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Christopher & Co. Ltd, Summer 1976.
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Christopher & Co. Ltd, Summer 1978.
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Hiscox & Co., Wine & Spirit Dealers, of 146 Upper Shirley Road, Shirely, Croydon, Surrey.
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jdaw1 wrote:Christopher & Co. Ltd, Xmas 1930.
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The ‟Princess” Port is quite interesting; we usually assume that a Crusted Port is made out of youngish vintages to produce (as the catalogues frequently say) a cheaper form of Vintage Port. But there is no reason why they could not, instead, make a premium version with older vintages, to produce a ruby version of an aged and blended tawny Port...
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Not Crusting, nor the side-discussion of LBV, but nonetheless, from the May 1986 Trade catalogue of Christopher & Co., the ‟best sort of officers’ mess-night” port. (Best sort of officers? Best sort of mess night? Best sort of port? Presumably British Army, so the first is assumed, and the third might be tricky to justify. So let’s assume the second.)
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Hatch Mansfield, September 1976.
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Size; No in case; Under 3 cases; 3 to 6; 7 to 12; 13 to 24; 25+.
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Summer 1970, R. S. Don Ltd., on subsequent page describing themselves as ‟associated consultants of Christie's”.
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R. S. Don Ltd., 1968/1969.
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George Hill Ltd Price List wrote:Churchill's Crusted - bottled 2000/01 (2 years blended together, then bottled)
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M W Gilbey, Wholesale Wine List, Autumn 1981
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Winter 1964/65, from Edwin Giddings Ltd
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As usual, ‟*Bottled in Oporto”.
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The references to the Fonseca/Guimaraens Q. Mileu '58 in the Christopher catalogues are intriguing..

A '63 bottling was offered in '64, but in '65 the bottling was listed as '62..

Am I correct in thinking that neither catalogue used the terms 'Crusted' or 'Late bottled vintage', and that the Wine Society retains its place for bottling the same wine in 1964 (in the UK as opposed to Oporto) and then being the first merchant to offer the product as 'Late bottled vintage' in the spring of the same year?

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PS: List updated - Fonseca '06 also added, as Cookie and I were offered it in VNG recently.
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uncle tom wrote:The references to the Fonseca/Guimaraens Q. Mileu '58 in the Christopher catalogues are intriguing..

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This is a bottle that is for sale in the US right now, a store has it for $100. I've been sent pictures which are clearly stated "Late Bottle Vintage" on the original label. I've thought about getting one just for curiosity, but at that price I keep spending the money on other older VP's that are a better bet*

*meaning, I know them to be drinking very well and I have no idea how well an old abscure LBV is holding up in a year not known for being great overall.
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which are clearly stated "Late Bottle Vintage" on the original label
Is this a UK (Wine Society) bottling, or an Oporto bottling?

- can you post the pics?

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Opps, darn memory wasn't spot on yesterday, it says "Late Bottled 1964" and it's from Avery's.
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Andy Velebil wrote:Opps, darn memory wasn't spot on yesterday, it says "Late Bottled 1964" and it's from Avery's.
And it has an embarrassingly prominent spelling error on the label.
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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From what Dirk said the other night, I think the Niepoort 2005 previously recorded was 2005 juice bottled in 2007, so one and the same.

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uncle tom wrote:From what dirk said the other night, I think the Niepoort 2005 previously recorded was 2005 juice bottled in 2007, so one and the same.
That makes it a Vintage Port. I wonder why Dirk chose not to have it approved and released as a VP?
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The Army & Navy Co-Operative Society, April 1875:
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The Army & Navy Co-operative Society, March 1908:
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jdaw1 wrote:The Army & Navy Co-operative Society, March 1908:
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This is Colheita, not Crusted.
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DRT wrote:This is Colheita, not Crusted.
Yes, but as the thread had expanded into a discussion of the inventor of LBV, I thought that this modest further expansion might be of interest.
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This is Colheita, not Crusted
I think at the time it would have been known as a 'Refreshed Tawny' - the permitted term today for a 40yr+ tawny blend is 'Very Old Tawny'

Colheitas have to be from a single harvest.

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