Any Port experts ?

[roblane65]

Far from expert, but I have picked up some of the rudiments over 3 decades of drinking the stuff. Vintage port gets bottled after 2 years in wood and ages, over the lees, in the bottle. It's the premium product and gets better with time (within reason).

Below vintage, there are various different versions. One down used to be "Crusted", which was bottle-aged like the Vintage, but was produced from a vinyard/harvest that wasn't good enough to be declared "vintage". Storing bottles for many years is expensive for the producer: fine at the price for the premium, Vintage, product, but less so for the lower-priced crusted.

In 1970, Late Bottled Vintage was introduced: aged in Oak for around 6 years (4-6, but I,m pretty sure I've only ever come across 6), then filtered, bottled and immediately ready to be sold/consumed, making it much cheaper to produce than Crusted. Being filtered, it doesn't improve with time in the bottle.

As I understand things, a 1992 LBV would probably not have been bottled until 1998 (possibly 1996?). Could you be wrong on the date you got it?

It's best viewed as a 25-year-old bottle of all-right (6-year-old) LBV port, rather than as a special bottle of 31-year-old port. I'd open and drink it, maybe with a nice cheese and preferably decent company.

I may very well be wrong about when we got it , since I posted this we've argued about which occasion we recieved for ! she says it was ours but I say it was mine but I'm sure it will be opened soon and thanks for all the reply's

 

[Nomad]

I've cleared a couple of older drinks cabinets, most of the bottles of port that have been stood for a few years have a fair amount of sediment but are very quaffable just leave a good measure in the bottle when you pour so you don't disturb the sediment.

Open it and enjoy it

 

[ukracer]

News to me. One bottle can last me 12 months and I haven't noticed any difference from start to finish?

If I get Port it lasts me 12 as well.

Minutes that is. Its moreish and I worry if I leave any it will go off.

Needless to say I only get it at Xmas usually.

 

[timgunn1962]

If there's a sediment, there are lots of different ways to deal with it. Pour slowly and leave the last bit of Port in the bottle being the oldest. I generally resort to a paper coffee filter so I get it all. Coffee filters are made to be tasteless so as not to taint coffee and therefore don't affect Port either.

 

[Seadog]

It was mixed with some gunpowder and if the powder still burnt then it was up to proof (57.5% alcohol). Known as "Gunpowder proof."

 

[Cobbler]

I don’t know about old port, it never lasts me that long! I did bring a 3 litre bag in box home of 20 year old from the bodiga in Spain at the end of June, I must get on & finish it before it goes off

 

[Seadog]

Port? Spain? Don't you mean sherry?

 

[Cobbler]

Port? Spain? Don't you mean sherry?

No, most of the bodega’s in the northern Med areas seem to sell port from the barrel. I suspect it’s never been anywhere near Oporto, but it’s very drinkable, tastes like the real stuff at about 3 Euro’s a litre.

 

[Seadog]

Oporto

 

[Memmeddu]

The Missus has been clearing out the back of the kitchen cupboards and unearthed this
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some 1992 Charter Port is was a christmas gift from my sister and BIL in 93 . Now knowing them it won't have been cheep ! He's a big drinks buff even got his own wine cellar and I mean a proper one ,so can anyone shed any light on this stuff good bad indifferent . It nearly got opened a few years back when we were having a party to make some silly cocktails .

I've opened this thread, expecting a completely different topic....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I've opened this thread, expecting a completely different topic....

You were thinking.... shipping?

 

[Memmeddu]

You were thinking.... shipping?

No cylinder head porting