2011 Declarations

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Axel P wrote:Douro Boys Vintage Port 2011 will be bottled in two hundred and fifty magnums, and will be offered exclusively in the course of the auction on 13 September 2013
Very interesting.
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AHB wrote: Vinko - Companhia de Vinhos declared the following three labels:
Quinta Dona Matilde
Maynards
Barao de Vilar
Vinko also own Feuerheerd but did not declare a 2011 Feuerheerd vintage port
And then I get sent a bottle of Feuerheerd 2011 for review! Better add Feuerheerd to the list of 2011 vintage ports please.
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AHB wrote:Feuerheerd
Feuerheerd!
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jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:Feuerheerd
Feuerheerd!
a.k.a Hutcheson!!!!! :shock:
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DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:Feuerheerd
Feuerheerd!
a.k.a Hutcheson!!!!! :shock:
Feuerheerd used to make good port. Their 1963 has a good reputation.

Feuerheerd are also owned today by a different company from last year, made using grapes sourced from different vineyards and under the supervision of a different winemaker.

We should be prepared to judge the wine on its merits and not on our prejudice!
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AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:Feuerheerd
Feuerheerd!
a.k.a Hutcheson!!!!! :shock:
Feuerheerd used to make good port. Their 1963 has a good reputation.

Feuerheerd are also owned today by a different company from last year, made using grapes sourced from different vineyards and under the supervision of a different winemaker.

We should be prepared to judge the wine on its merits and not on our prejudice!
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My point was only surprise at the brand’s continued existence.
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I hope Andy V posts the picture of the Quarles Harris 2011 that he has posted on FTLOP.
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djewesbury wrote:I hope Andy V posts the picture of the Quarles Harris 2011 that he has posted on FTLOP.
You mean this one 88)
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Andy Velebil wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I hope Andy V posts the picture of the Quarles Harris 2011 that he has posted on FTLOP.
You mean this one 88)
Thank you :lol:
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My pleasure.

I am curious, has anyone seen a Tasting Note on the 2011 Quarles Harris VP from any of the major reviewers (or anyone else for that matter) yet?
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Andy Velebil wrote:Image
I vaguely recall being told, perhaps even by one of the Symingtons, that SFE was restricting itself to names with terroir. Maybe I have mis-remembered.
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Julian, I must run to work but will email you later this morning (my morning mind you)
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Andy Velebil wrote:Julian, I must run to work but will email you later this morning (my morning mind you)
Please share (if not private information).
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alas, they didn't even bring this into NY
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g-man wrote:alas, they didn't even bring this into NY
Then where did it go, and to whom?
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djewesbury wrote:
g-man wrote:alas, they didn't even bring this into NY
Then where did it go, and to whom?
no one,

QH is not a brand that makes it into NY.

I've called the distributor about this and they just dont move any so they stopped bringing it in.

They might have changed their minds about the 2011 vintage, but i havne't seen it offered.
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g-man wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
g-man wrote:alas, they didn't even bring this into NY
Then where did it go, and to whom?
no one,

QH is not a brand that makes it into NY.

I've called the distributor about this and they just dont move any so they stopped bringing it in.

They might have changed their minds about the 2011 vintage, but i havne't seen it offered.
Here is part of a larger post I made regarding this Port on :ftlop: I suspect this is exclusive to Trader Joe's and won't be released to other merchants. Sort of a "BOB" but without the TJ's name on it.
.....A check on Wine-Searcher does not show anyone else carrying this. Trader Joe's buys a huge volume of Symington Ports (mostly Quarles Harris, Morgado, and Warre's Warrior, and now a Douro wine). They also have had the 1994 Quarles Harris VP recently. I suspect, this is a VP that only Trader Joe's will get as there was no fan fare about it's release and the only store who seems to have it is them.
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New Yorkers: a 2011 Horizontal is being planned, the date being a few years away. We will need QH11. There will be no other means of obtaining it. Please do the correct thing, × 24.

Also: :ftlop: link to ADV’s original post :poltf:. (Andy: on this forum there is no need to pretend that it is the only forum. Useful links welcomed.)
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jdaw1 wrote:
Also: :ftlop: link to ADV’s original post :poltf:. (Andy: on this forum there is no need to pretend that it is the only forum. Useful links welcomed.)
I was just being lazy this morning :lol:
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Is the list in the entry list updated? Would be nice to know the total number of declarations.
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I've just noticed that Quinta do Sagrado 2011 is missing from the list of declarations. They filled 2,700 bottles.
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