Cool weekend of Ports, Madeira, and Douro dry wines.

This past weekend I flew to Seattle to join many Port lovers for 3 days of drinking bliss. My liver now needs a dry cleaner It was so good that I forgot my TN book at the restuarant, which luckily they are mailing back to me. SO when I get it I’ll add some TN’s on the some 90+ wines 16 of us drank. But here is the list of Douro wines, Ports, and Madeira’s

FRIDAY NIGHT’s COLHEITA PORTS & MADEIRAS

1934 Niepoort Colheita
1937 Kopke Colheita
1941 Moreira Colheita
1944 Royal Oporto Colheita
1953 Royal Oporto Colheita
1955 Burmester Colheita
1957 Rocha Colheita
1963 Niepoort Colheita
1966 Rocha Colheita
1966 Kopke Colheita
1974 Noval Colheita
Mystery Colheita (Roy’s “Kopke” blend…a blended tawny Roy made up at Kopke about 2 years ago)

Dinner will then be followed by:

1900 D’Oliveiras Moscatel
1905 D’Oliveiras Verdelho
1907 D’Oliveiras Malvazia
1908 D’Oliveiras Bual
1952 Leacock’s Verdelho
1960 Leacock’s Terrantez
Mystery Madeira


SATURDAY NIGHT – COMPARATIVE TASTING OF 1977 vs. 1985 vs. 1994 VPs

1977 Ferreira
1977 Gould Campbell
1977 Dow
1977 Warre
1977 Taylor
1977 Graham’s
1977 Smith Woodhouse
1977 Fonseca

1985 Offley
1985 Graham’s
1985 Fonseca
1985 Smith Woodhouse
1985 Dow
1985 Martinez
1985 Warre
1985 Burmester

1994 Ramos Pinto’s Quinta da Ervamoira
1994 Dow
1994 Graham’s
1994 Vesuvio
1994 Fonseca
1994 Taylor
1994 Smith Woodhouse



SUNDAY NIGHT’S GRAND FINALE - OLDER VINTAGE PORTS

1935 Sandeman
1947 Noval
1960 Niepoort
1960 Taylor

1963 Graham’s
1963 Warre
1963 Robertson’s Rabello Valente
1963 Dow

1966 Graham’s
1966 Dow
1966 Warre
1966 Taylor

1970 Dow
1970 Fonseca
1970 Taylor
1970 Graham’s
1970 Ferreira


Douro Wines to accompany 3 dinner(s)

• 1991 Barca Velha
• 1992 Casa Ferreirinha Reserva
• 1995 Barca Velha
• 1999 Quinta da Portela da Vilariça
• 2000 Chryseia
• 2001 Ferreirinha Quinta da Leda
• 2003 Casa de Casal de Loivos
• 2003 Niepoort Douro Vertente
• 2003 Niepoort Douro Redoma
• 2004 Niepoort Batuta
• 2004 Chryseia
• 2004 Lemon & Van Zeller CV
• 2004 Quinta do Crasto “Vinha da Ponte”
• 2004 Dow’s Vale do Bomfim
• 2004 Quinta Cachao Tinta Roriz
• 2004 Prats & Symington Post Scriptum
• 2005 Niepoort Douro Redoma Branco Reserva (White) x 3 bottles
• 2005 Churchill Estates
• 2005 Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional
• 2006 Quinta Cachao Touriga Nacional
• 2006 Quinta do Crasto Reserva Old Vine
• 2007 Quinta do Crasto Branco (white)– x 4 bottles
• 2007 Muralhas de Moncao, Vinho Verde (White)

Bastard.

LOL…yeah it was one hell of a weekend, thats for sure. Start planning now for next years, which is already being talked about and we plan to up the ante even more!