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This was JDAW’s thoughts on the wine:

G66, d+5½h. Glorious red, 40% opaque. Nose of mature Port, with a hint of dark plum. Palate soft and full and lovely; coffee early; slight heat mid-palate; start to finish is an unctuous large fully mature Port. Really good.

And a couple of days ago Ramos Pinto reported viosinho grapes were being brought into the winery at Bons Ares.

I saw today on FaceBook that Niepoort have started to bring in their Pinot Noir into Napoles.

It is the same Quinta da Corte as was owned by Delaforce. I’m writing this from memory so please check independently, but I believe around 2000 Delaforce and Quinta da Corte were owned by the Fladgate partnership. At some point the Delaforce brand was sold to Royal Oporto, who used (and may still be...

Yes please, put me down for a place.

How about a category of “most prolific organiser”?

Or “best venue used by TPF”? It would be nice to invite Gary and / or James Davy to a tasting to accept their award.

Available by the glass from Taberninha do Manel on the Gaia waterfront.

Gentle honey and orange nose. Earthy orange palate with good depth of flavour. Bitter-sweet orange marmalade finish. Enjoyable. 86/100. Drunk 18-Jun-22.

Dalva 2007 White. Bottled 2017. Nice colour. Served at cellar temp (12-14) nothing on the nose but some very faint barley sugar. Nice entry, honeyed without being sweet; a nice bitter quince core with some tannins showing through on the late palate. The late palate shows some light honey and a tiny ...

Bottled 2018. Sweet honey and caramel on the nose. The caramel follows on to the palate, with caramelised orange. Surprisingly tannic palate, nicely balanced. Very pleasant and smooth drinking. 90/100. Tasted 14-Mar-22. Decanted 1 hour.

I know absolutely nothing about them. This was a bottle which appeared as one of the Ports submitted to the DWWA, which I got the chance to taste - wholly blind, all I knew was that I was tasting Vintage Ports from 2020-2017.

A very brown tone to the colour, 20% opaque. Milk chocolate on the nose, a little dirty. Nicely balanced entry but the mid-palate feels a little light. Mature and elderly, held together by the acidity. Gentle and lovely and on the decline. Served blind this was guessed to be Cockburn 1947. 88/100. T...

2019 Quinta do Cume. Smooth coffee bean fruit, the brandy still showing slightly. Nicely structured palate with the fruit showing well along with the exuberant acidity and tannins typical of a youthful Port. The fruit wins the battle, giving an element of sweetness and fragrance to the savoury and d...

Drunk at dinner at the AEVP, at the dinner following the (abandoned) barcos rabellos race. Bottled 2022: burnished copper colour, 50% opaque. A little red toffee on the nose under a blanket of lemon marmalade. Smooth, sweet and honeyed entry. Honey and sweet orange mid-palate; generous acidity keeps...

Croft 2004 LBV, bottled 2009 in half bottle. Purchased from Tesco Wokingham in December 2009 for £3.99 . Rich red, the colour of fresh cherry juice, 60% opaque. Pleasant, if muted, nose of sweet cherry compote. Lovely balanced entry, light cherry at first but with good backing acidity and slightly g...

Quinta do Crasto. Childhood blackberry picking memories come flooding back when you smell this wine. Such fragrance to the fruit on the palate, slightly green tannins give pepper and heat to the fruit. Good complexity to the palate. Blackberry sweetness flashes briefly across the mouth before the ta...

Quinta da Corte. Lovely ripe fruit on the nose, great perfume. Silky texture, perfumed fruit and ripe but firm tannins - with just a tiny touch of greenness to them to give a great grip. Ripe and balanced fruit led aftertaste and a very good length finish. Another wine to make you smile. Tasted blin...

Drunk at dinner at Vinum after a visit to the Niepoort Lodge. Note written from memory the following day. Decanted about 1 hour. Deep and rich, quite dramatic on the nose delivering delicious mature Christmas spiced fruit. Balanced on the palate with the fruit cascading over the tongue. A delicious ...

Drunk at the Confraria dinner. Bottled 2018. Deep, dark orange-brown colour, 70% opaque. Lovely toffee nose, sweet coffee fudge. Gentle on the palate, butter tablet and orange acidity; fresh and lively with the acidity giving a little heat. Coffee and cinder toffee on the finish. Rather pleasant! 89...

Drunk at dinner at the AEVP, at the dinner following the (abandoned) barcos rabellos race. Confraria 10YO tawny, bottled 2018. Deep red chestnut colour, 80% opaque. Rich nose of rose perfume and a touch of bottle sickness. Lovely rich entry, round and smooth with candied cherry and raspberry coulis;...

From one of the Port.Club boxes; 50cl bottle filled in 2021. Very easy drinking; plenty of dried vine fruit and dried cherry; smooth and honeyed yet with very good length. Excellent everyday and thoroughly enjoyable Port. 89/100. Tasted 30-Jun-22. Pop 'n' pour.

Tasted in the Churchill 1982 garden in Vila Nova de Gaia with lunch, in the drizzle. Churchill 10yo from 75cl, bottled in 2021. Deep brick red colour, 80% opaque. Young and very much full of cocktail cherry. Hints of mint on the aftertaste and a delicious liquorice finish. Perfect for washing down a...

A South African fortified wine, made from the traditional Port grapes, matured in barrel for 25 years before being bottled. Cavendish 1963, bottled 1988. Dark chestnut brown colour, opaque centre with a green rim. Râncio and nuts on the nose. Intense acidity on the palate, full of molasses and pomel...

A fabulous dark red, the colour of black cherry juice. Pure fruit on the nose, sweet and fragrant, a blend of black cherry and ripe, sweet blackcurrant. Less overtly fruity on the palate, while there is plenty of fruit, the fruit sits within a lovely basket of acidity and gentle tannins. Warm mentho...

The Quintella brand is based close to Alijo and offers White, Tawny and Ruby Ports. This is the entry level tawny - brick red, generous red fruit on the nose, strawberry jam. A touch hollow on entry, honey at first with some fruit coming through on the mid-palate. Light bodied. Dried fruit and peppe...

Carlos Alonso's Piano is based in the Cima Corgo with 70ha of vineyards spread over two quintas to the north of Malvedos. They also buy grapes in from local farmers. The vineyards were replanted in 1985 and were first used to make table wine in 1995 and to make Port under their own name in 2015 (bef...

Lovely brick red colour, delicious nose. Lovely texture on entry; light and fresh with good complexity between fresh fruit, dried fruit and a hint of burnt sugar. Lovely big finish. A fine wine! 89/100. Tasted 09-Jun-22.