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Porto Quevedo

Fonseca

Guimaraens Vintage Port Blend 1991

Jerry Raphael
9.2

Very enjoyable, with a lot going on. Loaded with blackberry and dark fruits, along with violet, licorice, spice, and floral notes. A nice long finish to round it out. This was a 375 ml bottle and cost $16.99 back in the day—hard to argue with that value.
I still have some older Vintage Ports resting in the cellar and will get to them in due time—no rush. NYE dinner at Anthony’s in HH was a great way to cap it off. — 2 days ago

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. — a month 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

Fonseca

Vintage Port Blend 2003

Dave Hoffman
9.1

Bottled in 2005 — a month ago

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Dow's

Vintage Porto 1991

Doug Powers
9.4

[8 hour decant] This smells and (in particular) tastes like Dow’s, the drier style of classic Vintage Port, still shows lovely fruit and depth, just not as sweet as Fonseca or Graham’s, nor as structured as Taylor’s, longish finish, very, very sneaky fine!! — 4 hours ago

Jim Powers
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Dave and Jan liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande @Dave — another instant posting, maybe Delectable finally fixed the delay? If so, kudos to Vinous for doing so!!!

Fonseca

20 Year Old Aged Tawny Port Blend

Brian Lenich
9.1

Port at JoAnn’s — 9 days ago

Quinta do Noval

Colheita Tawny Porto 2000

Jae Cho
9.0

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. — a month ago

Tom, Dave and 3 others liked this

W. & J. Graham's

Aged 20 Years Tawny Port Blend

Tobin Spratte
9.4

Bananas foster, Christmas fruitcake, with balanced gun smoke aromas. Much fruitier and more concentrated than the Warres. Fantastic. — a day ago

Cockburn's

Vintage Port Blend 2000

AHF
9.5

Moderately sweet, viscous and spirity. Balanced and firm, not cloying or sharp. Long finish. — 7 days ago

W. & J. Graham's

Vintage Port Blend 1972

Rodney Priestley
9.4

1970—very smooth. — a month ago

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W. & J. Graham's

Aged 10 Years Tawny Port Blend

Ryan
9.4

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