Vintage Port for sale

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jbrightman
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Vintage Port for sale

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Hello,

My father in law is moving to Portugal and has been keeping his collection of Port for special events along with following a tradition and is now keen to offload them on to me rather than taking them with him. I am happy to drink the bottles of little value, but a good bottle is likely to be wasted on me and so the money would be preferable.

I therefore have:

* Graham's Late Bottled Vintage , 1979, bottled in OPORTO in 1985 and imported by Matthew Clark & Sons Ltd, London, in wooden case.
* Sandeman, Vintage Port 1977, bottled in 1979 - stamped 'The Silver Jubilee Sandeman 1977 Vintage Port'
* Offley Port, Late bottled vintage 1983, bottled in 1989, shipped by Forerester & CA, LDA, Porto Portugal,
* Noval 1981 vintage, bottled in 1986, stamped 'The year to celebrate the oldest alliance - 1386 - 1986.
* Delaforce Sons & CA, Quinta Da Corte 1980 vintage port, Single Quinta, bottled in 1982, 'stamped by special warrant to His Majesty the late king of portugal' x 8 bottles
* Taylors 10 year old tawny port - bottled in 2001 - x 2 bottles

All bottles have been stored horizontally in my fathers cellar and transported very carefully, being kept at a consistent temperature.

Any thoughts, advice /help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Based in Surrey if that helps.....

Thank you

Jason :)
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jdaw1
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Re: Vintage Port for sale

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Sorry to bring you bad news, but these are not valuable.
jbrightman wrote:Graham's Late Bottled Vintage , 1979, bottled in OPORTO in 1985 and imported by Matthew Clark & Sons Ltd, London, in wooden case.
A tenner? Drink it.
jbrightman wrote:Sandeman, Vintage Port 1977, bottled in 1979 - stamped 'The Silver Jubilee Sandeman 1977 Vintage Port'
Reasonable vintage port, but not rare or valuable. For sale in the UK at £660 per dozen = £55 a bottle. Expect about half retail, ≈£25-£30.
jbrightman wrote:Offley Port, Late bottled vintage 1983, bottled in 1989, shipped by Forerester & CA, LDA, Porto Portugal,
Again, circa a tenner.
jbrightman wrote:Noval 1981 vintage, bottled in 1986, stamped 'The year to celebrate the oldest alliance - 1386 - 1986.
You say “vintage”, but do you mean “late-bottled vintage” = LBV? Assuming so, another tenner.
jbrightman wrote:Delaforce Sons & CA, Quinta Da Corte 1980 vintage port, Single Quinta, bottled in 1982, 'stamped by special warrant to His Majesty the late king of portugal' x 8 bottles
Each worth less than the Sandeman 1977, but more than the LBVs.
jbrightman wrote:Taylors 10 year old tawny port - bottled in 2001 - x 2 bottles
A tenner each? A tenner the pair?


Could you drink them? If somebody is willing to take them off your hands as a job lot, where in Surrey are you?
jbrightman
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Re: Vintage Port for sale

Post by jbrightman »

Hi - thank you very much for your response.

I am in Gomshall Surrey and happy to disucss a job lot purchase if someone is interested?

Thanks

Jason
Malena
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Re: Vintage Port for sale

Post by Malena »

HI Jason,
I know you were looking for a job lot but would you be interested in selling just 1? I am interested in the Noval 81.
Thanks
Malena
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