The New Douro Tasting was held in London this year, at the Portuguese Ambassador's residence in Belgrave Square. I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time to be offered an invitation. The Tasting was well organised and feedback from the presenters made it clear that there had been plenty of visitors during the day but that the flow had been well spaced out rather than coming in large surges. This meant that although the room became cosy at times, it was never too crowded.
The attendees were presenting Douro DOC wines and ports. Unfortunately I have misplaced my Event Guide so I don't remember all the firms present but I did work my way through all of the ruby ports that were on show (see links to tasting notes below). Jancis Robinson reports the presenters to have been Symington Family Estates, Ramos Pinto, Poeira, Sogrape Vinhos, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta do Vallado, Wine & Soul, Alves de Sousa, Lavradores de Feitoria, Niepoort, Quinta do Vale Meao, Prats & Symington and Quinta Vale D. Maria.
In no particular order, I tasted the following ports:
2009 Alves de Sousa vintage port
2001 Quinta do Bomfim vintage port
1998 Quinta da Cavadinha vintage port
2007 Quinta do Crasto LBV
2001 Quinta dos Malvedos vintage port
2009 Niepoort vintage port
2009 Niepoort Bioma vintage port
2008 Niepoort LBV
Niepoort VV (2012 bottling)
2007 Quinta de Roriz vintage port
1997 Sandeman vintage port
2008 Sandeman LBV
2010 Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira
Vale Dona Maria Reserve Port Lote No 10
2009 Quinta do Vallado Adelaide vintage port
2010 Quinta do Vesuvio
Wed 20 February 2013 - The New Douro Tasting
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Wed 20 February 2013 - The New Douro Tasting
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: Wed 20 February 2013 - The New Douro Tasting
Photographs of mine will be emailed.AHB wrote:Unfortunately I have misplaced my Event Guide