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  Dave

  1 year ago

  I'm a 1975 kid as well, and I've a had a lot of average stuff from that year so far. 75 Ports are quite good at the moment if they've had good storage. If you want something Spanish (and can find it), 75 Unico is magic. Here is my note from last year:
  
  
  Level still in the neck, a bit of label damage but nothing too bad. A good punt I thought at the time. Turns out I was right. The cork came out in one piece, in really good nick actually. I'd left the bottle standing up for a day and opened it a couple of hours before drinking.
  
  
  
  A deep purple core with light red and orange around the edges. The nose is a monster with all the aromas you would expect, ripe plums, light cherry, earth, leather and an anise/licorice combo. And then some that you wouldn't some ripe apple and wild flowers. For a 32 year old wine its still very intense, but open and ready for business. From the start the tannins have lovely texture that is pure velvet and the structure of the wine is amazing, layers of flavour framed by great tannins and perfect balance. As soon as it hit my mouth, I wanted to drink it very slowly and savour it. Plums, black currents, ripe cherry, a bit of dark chocolate are just a few of the flavours on the palate. Mind blowing wine, drink it by itself. I don't think anything could make it better. Only the 70 is better for my tastes. Time to drink up? Pffftt not going on this bottle. It will do another 10 years standing on its head (or side). 99 Pts.
  
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  Dave

  1 year ago

  I'm a 1975 kid as well, and I've a had a lot of average stuff from that year so far. 75 Ports are quite good at the moment if they've had good storage. If you want something Spanish (and can find it), 75 Unico is magic. Here is my note from last year:
  
  Level still in the neck, a bit of label damage but nothing too bad. A good punt I thought at the time. Turns out I was right. The cork came out in one piece, in really good nick actually. I'd left the bottle standing up for a day and opened it a couple of hours before drinking.
  
  A deep purple core with light red and orange around the edges. The nose is a monster with all the aromas you would expect, ripe plums, light cherry, earth, leather and an anise/licorice combo. And then some that you wouldn't some ripe apple and wild flowers. For a 32 year old wine its still very intense, but open and ready for business. From the start the tannins have lovely texture that is pure velvet and the structure of the wine is amazing, layers of flavour framed by great tannins and perfect balance. As soon as it hit my mouth, I wanted to drink it very slowly and savour it. Plums, black currents, ripe cherry, a bit of dark chocolate are just a few of the flavours on the palate. Mind blowing wine, drink it by itself. I don't think anything could make it better. Only the 70 is better for my tastes. Time to drink up? Pffftt not going on this bottle. It will do another 10 years standing on its head (or side). 99 Pts.
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  Marco

  1 year ago

  Good topic. I wonder what is out there from 1973. To be honest I have never even looked into what the 73 vintage was like around the globe. Last month I paid the most I have ever spent on a single bottle of wine. A 2003 Cab.Sauvignon from Chateau Montelena that I bought right at the winery after a tasting. I think that the most I had ever spent on a bottle of wine was just below $30, so at $105 this was for sure out of character for me. I bought it with the thought of saving it for my first daughter who was born in 2003. If she behaves she'll get the bottle sometime around 2023. I'll keep it as a surprise in case I change my mind and decide to open it during a moment of weakness... ;-)
  
  
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  Marco

  1 year ago

  Good topic. I wonder what is out there from 1973. To be honest I have never even looked into what the 73 vintage was like around the globe. Last month I paid the most I have ever spent on a single bottle of wine. A 2003 Cab.Sauvignon from Chateau Montelena that I bought right at the winery after a tasting. I think that the most I had ever spent on a bottle of wine was just below $30, so at $105 this was for sure out of character for me. I bought it with the thought of saving it for my first daughter who was born in 2003. If she behaves she'll get the bottle sometime around 2023. I'll keep it as a surprise in case I change my mind and decide to open it during a moment of weakness... ;-)
  
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  Ryan

  1 year ago

  Dave - Sounds amazing! I'll keep my eye's open for a bottle of that!
  
  
  Marco - Knowing how the younger generations are more savy about the internet than us, your post here might give your secret away one day! ;) Either way make sure your there to share the bottle with herr
  
  
  
  Duarte - I have a 1970 back in the states waiting to be opened, What house is yours from?
  
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  I look forward to opening a 1970 bottle of Port in three years for my 40th birthday. Not a bad year....vintage wise.
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  Ryan

  1 year ago

  No I don't though I do hear it's a good year for Port. Might look around <a href="<a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortheloveofport.com "><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.fortheloveofport.com to see if they have any other suggestions!
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  Ryan

  1 year ago

  No I don't though I do hear it's a good year for Port. Might look around <a href="<a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortheloveofport.com "><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.fortheloveofport.com to see if they have any other suggestions!
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  Ryan

  1 year ago

  No I don't though I do hear it's a good year for Port. Might look around <a href="<a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortheloveofport.com "><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.fortheloveofport.com to see if they have any other suggestions!
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  Ryan

  1 year ago

  No I don't though I do hear it's a good year for Port. Might look around <a href="<a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortheloveofport.com "><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.fortheloveofport.com to see if they have any other suggestions!
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the link. Looks like I should add a 1970 Fonseca: <a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.php?option=..."><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.ph...
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the link. Looks like I should add a 1970 Fonseca: <a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.php?option=..."><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.ph...
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the link. Looks like I should add a 1970 Fonseca: <a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.php?option=..."><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.ph...
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the link. Looks like I should add a 1970 Fonseca: <a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.php?option=..."><a href="http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.ph...
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  Ryan Opaz

  1 year ago

  Dave - Sounds amazing! I'll keep my eye's open for a bottle of that!
  
