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AHB wrote:I've just taken advantage of Sainsbury's 25% sale. 3 bottles of Taylor 2003 LBV, 2 bottles of Crasto 2001 and 1 bottle of Grahams Crusted b2002

Me too.

Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?

2 x 1986 Smith Woodhouse Colheita

angeleyes wrote:Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?

I haven't tried the Crasto 2001 but my store had the Eira Velha 2000 and Crasto 2000 at £11.25 per bottle with the "buy 6 and get 25% off" offer. I went back today and cleared another shelf of 5 bottles of the Eira Velha 2000 and one more Crasto 2000. I also picked-up a lone bottle of Fonseca Guimareans 1988 for £15. That store also had the Crasto 96, which I left on the shelf as I already have quite a few of those and have drunk a case or more over the past two years. Very good juice for the price. Although I haven't tasted the 2000s that I bought this weekend I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

DRT wrote:I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

I have to agree!

Anyway, back on topic:

2 x Eira Velha 2000
1 x Crasto 2001
2 x Sains. 10 year old tawny (Symington)
1 x Warre LBV 2000 (unfiltered)

6 x 2007 Porto Rocha Vintage Port for $48/bottle.

Of the 25-ish 2007s that I've tried, I have the Porto Rocha tied for 3rd in the vintage. $48/bottle is a steal, especially in the US.

DRT wrote:

angeleyes wrote:Is that Sainsbury's / Crasto any good?

I haven't tried the Crasto 2001 but my store had the Eira Velha 2000 and Crasto 2000 at £11.25 per bottle with the "buy 6 and get 25% off" offer. I went back today and cleared another shelf of 5 bottles of the Eira Velha 2000 and one more Crasto 2000. I also picked-up a lone bottle of Fonseca Guimareans 1988 for £15. That store also had the Crasto 96, which I left on the shelf as I already have quite a few of those and have drunk a case or more over the past two years. Very good juice for the price. Although I haven't tasted the 2000s that I bought this weekend I am going on the basis that it would be difficult to go wrong with a 2000 VP at £11

The Crasto 2000 (VP I presume?) is very nice. Not one of the top 2000's but very nice for the mid-term. A bit like Kopke, Vale d. Maria and Passadouro. I happily paid 30 euros for my bottles, and at £11 it is a definite steal.

2 x QdVesuvio 2005

2 x Delaforce Quinta da Corte '91

5x fonseca 85

2xGraham1980
2xFonseca2003
2xWarre2000
1xWarre2003
2xDelaforce2000
2xFonseca2003-LBV

1 x 1985 Graham magnum
1 x 1980 Dow

1 x 1948 Taylor
2 x 1937 Niepoort Colheita
1 x 1963 Taylor
8 x 1983 Ferreira
1 x 1997 Niepoort (mag)
1 x 1970 Taylor
2 x 1994 Niepoort
2 x 1991 Warre
4 x 1970 Niepoort
1 x 1977 Kopke Colheita

2 x 1960 Croft... getting ahead of the game for my parents' 50th anniversary next year.

1 x Dow Qd Bomfim '98

Guilherme 1820..

nice Uncle tom!

i believe sushi and i picked up another 12x Croft 00 for a steal of a price.

12 x Vesuvio 1994 for £37 per bottle.

Alex M wrote:12 x Vesuvio 1994 for £37 per bottle.

That's a great deal! What a super Port!
-Dave-

4 x 1991 Grahams Vintage

Portman wrote:4 x 1991 Grahams Vintage

Very good juice

I just picked-up another 11 x half bottles of Croft LBV 2002. I used some discount vouchers they sent me today so these worked out at £2.74 each

Well DRT, your TN on the Graham's helped me pull the trigger, so thank you. The TN section of this board is incredibly useful.

Portman wrote:Well DRT, your TN on the Graham's helped me pull the trigger, so thank you.

Glad to have been of assistance

Portman wrote:The TN section of this board is incredibly useful.

2 x Dow LBV 2004 @ £5.49 for a 50cl bottle at Tesco (going back for more)

2 x Quinta de Eira Velha 2000
2 x Fonseca Guimareans 1988
1 x Fonseca Guimareans 1996
1 x Taylor First Estate (because I have never tasted it)

The above 6 bottles were purchased from Sainsbury for a total of £75 in their "buy-6 get 25% off" deal.

Finally bought my first 2007's:
6x Niepoort
6x Vesuvio

And next to that:
6x Passadouro 2000
1x Niepoort 1991
1x Martinez Eira Velha 1994
1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988
1/2x Niepoort Colheita 1995
1/2x Niepoort Moscatel
1/2x JM Fonseca Moscatel de Setubal Alambre 20 Years Old
1/2x Noval Colheita 1976
And a half of Niepoort 2007 (cask sample) received as a gift.

Nice.