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idj123 wrote: ↑09:43 Thu 12 Oct 2023 I’d be in favour of dropping the 11 for the 35

Separate the decisions. Should we include the 35? of course (unless JDAW has already excluded for good reason). Do we need to trim the line-up? maybe, maybe not.

Interesting questions: Am pretty sure of 3/10 and could take guesses at one more, but it would be google answering the rest

Just to let those who have told me they might be interested - I am still waiting on pricing and any further info; I have told the supplier roughly how many of us are interested subject to those details; I'll be in touch by PM/email once I hear further.

Please can people bring: AHB : Cr45; NAC : Cr47; PW : Cr55; CPR : Cr50, Cr60, Cr70, Cr75, Cr03; MC : Cr63; MPM : Cr82; GEAG : Cr91, Cr00, Cr11; ZDR : Cr94; IDJ or MPM : Cr66, Cr77. That’s sixteen bottles, between likely, thirteen of us. Alex: you sent me a message about the ’45, which I have lost. ...

akzy wrote: Would be nice to make a decision on this for an upcoming tasting in.... 5 days. I personally think Mo is suitable. Julian, apologies for not following the first rule of making placemats.

I believe we did, and you're looking for SL30yt for your San Leonardo 30 year tawny from Quinta do Mourao.

Several of us own Durand corkscrews, and it is my corkscrew of choice for reliably extracting corks from old bottles (provided that I know what they are, otherwise I use tongs as the ah-so part of the Durand can obliterate the branding on the side of the cork). The one improvement I would like would...

Confirming. Wines and costs as previously advised.

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...

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)...

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...

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!!...

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"...

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...

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...

Alex Bridgeman wrote:Any idea when the wine was bottled?

Bottled 2020.

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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...

Excellent plan; I've booked myself on the same session.

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...