The 1980s & quality

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The '86 Graham's Malvedos is one of the best Ports from the '80's. Not the best, but certainly in the Top 5 IMHO. The '83 & '85 Offley Boa Vista are very solid Ports.
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If you like the Ramos Pinto style, all of their ports from the 80's are good to great.
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I've drunk a few Ramos Pinto VPs but not enough to identify a house style. What would you say it is?
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Can only speak from a personal preference but the Grahams 85 is one of my all time favourites, just beautiful.
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JacobH wrote: 17:46 Mon 27 Feb 2023 I've drunk a few Ramos Pinto VPs but not enough to identify a house style. What would you say it is?
Powerful with licorice hints are most common for me.
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There are some fantastic VP’s from the ‘80s. Sadly, depending on producer and the specific vintage, there’s a lot of TCA, VA, aguardente quality and bottle variation issues. While I enjoy a lot from this decade, and have bought a good amount, it is a decade that one needs to do much more research on before blindly buying in quantity.
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mosesbotbol wrote: 16:49 Fri 24 Feb 2023 If you like the Ramos Pinto style, all of their ports from the 80's are good to great.
I had an '82 Ramos Pinto a few weeks ago and it was excellent.
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That was my latest VP from the 80s and my experience was similar, I enjoyed it very much, it was in great form.
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I know 1984 was a bad year for Port, but I must say I rather enjoyed the '84 Graham Malvedos in the 84-92 vertical. A simple strawberry slurper, light but balanced. Not one for the critics perhaps, but I'd wager it would please most laymen. Definitely one to drink up soon.
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