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I was about to email Glenn about perhaps getting together at some point next month, until Alex specifically mentioned the month of May. Yes, I know it's in the title, but what can I say.... The week after this tasting I will be in Portugal for a private "harvest tour" so we might still be...

uncle tom wrote: ↑07:34 Sat 06 Jan 2024 the best value port on the market today, IMO

Very very true. And that goes for both the filtered (delicious for drinking now) and the unfiltered (very fit for ageing) LBVs.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:27 Thu 04 Jan 2024 I'm going to be in Lisbon later this year. If anyone has any restaurant recommendations for anything other than Pasteis de Belém (which is at the top of the list) then please be encouraged to put them in a reply.

I might have some. Let me put a list together and I'll post it here later.

Brilliant tasting!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:40 Sun 31 Dec 2023

MigSU wrote: ↑19:27 Sun 31 Dec 2023 The wine in the decanter is a Warre 1980.
Looking forward to the Vesúvio DOC Douro, have had good times with it.

What’s the vintage of the Kopke VV?

2016

The wine in the decanter is a Warre 1980.
Looking forward to the Vesúvio DOC Douro, have had good times with it.

I too have some of those halves of Warre's 2000, they're quite delicious!

Burmester 1995. It was pretty good! Wouldn't wait too long to drink it, though, it's not one for the long haul.

It works on android.

Testing.

winesecretary wrote: ↑22:42 Mon 18 Dec 2023 I love the defiance.

Same here. Defy away!

Old Bridge wrote: ↑19:36 Wed 13 Dec 2023 Can you then remove any bottle, or just the top one in each column?

I never remove a bottle from the middle of a stack. I'm terrified of a collapse.

I have something similar to what you describe. Mine has 6 rows, each with 9/10 bottles.

But don't worry too much about that. Bottles are often stored in crates like these ones, and these things hold 500-700 bottles, with multiple rows as you can see.

I've been meaning to try it. This sounds encouraging. Thanks for sharing, Andy.

There is also now (as of 2022) the new Very Very Old Port category, which I believe is intended for bottles that are 80+ years old. I haven't seen that regulation, though, so am not sure about the exact age required for something to be labeled VVO. Here you go! https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s...

Ah, that's a good use for them.

4 x Niepoort Bioma Vinha Velha Crusted (bottled 2014)
2 x Taylor's 2017
2 x Warre's 2017

Glenn E. wrote: ↑20:10 Tue 14 Nov 2023 I find it very difficult to understand the economics

I've had to learn to live with the fact that Vintage Port is generally cheaper in the UK than in Portugal - where it's made.

Garrafeira Nacional is having its customary 20% off all fortified wines. Is that seriously off all fortified wines? Even things like Niepoort Garrafeira, where they are already the cheapest source in Europe? That's a definite "yes". https://www.garrafeiranacional.com/catalogsearch/result/...

Garrafeira Nacional is having its customary 20% off all fortified wines.

Interesting to see Chocapalha in that list.

3 x Sandeman 20yo 50cl

Paid €18.50 for each. Crazy.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:44 Tue 31 Oct 2023

MigSU wrote: ↑12:17 Tue 31 Oct 2023we could've been talking about one of the best vintages of this century

What proportion of vintages are almost a vintage of the century?

There are many 'ifs', that's true.

I was about to email Glenn about perhaps getting together at some point next month, until Alex specifically mentioned the month of May.

Yes, I know it's in the title, but what can I say....

That's a pretty accurate description of the growing season. I would just make a small addition. I think maturation this year was a few days - maybe a week - behind, relative to what is considered 'normal'. Had we had a slightly warmer June/July (and to a lesser extent August), which would've sped up...