Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 02:06 Thu 25 Nov 2010
Christopher & Co. Ltd, Summer 1976.
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Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 02:06 Thu 25 Nov 2010
Christopher & Co. Ltd, Summer 1978.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 10:14 Thu 25 Nov 2010
Hiscox & Co., Wine & Spirit Dealers, of 146 Upper Shirley Road, Shirely, Croydon, Surrey.
Autumn 1966
The address is now that of a hairdresser.
Autumn 1966
The address is now that of a hairdresser.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 22:47 Thu 25 Nov 2010
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...jdaw1 wrote:Christopher & Co. Ltd, Xmas 1930.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 10:37 Fri 26 Nov 2010
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.)
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 20:31 Fri 26 Nov 2010
Hatch Mansfield, September 1976.
Size; No in case; Under 3 cases; 3 to 6; 7 to 12; 13 to 24; 25+.
Size; No in case; Under 3 cases; 3 to 6; 7 to 12; 13 to 24; 25+.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:22 Sat 27 Nov 2010
Summer 1970, R. S. Don Ltd., on subsequent page describing themselves as ‟associated consultants of Christie's”.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:29 Sat 27 Nov 2010
R. S. Don Ltd., 1968/1969.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 01:05 Sun 28 Nov 2010
George Hill Ltd Price List wrote:Churchill's Crusted - bottled 2000/01 (2 years blended together, then bottled)
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 00:15 Mon 29 Nov 2010
M W Gilbey, Wholesale Wine List, Autumn 1981
Apologies for the problem with focussing.
Apologies for the problem with focussing.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 01:08 Wed 08 Dec 2010
Winter 1964/65, from Edwin Giddings Ltd
As usual, ‟*Bottled in Oporto”.
As usual, ‟*Bottled in Oporto”.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 22:22 Thu 09 Dec 2010
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?
Tom
PS: List updated - Fonseca '06 also added, as Cookie and I were offered it in VNG recently.
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?
Tom
PS: List updated - Fonseca '06 also added, as Cookie and I were offered it in VNG recently.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 02:27 Fri 10 Dec 2010
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*uncle tom wrote:The references to the Fonseca/Guimaraens Q. Mileu '58 in the Christopher catalogues are intriguing..
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*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.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 10:24 Fri 10 Dec 2010
Is this a UK (Wine Society) bottling, or an Oporto bottling?which are clearly stated "Late Bottle Vintage" on the original label
- can you post the pics?
Tom
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 16:18 Fri 10 Dec 2010
Opps, darn memory wasn't spot on yesterday, it says "Late Bottled 1964" and it's from Avery's.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:34 Fri 10 Dec 2010
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:37 Fri 10 Dec 2010
And it has an embarrassingly prominent spelling error on the label.Andy Velebil wrote:Opps, darn memory wasn't spot on yesterday, it says "Late Bottled 1964" and it's from Avery's.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 09:53 Sat 18 Dec 2010
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.
List amended
Tom
List amended
Tom
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 11:29 Sat 18 Dec 2010
That makes it a Vintage Port. I wonder why Dirk chose not to have it approved and released as a VP?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.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:36 Mon 27 Dec 2010
The Army & Navy Co-Operative Society, April 1875:
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 23:49 Mon 27 Dec 2010
The Army & Navy Co-operative Society, March 1908:
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 09:04 Tue 28 Dec 2010
This is Colheita, not Crusted.jdaw1 wrote:The Army & Navy Co-operative Society, March 1908:
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 09:36 Tue 28 Dec 2010
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.DRT wrote:This is Colheita, not Crusted.
Re: Crusted port database
Posted: 10:35 Tue 28 Dec 2010
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'This is Colheita, not Crusted
Colheitas have to be from a single harvest.
Tom