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- 22:47 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: NV Graham Crusted 2000
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NV Graham Crusted 2000
One of the bottles I picked up at Sainsbury's pre-Christmas for £7.50 ($15) Decanted off very little sediment (sludgy for those interested). Very dark in the glass with nice thick and sticky tears. Spicy nose but quite closed (only decanted 30 mins ago). Very thick and dry in the mouth. No heat. A h...
- 22:44 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1965 Graham Malvedos
- Replies: 3
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1965 Graham's Malvedos Vintage Port
January 2007 1st bottle from a case of 12 bought ex-cellars in November 2006. My birth year port 88) Cork broke in half - the bottle had started to leak slightly but from the look of the cork this had happened only recently, probably as a result of the wine being disturbed for te first time in near...
- 22:41 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Fonseca
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1985 Fonseca Vintage Port
January 2007
Ex-cellars 2006
Inky black - taste of dark fruits and extremely dry on decatnting. A very long finish with watering cheeks.
+2 Hours
Very young - thick, dry and tons of fruit.
No more notes taken but didn't significantly change over 48 hours
Ex-cellars 2006
Inky black - taste of dark fruits and extremely dry on decatnting. A very long finish with watering cheeks.
+2 Hours
Very young - thick, dry and tons of fruit.
No more notes taken but didn't significantly change over 48 hours
- 22:39 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: 100!! Make that 200!!! Errmmm... 666 GET A PRIEST! Call 911!
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- 22:37 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1963 Quinta do Noval
- Replies: 2
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- 22:35 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: 100!! Make that 200!!! Errmmm... 666 GET A PRIEST! Call 911!
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- 22:31 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1963 Quinta do Noval
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1963 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port
January 2007 Appears to be a UK bottling - no label - purchased from Seckford Wines this year in a shared lot with Alex Bridgeman. The cork came out intact. It was quite badly stained and the branding was barely legible when first extracted. Straining my eyes to read it I thought for one moment tha...
- 22:29 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1989 Warre Cavadinha
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1989 Warre's Quinta da Cavadinha Vintage Port
Short cork that came out easily and intact. Nice black fruit smell when decanting. A good dark ruby red colour. First glass immediately on decanting. Nose is quite medicinal. Mouth-feel is light, smooth and fruity then very tannic and dry after a few seconds. Not much heat. Flavour is of black cherr...
- 22:28 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1966 Warre
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1966 Warre's Vintage Port
January 2007 UK bottled by Peatling & Cowdry (embossed lead capsule) - I bought this bottle as part of a mixed lot of Dow's and Warre's 66 - no labels and the cellar tags became detached during shipping. I had this one down as a Dow's until I pulled the cork (intact) and found it was Warre's 19...
- 22:26 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Offley
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1977 Offley
1977 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port Cork came out intact (no glue necessary) but was very short. Decanted easily from a thick purple crust. Dark tawny colour. Slightly cloudy and a very spirity nose on decanting. +8 Hours Still has a rather dull appearance and spirit dominates the nose. Thick mouth ...
- 22:24 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1965 Messias
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1965 Messias Vintage Port
28 March 2007 I had planned on opening a Tarylor's Vargells 1965 to celebrate my birthday yesterday but found my single bottle of Messias 1965 to be leaking so picked that instead. The cork was extremely wet and broke in half as soon as I applied upward pressure. The piece that was left in the neck...
- 22:22 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2000 Fonseca
- Replies: 1
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2000 Fonseca Vintage Port
Black as coal with a huge burst of raspberry on the nose. The tears on the glass are thick and red. This is a huge fruit bomb but I have a feeling it is about to go the same way as the 85 and close down for a while. I just can't help thinking that it's a sin to drink this for the next 20/30 years. I...
- 22:21 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Fonseca
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1985 Fonseca Vintage Port
The nose is completely closed on this wine, even after 24 hours. The huge dry tannins dominate everything but the finish is immense with wave after wave of mouthwatering sweetness - if only my lips weren't so dry it might be really enjoyable to drink now, but it isn't.
- 22:18 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A Big Chunk of Cork.
- Replies: 38
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- 22:16 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: It's Friday night, it's all gone quiet
- Replies: 15
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- 22:14 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Backups
- Replies: 9
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- 22:11 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Can Someone Please Shoot That Stupid Cat?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4987
- 22:06 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Warres 1995 LBV. A simultaneous tasting?
- Replies: 67
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We need a date for this and Al-B on board as well. Did Uncle Tom manage to get any at all? I think Al-B might be over the other side of the pond for the next week or two. I got an out of office message saying he has no access to email from this weekend. Tom did get some of this, didn't you Tom :win...
- 22:03 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A Big Chunk of Cork.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17630
I never let the cork drop back into the bottle :P Seriously, if you are left with the bottom portion left in the bottle neck you can normally extract it in one of more pieces using a spare helix from a rabbit. It is better to remove as much as you can this way and shatter what remains of the cork be...
- 18:32 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Backups
- Replies: 9
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- 18:26 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: bman here
- Replies: 23
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- 15:52 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: bman here
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- 14:33 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Forum Rules
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14163
Back on topic..... I like the rules stated above and I think 4 is enough for now. That said, I think some general guidance stickies on some of the Forums would be useful, especially things like TN's where it would be helpful, but not essential or compulsory, to format posts in a consistent way. Dere...
- 14:26 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Forum Rules
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14163
Re: Forum Rules
Hmmm - how would you know until you've posted it?admin wrote: 3. Try to keep to the topic and if you can't then at least be amusing. That's amusing for others not just yourself.
I can see this one causing Alan a problem
Derek
- 08:48 Fri 22 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1987 Taylor Vargellas
- Replies: 5
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