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Won't be able to make it on that date, due to work obligations I'm rather limited in my availability sadly; and already took some time off for the Portwieinmesse later that month.

Wishing you a very pleasant tasting!

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I would very much like to attend, but it very much depends on the date:
I have cellared:

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At auction the following Ports were purchased all in for €250.00: 2 x G63 1 x S63 1 x T60 1 x D66 1 x Unknown 66 I’m not sure if this is just an Irish thing but all these bottles were plain unlabelled Irish bottled Port and there was no interest. I was the only bidder on one lot and the other lot h...

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Elsewhere , Gl has been proposed as abbreviation for Gilbert. Generally I'm less a fan of lower-case l given potential confusion with upper-case I; however we do have precedent such as Dl = Dalva, and minimal confusion potential in this particular case anyway. So, Gl for Gilbert then? Confusion pot...

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Out of interest, what is GI? In the picture the fourth bottle is Gilbert’s, which is absent from the Port brand abbreviations thread. Also see the thread Looking for Gilbert's 1992 , and also New here, looking to learn . I made up that abbreviation, since I did not see it in the thread. Have indeed...

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In the past 4 years I've been trying to collect all the 1992 (birthyear) vintage ports. The big houses were easy to collect, however I struggled with finding the CkC, EV and GI. I now have at least one of all the 92s, and multiple bottles of most of them, except for WC, Nv and SW; which I will hunt ...

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Interesting read Harry, thanks for taking the time to write such an extensive report on decanting.

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Had this port twice last year ("regular". botteling). Indeed a great port, in an amazing place right now.

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Any chance it could be an oversight by Calem? I.e. the contents do not match the label?

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I think this bottle looks correct to me. So i have had a quick look in the cellar and found a few of these. I bought these from Vintage Port & Wine around 3 to 4 years ago. they had come direct from Calem. Please let me know if you open one of these, if there's any deposit in the bottle and whe...

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mcoulson wrote: ↑20:15 Wed 22 Jan 2025 Is it me just being suspicious but 000120 as a serial ??

I've never seen one that's not an actual 6 digit number ...

If I were forging a label it would not start with 000

I believe I have a 000005 somewhere in my cellar

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That looks genuine to me. How odd. Have you asked the IVDP to confirm the sello was one given to Calem? Everything about the bottle seems correct. Even underneath the capsule and the cork looked correct as well. I have no doubts that this is a legitimate bottle from Cálem, it's the contents I don't...

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Having tried the Cálem 1985 twice now, I'm positive that the bottles I own do not contain 40 year old vintage port. The port does not have any deposit whatsoever and is way too structural and dark coloured. I'll be in England (London, Stourbridge and Manchester) in March and can bring my 3rd and las...

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Your favorites, if I have interpreted your notes correctly, were alphabetically Dow, Fonseca, Graham, and Kopke Sao Luis. None of which surprise me. Those are consistently the best Ports of the vintage for me. Absolutely right Glenn! These definitely were on another level than the other ports taste...

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@ Rummy - MigSu is right in his interpretation of what I was saying. What you tasted was not consistent with this forum’s notes on Calem 1985, basically. Your suspicion that the bottle you tasted might not be ‘right’ is accordingly almost certainly correct. I'll make a seperate post about this bott...

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I think he's trying to say that Calém VPs has a consistent profile, which is the opposite of the what you tasted on that particular bottle. I think you're right, thank you. Opened one of these bottles last december while doing a small Cálem vertical (85, 99 and 2020) and had the exact same experien...

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I should say - your note on the Calem sounds very much like a note on something else. The Calem is consistently, dry, plummy port and fully mature. See tasting notes index. Checked out the tasting notes index and made some adjustments on my previous post. However, I'm not sure however what you're t...

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Turned out to be a lovely tasting. Double decanted all bottles between 07:15 am and 08:30 am, consumed between 13:15 and 17:15. Tried to go from light to darker, observed at decanting. I do not have any experience with tasting notes, other from taking personal notes. All ports are from the 1985 vint...

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:37 Sun 12 Jan 2025 Please post tasting notes, especially for the unusual — so most of all for the Pousada. Indeed, please post (and send to PhilW) multiple good pictures of that bottle.

Will do, the tasting is planned for next sunday; will post notes probably the day after.

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Thank you for all the replies and advice.

I will post the results of the tasting next week.

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In the UK I have Lots of these ... Does sound like a fun evening that you have planned tho :-) Thank you for the product pages and advice, sadly I must conclude that my facilities are just not up to par for a proper tasting. Lack of (storage) space in a small city apartment just isn't ideal :wink:....

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:19 Sat 11 Jan 2025 Two decanters is fine for a tasting like this, but how many glasses do you have…

around ~20, so would have to rinse them. Definitely isn't going to be perfect, especially in my ~30m2 living room. Starting with the lightest coloured wine sounds like a good idea, thanks!

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Thank you Glenn, this helps me a lot!

I shall open the bottles at around 7-8 a.m. and re-cork them at the start of the tasting, having some sips of the Fonseca while preparing/cleaning for my guests.

How do people generally organise these tastings, do they really own a lot of decanters?

