanks Tom — thread re-titled. 1927 Taylor (originally a mystery bottle) : Orange-hue pale tawny, nosing hot, and of sugar. Did I detect orange? Not sure. A nasty vegetable cloying sensation in the back of the throat. Late in the evening the back-palate found coffee. Not good, and definitely not Co...
A deep vertical of Cockburn’s, described Cockburn’s Director Miguel Côrte-Real as better than any he had seen in three decades at the company. Because of CG’s unavailability in the afternoon, the younger vintages were sampled whilst the sun was up, the older ones in the evening. And it really was...
2007 Cockburn cask sample (Touriga Nacional): purple colour, of course. Tasting of violets and cherry fruit. I don’t know how to think about such a young port.
1950 Cockburn: “another pale red†. Smelling of aniseed, and then faint cherry. In the mouth lots of very soft cherry. Lighter than most older vintages. MC-R found “eucalyptus†.
1935 Cockburn (right side): “another pale red†. Nosing of soft red fruit, including very faint strawberry. Much more fruit, especially cherry, and less spice, than the left-side ’35.
1935 Cockburn (left side): “again, nice red†, nosing of “roses and flowers†. Hot. Also spice. Full in the mouth, with lots of spice. A fainter version of the ’12. Much less fruit than the right-side ’35.