COLHEITA 2007 Quinta Santa Eufemia 2007
Perfect condition Stored correctly
Burmester Colheita 1941
Bottled in 2011 is slightly loose on the bottom left side of the label.
Taylors Vinha Velha 1995
Vintage from Taylors. Stored with me since 2008, when it came home to Denmark. 3 bottles in the box.
Collected in Fredericia - alternatively delivered in Odense/Kolding.
Doesn't make sense to send the box.
Taylors Vinha Velha 2004
Nice vintage port from Taylors. The box has been stored with me since 2008.
3 bottles in the box.
Doesn't make sense to send the box. Can be picked up in Fredericia - alternatively delivered in Kolding/Odense.
Niepoort Secundum Vintage Port 1999
Perfect condition
Stored properly in a wine fridge
2 fl. LBV, Niepoort 2017, Offley 2018 Port
2 bottles of excellent Port at a ridiculous price - Niepoort alone will often cost around DKK 250.
Niepoort is one of the most highly regarded small family houses, especially for Vintage Port.
2017 Vintage gets 99100p by Parker -LBV is less perfect, but on the other hand nice already, although it can be stored for 10-20+ years. 2015 got 94p/JamesSuckling -and 2017 is far better, but not yet rated.
Very deep, rich fruit with forest berries and chocolate. Long full and warm taste with good acidity under sweetness and fruit. Great now, can be stored for 20 years.
Offley 2018 LBV - is nice already, delicious fullness and very long taste with similar notes of berries and forest floor, long, softer sma. GLot already - otherwise save 9-12 years. 2018 has not been tasted, but easily matches predecessor 2017 with 92p/WIneEnthusiast.
Offley is one of the oldest houses (1737) owned by the Offley family, where a William was Lord Mayor of London in 1556.
. In 1787, the house was considered one of the leading "British" houses in Oporto. In 1831 James Forrester was employed in the house and later became part owner and director. He was one of the great intellectuals of the time, politically as well as artistically - and was knighted in 1855 as Baron Forrester by the King of Portugal for a series of maps of the Douro (one of them can be seen here). He was a very good friend of Dona Antonia Ferreira and accompanied her on a journey from Quinta Vesuvio down the river. The boat sank and the baron drowned (due to heavy belts with gold coins!), while Antonia survived thanks to her "balloon dress". In 1995, Offley Forrester was bought by Sogrape, which had bought Ferreira 8 years before. Thus ´Ferrester and Ferreira met again - a good 130 years after the baron's death! Photo: The basement of the house in Gaia. Baron Forrester's old hunting lodge above Pinhao is today a hotel (pousada, the undersigned has lived there). The Baron's Card.
2017 was an excellent vintage with heat and little rain. Harvest started in September in perfect weather. The grapes come from Vinhas da Pisca, Vale do Pinhão and Ferrão, vines averaging over 70 years. The grapes are trampled and stored for 3.5 years in oak before bottling in July 2021. 80,000 fl.
Andresen Vintage Port 2017
2017 is a legendary vintage, also for "Danish" Andresen: "Very Impressive"/VintagePort.se (best Vintage), 17.5p/20 Revista dos Vinhos, 92p/Virum. In a wooden box. Offered for DKK 740 by Vivino etc.
A very nice Vintage from a house founded by the Dane JH Andresen, which today is one of the extremely few historic houses still owned by the Portuguese.
Jan Heinrich Andresen was born in 1826 on the island of Føhr in Southern Jutland. In 1840 he wanted to emigrate to America, but only reached Oporto, where he decided to stay. He worked his way up and founded this Portvinhus as a 19-year-old in 1845. It gained a good reputation and Andresen managed to become president of the Chamber of Commerce in Oporto.
The family owned it until 1942, when a war and thus failing exports led to the sale to the Pereira dos Santos family, who still own the house. It is managed today by Carlos Flores & winemaker Alvaro van Zeller, a well-known person from, among others, Noval and Baron de Vilar (some of the house's oldest wines are supplied by Andresen). The house is still little known, but is strongly on the rise.
Despite the drought, 2017 is considered one of the best vintages in decades and declared by all important houses. Andresen's Vintage has only been rated by a few, but is considered by VintagePort.se to be better than 2016 (96p/WIneEnthusiast who has not tasted the 2017 quantities are simply too small!).
2017: "Deep ruby, almost black...Of course immature, but balanced with very elegant and round tannins... Complex Port with berries, fruit, candy and chocolate... with a long, lovely finish. Very promising indeed" - VintagePort.se
(rated as "Very Impressive" - best Andresen Port in tasting of Andresen 1963-2020.