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Bottle has been ordered from Garrafeira Nacional. Thanks to Alex for the assist!

Sadly they had only 1 bottle or I would have purchased a second to bring to London for the vertical on May 14.

Not in the bible? Outrageous. Just checked. There's a 1957 Graham's Malvedos, but not a general Graham's. 3rd edition needed! My bet would be that it is the Graham's Malvedos (at that time a second label not a single quinta) that has been labelled Graham's for a particular market. We're in the proc...

Garrafeira Nacional in Lisbon has one listed. I'm going to enquire about it to see if they have any further information, because the label is damaged so you can't actually see that it's a 1957. The last digit is destroyed, so that label could be a 1955. I'm hoping they can send me a picture of the c...

Whaaaaaat?

Neither in the book nor in my vertical. I must acquire!

Just buy more 1994. Thanks George. I have at least 19 bottles of the '94 maybe more. I'll know when I do my inventory in a few months. And you don't have to convince me to buy more, the problem right now is the Mrs. might disagree. But it is an excellent Port. Thanks for the scoresheet! Similar pro...

Over the years, particularly while we were doing virtual tastings during COVID, I may have promised to bring various bottles to open with various members of TPF the next time I'm in London. This trip is that next time. Sadly, I seem to have forgotten all but one promise, and the recipient of the one...

winesecretary wrote: ↑00:50 Thu 08 Feb 2024 1994 Vesuvio really is all that.

Shush. I only have ~3 cases and will probably need to buy more.

A guess, to which I am probably wrong and if so please say so. I'd theorize it is due to block planting and the reduced use of the old field blends. The latter of which contained white grapes and all sorts of different types of red grapes not necessarily picked at their peak of ripeness. With block...

Grahams updates: 2011: 250 cases, 3000 bottles (fact sheet, bottle label) 2015: 400 cases, 4800 bottles (fact sheet, bottle label) 2016: 450 cases, 4200 bottles, 150 tregnums (fact sheet, tregnum bottle label) leaving 750 bottles of volume unspecified 2017: 600 cases, 6360 bottles, 180 magnums, 120 ...

I haven't had V05 in many years, but my experience with it says that a somewhat shorter decant should work fine. It's a somewhat softer Port than the '03 or '07 but still very delicious. I would probably decant it 4-6 hours, but as I recall you guys tend to use shorter decants in London than we do i...

The 2007 Sandeman VP is also pretty spectacular, though on release I could barely taste it because it was so tannic. 2003 Taylor - this is filtered, but aged extremely well 2011 Crasto 2012 Carvalhas 2015 Graham All pretty spectacular LBVs for me, at least. I don't drink that much LBV (why bother wh...

I would fly back to London in 2025 for either 1945 or 1955, and even have bottles that I could contribute to either tasting. 1965 and 1975 ... probably not. I would love to do another 1985 horizontal, but a "mere" 40 years young is probably pushing the limit of what's necessary to get me t...

Excellent. Hopefully we'll be able to make something happen around those dates. By the time we booked our flights the pricing had changed, so we leave Porto on Sunday evening, May 26. The flight isn't until 18:00 so there's still plenty of time for lunch, but if we are to meet up it will have to be...

My airfare has been purchased and the Ste. Eufemia Special Reserve White has been set out so that I don't forget it!

I purchased my airfare today!

Should I plan to bring anything for this tasting? I have Graham only (no Malvedos) 1942 through present, plus all 5 vintages of The Stone Terraces.

I confirm. Plane tickets are not yet purchased, but likely will be within the next couple of days. Very much looking forward to seeing everyone again for this tasting and the Taylor Single Harvest tasting!

Novotel is good and mid-market. Alternatives are the Shard (expensive) or the Travelodge London Central Southwark (cheap but comfortable). There’s also the Ibis next to the Novotel, but I’ve not stayed there. We've stayed at an Ibis before and it was fine. I'll also have her take a look at the Trav...

the best value port on the market today, IMO For ruby Port, sure, but not for all Port. For me, it is very hard to beat the value of a 10 Year Old White Port. They usually cost no more (and often less) than an LBV and I, at least, typically prefer them head-to-head. Sometimes producers even make 10...

Kari and I will be in London May 10-17, with the primary reason being the Graham's vertical on May 14 and the Taylor Single Harvest tasting on May 16 . But since London is much closer to Sweden than Seattle is, she plans to use this opportunity to visit her "Swedish brother" in Sweden duri...

Thanks, I'll have Kari look into it!

Question that is also relevant to this tasting posted in the Graham's vertical thread.

I was about to email Glenn about perhaps getting together at some point next month, until Alex specifically mentioned the month of May. Yes, I know it's in the title, but what can I say.... The week after this tasting I will be in Portugal for a private "harvest tour" so we might still be...

Where will this tasting be held? Kari is getting ready to make our trip reservations and wants to get a hotel that's relatively convenient for me to return to each night (from this tasting and the Taylor Single Harvest tasting) while... uh... less than full functional.

Sadly, neither of those numbers is terribly useful. The one on the "label" as you call it is probably the Selo de Guarantia, and those numbers are often not tracked by the producers once they've used the selo. The other on the bottom of the bottle is most likely something from the bottle m...