Beach Weekend Port Tasting - 9/27/24

[Mike J. W.]

Not an organized tasting per se but tasted this past weekend with some college buddies during a beach weekend:

Night 1 - TWAIOA & 1 Colheita
Pocas Bonificador Tawny
Quinta do Noval 1964 Colheita
Ramos Pinto 30 year old Tawny
Quevedo 40 year old Tawny
Quinta de Brunheda 40 year old Tawny (Cask CP1)
San Leonardo 40 year old Tawny
DR 50 year old Tawny

Night 2 - 1994 Vintage Ports
Warre
Dow
Smith Woodhouse
Graham's
Fonseca
Taylor's
Quinta do Vesuvio

The WOTN for Night 1 was the DR 50, but the Pocas wasn't far behind in my opinion. Everything else that night showed very well although most people had the Noval last among the group. It was good, but had a much different profile than the others.

The WOTN the second night was a much closer call. The Quinta do Vesuvio barely edged out the Smith Woodhouse, but to be honest, every single VP was singing that night. Scoring wise, no more than a point would have separated the lot. Both nights were great tastings!

[winesecretary]

Mike, that sounds like a couple of truly lovely nights out.

You were lucky with the 1994s, they can be variable, but in different registers - the Vesuvio wobbles between perfection and mere excellence, but I’ve had a harder time with the Dow.

[Mike J. W.]

Mike, that sounds like a couple of truly lovely nights out.

You were lucky with the 1994s, they can be variable, but in different registers - the Vesuvio wobbles between perfection and mere excellence, but I’ve had a harder time with the Dow.

George, I definitely got lucky with the 1994's. I've seen them all over the place in the past few years, but the other night they were all in the same pew, singing from the same hymnal.

The Tawnies were great as well.