May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
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May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Well skip the running theme, but the Ports we had were:
Crasto VP 2001 2x
Crasto LBV 93
Graham VP 1966
Burmester 1920 Novidade
Burmester 1863 Novidade
Noval Garrafeira 1908/btd. 1947
Junco VV bttld. 1947
Martha Garrafeira 1931
Andresen Colheita 1910
Quevedo Colheita 1970
Niepoort VP 1945
Taylor VP 1955
Constantino VP 1908
Sandeman VP 1946
Noval VP 1931
All tasted with perfect portuguese hospitality, mostly at Quinta do Crasto.
I am trying to post TNs soon.
Axel
Crasto VP 2001 2x
Crasto LBV 93
Graham VP 1966
Burmester 1920 Novidade
Burmester 1863 Novidade
Noval Garrafeira 1908/btd. 1947
Junco VV bttld. 1947
Martha Garrafeira 1931
Andresen Colheita 1910
Quevedo Colheita 1970
Niepoort VP 1945
Taylor VP 1955
Constantino VP 1908
Sandeman VP 1946
Noval VP 1931
All tasted with perfect portuguese hospitality, mostly at Quinta do Crasto.
I am trying to post TNs soon.
Axel
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Excellent line-up. I hope they showed well.
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Crasto LBV from 1993? Some curios from a very special year???
I think even the most Port lovers havn´t had a port from 1993 in her career.
I think even the most Port lovers havn´t had a port from 1993 in her career.
"An one litre bottle [of port] is the right size for two persons, if one person doesn´t drink." - Dirk Niepoort
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Hatch Mansfield of 1 Cockspur Street, in about 1903, described 1893 as ‟Very bad”.JacobH wrote:1893 would seem more likely for a 93 than 1993...
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I want to hear about the run, too! I just finished the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon here in Seattle yesterday. Next year the Rock 'n' Roll series has an event in Lisbon... that'd be a lot of fun!
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Even allowing for traditionally Edwardian euphemistic use of English, I am not sure one could adequately describe 1993 as ‟very bad”...jdaw1 wrote:Hatch Mansfield of 1 Cockspur Street, in about 1903, described 1893 as ‟Very bad”.JacobH wrote:1893 would seem more likely for a 93 than 1993...
Incidentally, André L. Simon describes it as ‟very poor” but that is better than at least two ‟failures” in the ’90s...
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
An amazing lineupAxel P wrote: Crasto VP 2001 2x
Crasto LBV 93
Graham VP 1966
Burmester 1920 Novidade
Burmester 1863 Novidade
Noval Garrafeira 1908/btd. 1947
Junco VV bttld. 1947
Martha Garrafeira 1931
Andresen Colheita 1910
Quevedo Colheita 1970
Niepoort VP 1945
Taylor VP 1955
Constantino VP 1908
Sandeman VP 1946
Noval VP 1931
I have to ask about one of them though.... "Quevedo Colheita 1970" - does this mean Oscar invented a time machine and took a barrel back? I thought Quevedo was only formed in the early (19)90's ?
Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
The Quevedo family have been producing grapes and finished wine for decades. I think most of what they produced historically went into Taylor blends and it is only recently that they have been shipping under their own label. Like almost all Port Producers (not Shippers), they will have produced lots of wines intended only for family consumption. This is very likely one of those.PhilW wrote:I have to ask about one of them though.... "Quevedo Colheita 1970" - does this mean Oscar invented a time machine and took a barrel back? I thought Quevedo was only formed in the early (19)90's ?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: May in Portugal: Half marathon and some Ports
Glen,Glenn E. wrote:I want to hear about the run, too! I just finished the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon here in Seattle yesterday. Next year the Rock 'n' Roll series has an event in Lisbon... that'd be a lot of fun!
when I woke up in the morning of the half-marathon, the weather was rather poop, windy, rainy and a solid 10 deg C (roughly 50 deg. F). So I cancelled the run. At noon we took the decision to go to Seixo for a short visit. On the way back my friends dropped me at La Rosa from where I ran then. The distance from La Rosa is roughly 18 km, but the first 8km are extremely steep up. When I arrived at Crasto, I took a shower and it was raining from then on solidly for 2 hours.
The Medoc Marathon in Bordeaux last year was much more fun to participate.
Best
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