  Marco - Knowing how the younger generations are more savy about the internet than us, your post here might give your secret away one day! ;) Either way make sure your there to share the bottle with herr
  
  Duarte - I have a 1970 back in the states waiting to be opened, What house is yours from?
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Taylor Fladgate. Although I am looking to add others. Any suggestions? I could always just add a 40 yr old port at that time.
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  Ryan Opaz

  1 year ago

  No I don't though I do hear it's a good year for Port. Might look around www.fortheloveofport.com to see if they have any other suggestions!
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  Duarte

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the link. Looks like I should add a 1970 Fonseca: http://www.fortheloveofport.com/index.php?optio...
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  Dave

  1 year ago

  Ryan - if I make it over to Spain later in the year I'll bring my other bottle and we can see if its any good...
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  Dave

  1 year ago

  Ryan - if I make it over to Spain later in the year I'll bring my other bottle and we can see if its any good...
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  Bill

  1 year ago

  Ryan, the 1975 vintage in Germany was spectacular. Ross and I hosted an annual German wine tasting for 11 years, up through 1992. The '75's and '76's were always the stars of the night. Besides Port, an Auslese or Berenauslese from the Rheingau may be your best bet. I'm not surprised the spatlese didn't pass muster, especially a Mosel-Sahr-Ruwer wine.
  
  
  All you need to know about my birth year is that when I googled Rating 1954 Vintage, the first reference to wine was on page 4. The vintage was poor. When I googled Rating 1975 Vintage, the first reference on page 1 was wine.
  
  
  
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  Bill

  1 year ago

  Ryan, the 1975 vintage in Germany was spectacular. Ross and I hosted an annual German wine tasting for 11 years, up through 1992. The '75's and '76's were always the stars of the night. Besides Port, an Auslese or Berenauslese from the Rheingau may be your best bet. I'm not surprised the spatlese didn't pass muster, especially a Mosel-Sahr-Ruwer wine.
  
  All you need to know about my birth year is that when I googled Rating 1954 Vintage, the first reference to wine was on page 4. The vintage was poor. When I googled Rating 1975 Vintage, the first reference on page 1 was wine.
  
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  Andrew

  1 year ago

  Not really that bothered myself but I did have the fortune to sample two Bowmore vintage whiskys from my brith year. The fact they retail for £1000 a bottle means I wont be rushing out to buy any.
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  Andrew

  1 year ago

  Not really that bothered myself but I did have the fortune to sample two Bowmore vintage whiskys from my brith year. The fact they retail for £1000 a bottle means I wont be rushing out to buy any.
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  Troy

  1 year ago

  1968 wasn't a vintage year for port, so my wife gave me a Calem colheita from that year. She said she had thought about just giving me a 40 year old tawny, but realized that would be cheating since those aren't really 40 years old. No tasting notes yet, but I hope to open it soon. I had a Burmester '73 a few weeks ago that was a friend's birthyear wine. Much plum and tobacco, but, like Ryan's description of the '75 Noval, had a lot of alcohol on the nose and palate that did not dissipate. I wonder if this is typical, or at least typical of wines that might not have been handled properly over the decades? I suppose I'll have to try more older vintages in order to have a larger statistical sample (not that one needs an excuse to drink more vintage port).
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  Troy

  1 year ago

  1968 wasn't a vintage year for port, so my wife gave me a Calem colheita from that year. She said she had thought about just giving me a 40 year old tawny, but realized that would be cheating since those aren't really 40 years old. No tasting notes yet, but I hope to open it soon. I had a Burmester '73 a few weeks ago that was a friend's birthyear wine. Much plum and tobacco, but, like Ryan's description of the '75 Noval, had a lot of alcohol on the nose and palate that did not dissipate. I wonder if this is typical, or at least typical of wines that might not have been handled properly over the decades? I suppose I'll have to try more older vintages in order to have a larger statistical sample (not that one needs an excuse to drink more vintage port).
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  Joe M

  1 year ago

  Ryan - I hear that 1975 Poujeaux Moulis-en-Medoc is very tasty Bdx. I had their '78 and it still was amazingly fresh and vibrant. Surprisingly youthful and high-toned fruit.
  
  
  Cheers,
  
  
  
  
  
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  Joe M

  1 year ago

  Ryan - I hear that 1975 Poujeaux Moulis-en-Medoc is very tasty Bdx. I had their '78 and it still was amazingly fresh and vibrant. Surprisingly youthful and high-toned fruit.
  
  Cheers,
  Joe
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