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Thank you Sir!

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This is a disappointing showing. I have been seduced by this bottling in the past. Despite being a very pleasant drink, it was always promising more to come. Thank you for the note. I am of a mind to try one when it is cool enough again.

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:41 Fri 14 Feb 2020 Please sir, can we have another TN update.

May I kindly add support to this request.

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My wishlist is to try a Noval Nacional that will fascinate my taste buds. Barring that, I'd love to do a horizontal of the 55's as the only 55's I've had are the cockburn and the dow's which was graciously opened by Uncle Tom I admire your ambition! The 55 vintage is, in my opinion, the ne plus ult...

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What a lovely event.

Would it be correct in saying that there was a significant difference in scores between magnum and Tappit Hen bottlings for the two Houses that allowed comparison? If so, I wonder how a larger bottling of Taylors or Fonseca would have performed!

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A 1996 Quinta do Vesuvio was mute on first pour and confirmed as corked by the better half. With port stocks in the Aussie cellar dwindling, this was a very sad turn of events. Thankfully the first of six to disappoint, with six still to go. My condolences. A bit warm for port this time of year isn...

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A 1996 Quinta do Vesuvio was mute on first pour and confirmed as corked by the better half. With port stocks in the Aussie cellar dwindling, this was a very sad turn of events. Thankfully the first of six to disappoint, with six still to go.

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D+1 hour. Dense opaque red with some paling at the rim. Savory herb on the nose. Pressed lamb's tongue with a hint of caramel (If you asked me if I would ever type that sentence then I would say the odds were against). Fiery, brambly palate that sits forward in the mouth. Integrated, almost herbal f...

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Lovely news! Congratulations!

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Hard to follow the 1994 but I have enjoyed this one a couple of times over the last few years. A sleeper.

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I think the information here is marvellous. Particularly the houses to explore. I personally think of crusted and LBV ports as singing to a similar hymn sheet; an accessible vintage port style. Now a crusted does it via blending vintage ports including some with some age, whereas an LBV does it with...

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While I have been concerned about the tenor of the palate, I have not been concerned about longevity. Does a vintage port need to exclusively demonstrate 'stuffing' to cellar?

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Some lovely bottles there. There would be some concern with the levels however as it suggests that they would have been subject to some temperature variation over the last 50 or so years.

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Thank you for the note. It is nice to see the 1977 Graham starting to strut!

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Langtons Wine Auctions (and other Australian auction houses) have a database of prices paid. This particular 'port' would not be worth much for the contents but the bottle may have some significance to some people. They may pay enough at auction for you to afford a Black cab fare for about 250 meter...

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Completed

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Has the second experiment taken place? I am curious.

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And here was me thinking of commissioned port for military campaigns

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Hmmm...haven't tried celery on the canine food disposal unit. An experiment beckons.

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Well not at home it seems. A 2009 Fonseca magnum just disappeared

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Elementary schoolboy error: Failing to appreciate that the magnificence of large format bottles of port will override all sense of restraint, fiscal or otherwise.

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Asked Rebecca for the recipe. Based (very) loosely on Rosemary Shrager's version in the Castle Cook cookbook. Go to Scotland. Obtain a venison haunch (we obtained ours from Inveraray but no doubt forumites may wish to shoot their own) and 2 bottles of port (1 of tawny and 1 of LBV) Drink half the bo...

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Glorious! Yes indeed that is what wine is for and Port moreso.

I was treated to a 1995 Y'quem this New Year's Eve just gone, brought by a friend as he knew that I liked wine. Different order of magnitude yet a similar sentiment was shown.

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Admirable restraint. Surely a taste is required to check for taint?

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Nice! I would be keen on acquiring being a birth year and all that but looks like it may not be available to the likes of me.

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Seven hour response for an international emergency. Jeff Tracy would be proud!

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I felt something smoother and more languid would be needed for the RP20. I did consider Baroque (although I was thinking Music for the Royal Fireworks) but it was too lively and not mellifluous enough. I ended up choosing between Moon River and Summertime from Porgy & Bess (the Billie Holiday v...

