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1 x Dow Crusted Bottled 1971

@ Glenn_E - lovely Malvasia, that.

@ nac - can’t recall ever seeing that one!

nac wrote: ↑19:44 Wed 10 Dec 2025 1 x Dow Crusted Bottled 1971


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The only 1971 TNs we have are for colheitas.

flash_uk wrote: ↑21:03 Wed 10 Dec 2025

nac wrote: ↑19:44 Wed 10 Dec 2025 1 x Dow Crusted Bottled 1971


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The only 1971 TNs we have are for colheitas.

Cliff might be interested in this one?

D27 Raby for D71 crusted. Fair swap I think.

nac wrote: ↑19:44 Wed 10 Dec 20251 x Dow Crusted Bottled 1971

Now mentioned in the Crusted port database.

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:47 Wed 10 Dec 2025 D27 Raby for D71 crusted. Fair swap I think.

If he adds an F34 then might consider it.

I bought 6 bottles of a newly released (still unlabelled) 10 year old by a small producer called Mapa (the owner, Pedro Garcias, also writes a weekly article about wine in the Portuguese newspaper Público). Tasted it at lunch on Friday and it's quite good, more on the fruity side than on the caramel side. The wine has an average age of well over 10 years, so it's pretty good value.

2 x Delaforce 1963

Just a few Stocking Stuffers

5 x 1963 Croft
3 x 1977 Grahams
1 x 1970 Taylor
2 x 1986 Grahams Malvedos
1 x 1963 Gould Campbell
1 x Pacheca 20 Year Old

And my team at work got me something for Christmas---just has not arrived yet.

Nice stockings!

I’ve just bought another refill pack for the Quevedo 2025 advent calendar in Vintage Wine & Port’s Christmas sale.

A combination of a few trades and a few pick ups:

1 x 1963 Croft VP
1 x 1977 Graham's VP
2 x 1983 Dow's VP
1 x Kopke 50 y.o. Tawny
1 x Quinta da Romaneira 40 y.o. Tawny
1 x 1975 Andresen Colheita
1 x Andresen Royal Choice 20 y.o. Tawny

nac wrote: ↑17:25 Mon 22 Dec 2025 2 x Delaforce 1963

Now arrived...

They are lovely looking bottles!

They really are!

1 x Taylor Special Quinta 1947 (bottled by Corney & Barrow)

nac wrote: ↑23:30 Fri 02 Jan 2026Taylor Special Quinta 1947 (bottled by Corney & Barrow)

Alex Bridgeman ≈ Oscar Wilde. (See book.)

Not bought by me, but received as Christmas presents, one bottle of each of Fonseca 1963 (Army & Navy bottling) and of Warre 2011 Bottle Matured LBV.

2 x 2003 Niepoort Colheita bottled in 2023.

Gift from my co-workers....they have treated me very well, indeed.

^^ Ooh, that sounds tasty.

OBV85 x 12

Justin K wrote: ↑22:51 Sat 31 Jan 2026OBV85 x 12

Found these to be quite mature the last time I had it, decent port but don't cellar them for another decade.

Rummy wrote: ↑14:21 Wed 04 Feb 2026

Justin K wrote: ↑22:51 Sat 31 Jan 2026OBV85 x 12

Found these to be quite mature the last time I had it, decent port but don't cellar them for another decade.

Had half of a bottle (not a half bottle!) at last weeks online tasting and I still think there is a little left so should get four or five years of cheap (a litttle over €30 a bottle) everyday drinking.

Justin K wrote: ↑13:46 Thu 05 Feb 2026

Rummy wrote: ↑14:21 Wed 04 Feb 2026

Justin K wrote: ↑22:51 Sat 31 Jan 2026OBV85 x 12

Found these to be quite mature the last time I had it, decent port but don't cellar them for another decade.

Had half of a bottle (not a half bottle!) at last weeks online tasting and I still think there is a little left so should get four or five years of cheap (a litttle over €30 a bottle) everyday drinking.

Oh yes, that's a bargain, well done.

A bottle of Fonseca 1922 with an incredible fill level.

Wow!

Rummy wrote: ↑08:11 Sat 07 Feb 2026 A bottle of Fonseca 1922 with an incredible fill level.

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That’s a fabulous find.