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In about a week I'm organising a 85 tasting for some friends. We're going to try 12 different bottles, starting at around 13:00. Since I own just two decanters, my plan is to double decant each bottle, and Vacuvin it after a while. I do own plenty of Vacuvin corks. Looking for some advice on decanti...

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Still collecting the 92 vintages (just Gilbert's left) and stumbled upon this beauty. I've got a few cases of the Malvedos, but will happily add this one to the collection.

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@ Rummy - that is a lovely port... So I've been told. So far I've acquired 3 OWCs and 3 magnums, but I'm anxious to open one so young. You should open one. It's absolutely young, but it drinks very well after a long decant. I had one recently just to see where it was at and it was very nice. Maybe ...

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winesecretary wrote: ↑19:06 Tue 10 Dec 2024 @ Rummy - that is a lovely port...

So I've been told. So far I've acquired 3 OWCs and 3 magnums, but I'm anxious to open one so young.

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Found some more Niepoort 2017's at auction, so +1 OWC.

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... you will be able to taste more than 100 special category Ports and if you are lucky enough to be chosen to participate in this year's Masterclass you can also taste 3 decades of Vesuvio and a full vertical of their limited Capela da Vesuvio Vintage Port and listen to Rob Symington. With Riedel,...

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The Taylor 1992 can be a truly staggering wine, and last time I looked £1800 a dozen retail - so you have done well there too. I wholeheartedly agree, George. I think the 1992 Taylor's is the best Taylor's that I've had to date followed by the 1970. Granted I haven't tasted anything older than the ...

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Rummy wrote: ↑09:24 Wed 25 Sep 2024 Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.

Auction had a part 2 apparently, so got cases (6) of Taylor's 92 and 94 as well. About £1.000 for these.

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rich_n wrote: ↑18:21 Wed 25 Sep 2024
Rummy wrote:Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.
That's a bargain!

winesecretary wrote: ↑17:14 Wed 25 Sep 2024 @ Rummy- two impeccable ports, both drinking well now or later.

Am quite happy with these, should open a Fonseca soon, as I already had some cellared.

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Just bought cases (6) of Fonseca 85 and Vesuvio 92 at auction. About £650 including shipping.

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Thank you indeed, have had some trouble finding tasting notes on the 22's outside of this forum.
Tasted the 22 Niepoort as a cask sample last year at Axel's event; hoping to experience some more of the 22s this year.

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Bottle has been sold.

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You would be very welcome at a London tasting - everyone who is a member of the Port Forum is invited to all our tastings. Not having a bottle which fits the theme is not always a problem. Often you can "adopt" a bottle from someone else, either paying cash for the bottle you adopt or swa...

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Rummy wrote: ↑15:37 Wed 31 Jul 2024 I've only read positive things about your book Axel, any chance you'll be releasing an English translation in the future?

Nevermind Axel, I bought the German version and it's very understandable for someone who's only had high school German.

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I've only read positive things about your book Axel, any chance you'll be releasing an English translation in the future?

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Just in case migSU is right, here's another post

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akzy wrote: ↑12:54 Tue 30 Jul 2024 Just messaged you.

Haven't received anything yet, but I see some of my messages being stuck in my outbox. I'll check again later.

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Hey all,

Got a bottle (0,75) of the infamous 93 vintage that I'd rather sell than drink.

Will post a picture later,

Located in the Netherlands, can ship to EU.

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Allright, I brought a few bottles home from my recent trip to London, thinking it was a Niepoort regular botteling was probably foolish of me. Still since I also own some regular 2011 Niepoorts, I'll be fun to try them next to each other.

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Hi all, Port lover from the Netherlands here, started getting into ports around 5 years ago. Started buying vintage ports like a madman and currently have a cellar of about 700-800 bottles. Most are 85's, 92's (birthyear), 94s, 2000s and 2017s. Some special bottles are Fonseca 63, Taylor's 70 and Ni...

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Justin K wrote: ↑22:48 Fri 26 Jul 2024 Burmester ‘85 x 1
D85 x 1
F85 x 2
Ch85 x2
At auction and for €50 a bottle all in.

Great buy! The Fonseca 85 is drinking beautifully right now. €50 a bottle is a steal.

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Fortnum & Mason 2011 by Niepoort , then costing £39.95, and bought as an experiment. Dark dark dark red, 95% opaque. edge of shutting down. Blackcurrants, and lots of sweet fruit. Any thoughts on this being a regular botteling by Niepoort, Morgadia da Calçada or something different alltogether?

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Amazing line-up, very surprising to see Skeffington getting this much love, should try to find some bottles for my own cellar!

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hadge wrote: ↑20:35 Tue 27 Feb 2024 I will double check but i believe that i have some Gilbert's 1992. if i do then i would be happy to sort something out.

You're getting my hopes up

I've sent you a private message.

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Not sure if this post is allowed, but I'll give it a go: Been collecting the 1992 vintages for a while now and have bought multiple bottles of all but one of the declared 1992's. For a tasting somewhere in the future, I would like the have the complete line up, thus including Gilbert's 1992. If anyo...

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