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To advance the conversation, be encouraged to give reasoned disagreement with a previous suggestion. Sandeman Vau 2003? - Quite young and brash at present. Mussorgsky - Night On Bald Mountain. Is the music more dangerously brooding than the youthful brash charming Port? I think my (impressionable) ...

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Fonseca 1970? - Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is a good option. An alternative might be Fanfare for the common man by Copeland. Graham Malvedos 1986? - I have not had the pleasure I believe so cannot comment. Sandeman Vau 2003? - Quite young and brash at present. Mussorgsky - Night On B...

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Thank you kind Sir!

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Pop and pour. An intense, opaque black-red colour. Blackberry, figs and prunes on the nose. A very rich, sweet, mouth-filling palate of black fruit. Perhaps some anise on the medium length finish. Fine tannins present yet integrated with little heat apparent. Another few years would only lead to mor...

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Well?

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1998 was my go to vintage for a number of years. I have the Comtes at the top but I was also rather keen on Pol in all expressions. Moving onto 2008 as my next vintage to stock up on after brief but memorable flirtations with 2002 and 2004.

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D + 0 hours: Medium-deep colour and moving towards tawny. What is this? The last bottle was a pale pink specimen. A bouquet of cacao with a palate of chocolate dipped spiked dates with a calvados finish from spirit perhaps. Rich and developing. D+ 24 hours: The colour had lightened to that pale pink...

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Should I be invited to such an affair, a portion of aged Comté would be a wonderful companion. While it may suit neither tradition nor pedantry, it would be a welcome repast.

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I would be interested should a consortium by mustered and Australia truly be a destination. Despite our history, there is an absence of irons available.

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I prefer blind myself - I have far to many preconceptions as it is!

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Thank you gents - sounds like it was worth some scouting.

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Aldi selling 50cL Maynard's 1990 Colheita Port for 15 pounds. Starts 21st May until stock runs out. I would be curious what the bottling date was. Good price if recently bottled.

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55 strikes again!

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I hope we have some successful bidders. A lovely picture indeed!

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AHB wrote:My latest purchase was 9 bottles of Gruard Larose 1983 to replace the Talbot 1983 I have nearly finished.

Oh, a consistently good drop from splits a decade ago. No doubt that, in full bottles and from UK storage, it should serve as a more than worthy replacement.

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Haven't seen a review for this in a while. While I thank you I am sad about your views. Based on your experience, do you think it could 'come good'? It is past the 20 year rule after all.

cheers

Carl

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Australian importer has cleared a fair few Quinta de la Rosa 2000 and 2003 vintage ports at auction. Managed to pick up a couple of the 1999 Vale do Inferno as well.

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It would be a loss. While it may result in the emergence of a number of small-grower vintage ports, the idea that one stops making port under these brands after a century or three is a damm shame.

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As the only reasonably priced LBV on the Australian market we finally have the 2009 on sale. Dark cherry red that is completely opaque. Rich, dense, chewy palate of cherries with a lick of tannin and slight heat on the finish. Reminds me a little of cough syrup! :oops: Definitely intense and I wonde...

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I don't think we have the following yet:

2001: a handy SQVP year
2004: another handy SQVP year
2005: should have been declared?

With fond memories of 1983 Grahams I would say 1983: A solid effort with a pleasant surprise or two.

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Just to comment on Phil's comprehensive method, should one wish to remove a cork that one has inserted into a bottle past the neck, after emptying, once can remove the cork without breaking said bottle by inserting cling wrap. Wash bottle first. After inserting the cling wrap, tilt the bottle down a...

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Alternatively, one could enjoy it and think that one could procure another. Just because it is midnight and there is no one sober enough to drive is no excuse; merely obstacles to your imminent satisfaction. Seven miles to the nearest 25 hour Tesco supermarket will be a doddle. Or was it 23 hours? R...

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Angels have been busy! Thanks goodness for their willingness to report back accurately

But seriously - is such bottle variation desirable?

p.s. after acquiring 3 magnums of Fonseca 2009 this week I now feel that I was overly penurious by not buying all 6.

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