Porto Almiro

Taylor's

Late Bottled Vintage Porto 2019

Jan A
9.2

Battle of the ports. We had a port/cheese night with some friends and I opened 7 late bottled vintage ports from well known producers. Some notable wines included:
Favorite was 2019 Taylor's LBV: as with the vintage port of Taylor's which is always amongst my favorites, this LBV was balanced with hedonistic fruit and just the right amount of tannins.
2020 Dow's LBV was dark and dusty
2020 and 2019 Grahams LBV were very structured, needing a couple more years of cellar time.
2018 Quinta do Noval gave the most floral vintage port profile on the nose, close after the Taylor's.
2020 Niepoort LBV was also notable, with a different, typical Niepoort profile compared to the rest with the least amount of tannins.
— 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Jan A, you said 7, but you only mentioned 6 — is that a Fonseca LBV on the far left of your picture??
Jan A

Jan A

I only mentioned six and discussed also one not on the picture (I drank a Grahams LBV in the week before which also needed time). The remaining undiscussed were 2019 Fonseca and 2019 Cockburn's LBV, both were solid.
Peter van den Besselaar

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Must have been fun… I am gonna search for Taylor’s LBV

Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.

Vintage Porto Port Blend 2022

Vintage 2022 | at Fort Des Rousses — 2 months ago

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Quinta do Noval

Colheita Tawny Porto 2000

My last dram after a month open. Pretty awesome and complex. The sweetness arrived after a week, and now it’s this marmalade, toffee, fruit cake melange. Alcohol is present but in a warming winter spiced wine kind of way. — 14 days ago

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W. & J. Graham's

Aged 10 Years Tawny Port Blend

Date, fig, apricot, almond, tobacco. Layer upon layer of flavor! Delicious! — 9 days ago

Fonseca

Vintage Port Blend 2003

Bottled in 2005 — 7 days ago

Taylors Wines

Vintage Port Blend 2011

Vintage 2009 | stewed fruit, caramel, more feminine than Niepoort — 3 months ago

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W. & J. Graham's

Vintage Port Blend 2003

Jan A
9.5

Violets in the nose. Classic vintage port profile. Needed 5 hours of air to loose the harsh alcoholic notes on the palate. But after that it was balanced and singing. Together with Taylor's, Grahams is in my top three port producers. — 19 days ago

Stef, Andrew and 11 others liked this

W. & J. Graham's

Aged 20 Years Tawny Port Blend

@Peter van den Besselaar even better my friend! — 22 days ago

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Caves Messias

Vintage Porto

Best 10 yr that has ever crossed my lips. — 18 days ago

Quinta do Noval

Vintage Port Blend 1982

Still very fresh — 2 months ago

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