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Situated above the right bank of the Douro, roughly ten kilometres as the crow flies west of Pinhao, Quinta Nova is arguably better known for its stunning vista than for its ports. The quality of its output during the 1990s, when the property was owned by Burmester (1991-1999), fell short of the vie...

I notice you list the early 1980s vintages: was the a drop in quality thereafter? In my opinion, no. I have never tried the '91, but the '94, '95 and '97 are all lovely (and very good value) in my experience. It is simply that I prefer ports in which the tannins are either fully or largely integrat...

It would appear that during the 1980s Ramos Pinto was exporting a great deal of its vintage ports to northwest Europe; and, when I was living in this region five or six years ago and starting to collect port, I bought a fair bit of it on the secondary market. When I finally got around to trying the ...

1977 Robertson’s Rebello Valente Consumed on Bastille Day 2020 after a six-hour decant, like the French this wine presented the most interesting of contrasts. In the glass, the port was opaque at its core, evinced a clear rim and was dominated by hues redolent of a mature pinot noir complemented by...

1991 is not a year with which I am terribly familiar. I possess but a half dozen in the cellar and can recall consuming until recently only a fetching Quinta de la Rosa produced at supper in Porto by Mr. Bridgeman. The Bridgeman bottle, and this 1991 Gould Campbell ingested on 04 December 2020 after...

Whenever time allows, I hire a farmhouse situated a short drive from Lamego; this stone pile affords ready access by car to all manner of quintas in the Baixo and even the Cima Corga, such that one might pilot the vehicle successfully back to base following all but the most distressing sorties. Lame...

I have sent the link/login details to Simon to forward to those of you who are interested. The system runs off your browser (i.e., no download required); and, according to my IT guys, there is no "monitor" needed and I cannot screw it up. We shall see, insha'allah.

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I have secured my tasting pack. Or at any rate I shall have done by 02 December. I likewise have the technical means to set up the afterword. I would invite those interested to send their email addresses to Simon, if he does not already have same; in turn, he will forward them to me and I shall send...

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Amongst the rarest of wines in my cellar (i.e., Her Ladyship found it on her own and paid for it), I approached this bottle with considerable curiosity after a ten-hour decant on 16 June 2020. In the glass, the wine was deep purple and entirely without visual or creative merit – much like the band, ...

As far as I am aware, Lima & Smith will continue to produce and sell their Tecedeiras branded range of Port. That is correct: we had a lovely catch-up with Tony Smith at Quinta de Covela a few days ago; Lima & Smith shall indeed crack on with Tecedeiras ports, and the firm is now likewise m...

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Please, whether or not the sample can be got my way.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:35 Thu 11 Jun 2020 I may have to get creative. I generally don't like Warre's style

Mr Tawny - I have a solution: drink a Maynard's whilst standing on your head.

Having never had a Quinta do Tua and being largely unfamiliar with Cockburn’s vintage ports, this bottle made for a very pleasant educative experience. In the glass after a five-hour decant on 07 June 2020, the semi-opaque wine showed clear signs of bricking. The nose was proffered a youthful medley...

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I presume they still had the strict rules on reserves in the 1980s so to produce a single Vintage Port would have been quite a substantial multi-year project? A great question to which I do not have the answer. I did send an email to the producer about a week ago; should it respond, I shall put you...

The 1983 Quinta de Covelos vintage port was produced by Jose Carlos de Morais C. Cruz & Co. Lda – a maker of inexpensive still wines in Canelas, a hamlet situated several kilometres to the east of Peso de Regua. The firm was set up in 1979 and, as far as can be determined, it has only ever bottl...

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1985 Casal Janeiro By Western-European standards, Portugal remains a poor country. Perhaps as a consequence, it features a great many auctions houses selling rubbish from the homes of Aunts Maria, Ana and Ines after they pass to their eternal reward whilst their heirs focus on tearing one another ap...

I cannot help but feel that the score at which I arrived ultimately does not do justice to this wine. Put another way, I liked it a great deal more than the solid, albeit unspectacular numerical result would suggest. If your feel the score you are giving does not appropriately match the wine you ar...

Were there a Guinness Book of World Records designation for a 1987 horizontal tasting conducted over the longest temporal period, I should surely take the prize: this was the fifth such bottle consumed over successive Sunday evenings. Whilst the 1987 Malvedos does not pack the punch of the Vargellas...

Consumed on 30 April 2020 after a nine-hour decant, with other theportforum.com stalwarts joining online, I found this port to be at its peak. In the glass, the colour of the wine was redolent of an older burgundy; more generally, the rim was clear and the port semi-opaque. Advancing on the nose, I ...

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