Personally, i find my Vargellas 88 halves to be best at D+0 to D+2, fyi.RonnieRoots wrote:1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988
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03 niepoort @ $39.99
03 noval @ $44.99
00 croft @ $29.99
03 noval @ $44.99
00 croft @ $29.99
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It is not planned to last much longer than that.SushiNorth wrote:Personally, i find my Vargellas 88 halves to be best at D+0 to D+2, fyi.RonnieRoots wrote:1/2x Taylor's Vargellas 1988
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1 x Warre's Otima 20-yr Old Tawny Port (outrageous price at $44, but I really wanted to try it)
12 x 1985 Churchill's Vintage Port (to be this winter's house Port, minus one bottle for my 1985 horizontal)
1 x 1985 Hooper's Vintage Port (bringing me to 20 bottles in the horizontal)
I got the Churchill's for $26.50/bottle, which seems like a good price anywhere but especially in the US.
12 x 1985 Churchill's Vintage Port (to be this winter's house Port, minus one bottle for my 1985 horizontal)
1 x 1985 Hooper's Vintage Port (bringing me to 20 bottles in the horizontal)
I got the Churchill's for $26.50/bottle, which seems like a good price anywhere but especially in the US.
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.... in my next life I want to be born in Brooklyn. This is awesome.TBird wrote:03 niepoort @ $39.99
03 noval @ $44.99
00 croft @ $29.99
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Another 6 x Quinta de Eira Velha from Sainsbury for £11.50ish each.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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1 x 1962 Sandeman VP
4 x Rocha Three Centuries
3 x 1970 Niepoort VP
1 x 1991 Cockburn VP
4 x Rocha Three Centuries
3 x 1970 Niepoort VP
1 x 1991 Cockburn VP
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2 Warre 1963 (one for me, one for g-man)
1 Sandeman 1963 (for the Sandeman tasting)
1 Qd Noval 1963 (just because)
1 Sandeman 1963 (for the Sandeman tasting)
1 Qd Noval 1963 (just because)
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Nothing recently, cash flow issue and work is a git meaning I don't get out.
Hoping to get a delivery tomorrow courtesy of a rather nice chap from this forum. Fingers crossed...
Hoping to get a delivery tomorrow courtesy of a rather nice chap from this forum. Fingers crossed...
Nick
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Fonseca 70. A & N bottlings and a few John Harvey bottlings - like to compare these to Mentzendorff's.
So delicious right now, and at 90 quid per- fantastic QPR - not a bad bet for current drinking and "immediate gratification" between Xmas and New Year.
Cheers, victor
So delicious right now, and at 90 quid per- fantastic QPR - not a bad bet for current drinking and "immediate gratification" between Xmas and New Year.
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Cheers, victor
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18 x Morgan 91
6 x Sainsburys special offer - thank you gentlemen for making note of that one, shall be trying that tomorrow evening.
6 x Sainsburys special offer - thank you gentlemen for making note of that one, shall be trying that tomorrow evening.
Nick
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4 x 1995 Smith Woodhouse Madelena
3 x 1995 Fonseca Guimaraens
4 x 2000 Delaforce (@ $25 per, not a bad deal)
3 x 1995 Fonseca Guimaraens
4 x 2000 Delaforce (@ $25 per, not a bad deal)
- Michael M.
- Quinta do Noval LBV
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6x 2005 Rozès VP @12,95 EUR each
2x 1987 Graham's Malvedos VP (halves) @ 18 EUR each
13x 2001 Vesuvio VP (2 owc/6) @ 39 EUR each
2x 1987 Graham's Malvedos VP (halves) @ 18 EUR each
13x 2001 Vesuvio VP (2 owc/6) @ 39 EUR each
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The ’97 needs a multi-day decant to be drinkable.Michael M. wrote:6x 2005 Rozès VP @12,95 EUR each
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Julian, thanks for the hint. Most of the 1997 seem to be closed down. That's why I leave them alone since some time.
2005 Rozès VP is very fruity but rather lean. At that price worth a try.
Michael
2005 Rozès VP is very fruity but rather lean. At that price worth a try.
Michael
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Michael,Michael M. wrote:Julian, thanks for the hint. Most of the 1997 seem to be closed down. That's why I leave them alone since some time.
2005 Rozès VP is very fruity but rather lean. At that price worth a try.
Michael
I have shared two bottles of the 97 with Julian recently and the problem wasn't to do with the fact that it was closed down it was just that it was horribly astringent and hot when first opened but seemed to soften and become drinkable as they integrated over the course of a few days in the decanter.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Derek,
I have some bottles of this VP. I must admit, the 2 or 3 bottles a I had so far never wowed me. I found it to be quite boring. I allways tought it to be in a suboptimal phase. But I did not try extended aeration until now. I should make a new try and accommodate yours advices.
Michael
I have some bottles of this VP. I must admit, the 2 or 3 bottles a I had so far never wowed me. I found it to be quite boring. I allways tought it to be in a suboptimal phase. But I did not try extended aeration until now. I should make a new try and accommodate yours advices.
Michael
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The Rz97 isn’t great. But at D+0 it is undrinkably astringent and tanky; by day 4 it is pleasantly drinkable though still rather basic.
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We had the same experience with their 1994 LBV. Rz is actually an excellent bottle for bars to keep around, it's inexpensive and does well sitting around.jdaw1 wrote:The Rz97 isn’t great. But at D+0 it is undrinkably astringent and tanky; by day 4 it is pleasantly drinkable though still rather basic.
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Eira Velha 2000 for £10 - but there was only 1 available ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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