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Christmas wine and port

Posted: 00:02 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by Doggett
I have finally decided on the main bottles to be enjoyed this Christmas and Boxing Day.

1x Penfolds Bin 707 1998
1x Hermitage 2005 wine society exhibition range produced by JL Chave
1x Chateau Musar 1998
1x Chateau Musar 2000
1x Faustino V 2008 in Mag
1x Fonsceca Guimarean 1978 VP
1x Taylor Vargellas 1972 VP
1x kopke 1977 colheita
1x Maynards 40YO tawny

What will other :tpf: members be looking forward to enjoying?

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope that 2017 brings happiness to you and your families.

Simon

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 10:48 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by richmills
Kopke colheita 1955 (already on the go)
Taylor 1970 for the big day
Taylor 1977 if it turns out there's another port emergency between Christmas and new year :)

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 13:33 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by flash_uk
I've got a G66 and an F85 standing ready. Lots in reserve if the need arises…

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 15:34 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by idj123
New approach this year-a single bottle of VP plus a 1989 Barao do Vilar colheita. However, the VP is a DM of SV99 (which I plan to decant tonight)!

A Happy Christmas to all my fellow TPFers :D

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 18:24 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by PhilW
I'll be staying with my traditional Cr70 for Xmas tomorrow. Have the end of a Maynard 40yr tonight.
Merry Xmas to all :)

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 21:22 Sat 24 Dec 2016
by flash_uk
idj123 wrote:...plus a 1989 Barao do Vilar colheita.
I had this last Christmas - went down very well with everyone.

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 09:50 Sun 25 Dec 2016
by Old Bridge
I do not have a big cellar, so not the great choice. This is what we shall enjoy this Christmas:
Quevedo LBV 2011 20cl
Graham's LBV 2008
Graham's 1983 Vintage Port
Ramos Pinto 20 Years Tawny Quinta do Bom Retiro
Ch. Latour 1983
Mortlach 1987 26yo # 3103 56,8% Refill American oak ex-sherry hogshead Adelphi Selection
Glenfarclas 25 Y.O. 43%
Delamain Pale & Dry X.O 40%

The Latour I worry about. We lived up north when I bought it, and the removal people decided to go partying after packing the lorry. Temperatures were down to -30 centigrade for the 2-4 days it took them to finish the party.
Since arriving it has been cellared well, but may prove a disappointment. I shall report back after boxing day, when it will have been drunk(or poured down the sink).

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 09:59 Sun 25 Dec 2016
by WS1
so far a bt of Pignan 2005 and a bt of Taittinger NV. Not sure about today yet but thinking along a RSV from JJ Confuron from 2004 and some 85 Churchill. 92 Passadouro from half bt maybe an option if thirsty.

regards

WS1

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 17:17 Sun 25 Dec 2016
by Axel P
I opened a Sandeman VP, Vau and LBV to re-taste and was surprised by the logic of all three wines.

Merry christmas

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 11:57 Mon 26 Dec 2016
by DRT
Cockburn 1970 after the turkey at the in-laws - yummy :D

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 18:59 Tue 27 Dec 2016
by gerwin.degraaf
At dinner on Boxing day we enjoyed some:
- Louis Jadot - Domaine Gagey Beaune Gréves Le Clos Blanc- Beaune 1er Cru - 2005
- Domaine Digioia-Royer - Chambolle-Musigny "Les Fremieres"Veilles Vignes - 2007
- Avery's Finest Reserve Vintage 1963

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 11:34 Wed 04 Jan 2017
by uncle tom
Christmas dinner reds were a venerable but robust 1955 Morey-St-Denis, Clos de la Roche Burgundy, and a magnum of 1998 Clos des Papes CDP - which seems to be at a good age for drinking now. Port was a 1924 Taylor - excellent colour, but a tad hot..

My last bottle of VP drunk at home this year was also one of the poorest.. Ramos Pinto 1991 - a soupy wine with the earthiness that mars many '91s writ large - I've had this wine three times over the last decade, with similar results - one to pass by..

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 13:40 Sun 08 Jan 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
Over Christmas we threw away a bottle of CV 2005 that was so full of VA as to be undrinkable, replaced it with a bottle of Talbot 1983, accompanied it with some Louis Delauney NV Champagne and a 2012 Camel Valley Brut. Christmas Port comprised Dow 1963 and Morgan 1963. Just before Christmas some friends came round and we shared a bottle of Quinta das Carvalhas Tinta Francisca 2012 that was rather nice.

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 11:45 Mon 25 Dec 2017
by idj123
On driving duty today but had a very nice D91 from a h/b yesterday; not one for the long term but drinking well at the moment. Probably a G70 for today into tomorrow. Oh and Santa really enjoyed his Maynards over 40yr tawny-the greedy old soak seems to have necked almost half the bottle :)

Happy Christmas to all Port lovers!

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 13:10 Mon 25 Dec 2017
by uncle tom
This year a Ch. Branaire ' 66 proved solid, and was followed by a Martinez '22 - very tawny in colour, but also very quaffable..

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 21:12 Mon 25 Dec 2017
by benread
I thought I was opening a Noval 60 and Fonseca 70. I’ve got Noval 63. Not a bad compromise!


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Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 21:34 Mon 25 Dec 2017
by PhilW
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I received a most excellent and unexpected present of a pair of port tongs, so this morning used them to open the traditional Christmas Croft '70, and an unknown '63 with neck tag that said "Taylor's '63" on one side, and "Graham '70" on the other - which turned out to be Taylor's '63. The T63 was light (perhaps light-struck) but pleasant; the Cr70 is dark, spicy and a fabulous bottle.

Merry Xmas all :)

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 21:53 Mon 25 Dec 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
My Christmas drinking has comprised a bottle of Black Dog 2013 English Sparkling wine, two bottles of Baron de Ley Reserva 2013 and a bottle of the 1992 Maynard's LBV which I opened yesterday (and posted a tasting note so you can all see what I thought of it and decide whether or note to rush to Aldi).

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 12:41 Tue 26 Dec 2017
by gerwin.degraaf
on Christmas eve, I opened up a 1963 Avery's VP, it seemed a tiny bit corked. Yesterday, after Christmas dinner, we had a 1995 Kopke VP, and later on the evening I returned to the 1963, which seemed to have improved a bit (still not a great showing but quite enjoyable).

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 13:56 Wed 27 Dec 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
Tonight Mrs B and I are meeting Justin and Mrs K for dinner. We have a bottle of Lanson Black label, a bottle of Taylor 1970 and a bottle of an unknown (plus port tongs). What could possibly go wrong?

Re: Christmas wine and port

Posted: 14:01 Thu 28 Dec 2017
by WS1
wines, champagne and ports so far over Christmas were, Chablis 1er Vaillons 1996 Verget, 1997 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvee Laurence, J L Chave Hermitage rouge 2014, Amiot-Servelle 2012 1er Chambolle Musigny Les Plantes, CDP 2007 Domaine Nalys, Jaccquart 2002 Champagne, 1998 Barolo Rabaja Bruno Rocca and 1970 Gonzales Byass.