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Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 11:31 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by tmiles
I have a case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port and would like to sell it.
Would anyone be able to tell the best way to do this and roughly how much I can expect to sell it for?

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 11:52 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
Some questions:
• Where is it? UK? USA?
• How did it come into your possession? Bought in the mid-1970s to commemorate your birth? Bought recently at auction? Other?
• Where has it been stored?

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 12:03 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by tmiles
It's in the UK. London to be more specific.
The case was bought as a christening present in the late 80s.
It's been kept in a dry store.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 12:17 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
tmiles wrote:It's been kept in a dry store.
Does that mean a dry shed, or something more?

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 12:32 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by tmiles
jdaw1 wrote:
tmiles wrote:It's been kept in a dry store.
Does that mean a dry shed, or something more?
No it's indoors. It's a cool dark storage space where you'd keep things that don't need to be refridgerated.

Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 12:37 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by djewesbury
Is Boa Vista the same as the Offley Forrester that AHB wrote a TN for here?

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 13:48 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
Yes.

1972 is regarded as a weak year, not helped by the industrial-alcohol scandal. And OBV at the lighter end of the shippers.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 14:11 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by tmiles
That's a shame. So it won't be easy to sell then.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 14:16 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
It would probably retail for and this is a guess something like £40-£50. Selling to a wine merchant, or via auction, you net about half of that.

The best thing to do is probably to drink it. Some bottles will be poor (add to your next Spaghetti Bolognese); some will be pleasant drinking.

Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 14:19 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by Andy Velebil
tmiles wrote:That's a shame. So it won't be easy to sell then.
It may be easy but you won't get much money for it. As JDAW mentioned this vintage was seriously affected by the industrial alcohol issue and has a very poor reputation.

Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 14:20 Wed 10 Jul 2013
by Andy Velebil
jdaw1 wrote:It would probably retail for and this is a guess something like £40-£50. Selling to a wine merchant, or via auction, you net about half of that.

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I suppose you mean for the case? I wouldn't pay more than 5-10 Pounds a bottle for this VP.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 07:39 Wed 17 Jul 2013
by uncle tom
Funnily enough, I picked up an unopened case of this at an auction in Cheshire yesterday for £280 + buyer's premium, which I think was a pretty fair price.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 16:16 Wed 17 Jul 2013
by Glenn E.
It's interesting... due to the reputation of the vintage and the industrial alcohol scandal, I'd probably buy one or two bottles as a curiosity for as much as $40 or $50 per bottle. But I would not be interested in a case of it unless it was exceedingly inexpensive because I doubt that I'd be interested in drinking it with any regularity.

In other words, I might give you $80 for two or $150 for the case. So you might do better trying to sell singles as curiosities.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 18:10 Wed 17 Jul 2013
by g-man
i personally would wait till glenn bought it and i ask him to bring it to an offline sometime, in oh say, march, for me to try.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 19:34 Wed 17 Jul 2013
by DRT
I have agreed to purchase the case. Some of you will no doubt try it at some point in the future.

Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

Posted: 14:06 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by Topper
Hello DRT

I just joinied forum, and not been into port for some time. I noticed you purchased a case of "Re: Unopened case of 1972 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port" -was wondering it turned out any good? or if any left!?


Kind regards
Doug