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Went to Tesco's and ended up with some Ports, obviously:

3 bottles Warre's Otima 10yot
2 bottles Quinta do Noval 2001
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KillerB wrote:...Tesco's ...Quinta do Noval 2001
:shock: - was that the LBV or the VP? I've never seen anything other than Vargellas and Bomfim VPs at Tesco.

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Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:...Tesco's ...Quinta do Noval 2001
:shock: - was that the LBV or the VP? I've never seen anything other than Vargellas and Bomfim VPs at Tesco.

Derek
Sorry - LBV, thought I'd put that but obviously not.

Just opened one of the Otimas.
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:cry: - damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza :roll:

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?
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Derek T. wrote::cry: - damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza :roll:

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?
Yep - £9.99 and £8.95 for the Otima. I am a 20YOO man but 10YOO will do as a house Port as Waitrose ran out.

Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.
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KillerB wrote:
Derek T. wrote::cry: - damn. I thought we had a new one waiting for the next 50% off bonanza :roll:

I spotted the LBV a couple of weeks ago at £9.99 - good value.

Derek

PS: I thought you were an Otima 20yr old man?
Yep - £9.99 and £8.95 for the Otima. I am a 20YOO man but 10YOO will do as a house Port as Waitrose ran out.

Have small bowl of almonds, wlanuts and hazels that I've just fried in a little sesame oil. The Otima is going well.
Excellent. There's nothing like frying your nuts with a nice tawny :wink:

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Make sure they don't shrivel up
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KillerB wrote:Make sure they don't shrivel up
..unless you have an "Over 40 year old" :roll:
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Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.

Leonidas Puur Noir, really very very nice.
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KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.
{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}
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Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.
{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}
:tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf: :tpf:
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KillerB wrote:
Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:Now eating chocolate - just don't go there.
{insert two-hands-over-mouth emoticon}
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Usual form is for smiley abbreviation to name to both begin and end with a colon. :tpf: adjusted to fit that format, so I have edited both previous posts so that they still work.
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just bought 2 bottels of Feist LBV 2001 - only 13 eur pr. bot.
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I hope your 2001 is better than the Feist 2000 LBV I tasted last year :?

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I havnt tryed the lbv 2000
But i think the Lbv 2001 is good, i tasted it last friday
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I'm glad to hear that as I really was not impressed with the 2000.

Let us know how the 2001 goes when you open one.

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Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

88) I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.
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Rubby wrote:Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

88) I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.
Nice 88)

If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?

Derek
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Derek T. wrote:
Rubby wrote:Bought my first bottle of Vesuvio 1994 this week!
Pretty hard to come by for a reasonable price over here.

88) I'm quite pleased with my latest little treasure.
Nice 88)

If you don't mind me asking, what is a reasonable price for this in Utrecht?

Derek
I bought it for ┚¬ 50 (about £ 40 / $ 80) from a private collection.
I have to add that I never seen one in the shops over here.
I'm afraid that says a lot about the Port availability in The Netherlands.
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Yesterday i got

Kopke LBV 2000
Feist LBV 2001

Tasting the Kopke right now, with my wife. :)
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I just bought:
1x Quinta do Noval LBV 2000
1x Quinta do Noval Silval 1984
1x Quinta do Noval Silval 1987

I've read a few TN's about the LBV, which were quite praising.
The two Silval VP's however, are a mystery.
Does anyone have some experience with any of them?
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Rubby,

DOn't confuse those Silval's for the current "Noval Silval" as they are two totally different products. The newer version is a blend of grapes from other properties and was started after the AXA corporation bought Noval in the early 1990's.

The ones you bought are a Single Quinta Vintage Port from a small sub-plot on the main Quinta do Noval Property. There were only a few vintages of this made in the mid-1980's, as best as I can determine. I have a 1983 version (and an '83 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco as well) but have not tasted either of them yet.

From what I've gathered, these were more of mid-term drinkers and won't live to be old bones. So there is no need to cellar them any longer, as they probably won't get any better....but again I've not tried them yet, so that is just second info.
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Cheers for the info!
From what I read about the LBV, I'll probably lay it down for a couple of years. And from what you've just told me, I might pop the 84 Silval tonight. I'll post a TN so you'll have an idea of what to expect from your 83.

I got them both for a reasonable price, so it's no disaster if they turn out... mediocre.
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An impulse buy while in town Croft's Roeda 95 from Fenwick's
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