My new #fortifiedfriday clip!
#fortifiedfriday - This week I’m tasting a young vintage port from Duorum. The project started in 2007 which makes it a very young project. But behind the project is a team with a long history in wine making. So, let’s pop open this port and see what it’s all about.
#fortifiedfriday - This week I’m tasting a Quevedo colheita port from 1992 (bottled 2009). Colheita is my favorite style of port (if I have to pick one) and I could drink that stuff by the gallons with incredible ease. In Helsinki it’s around -20°C today so that alone is a good reason to enjoy some great fortified wines. Saude!
#fortifiedfriday - Next up Niepoort! You might ask yourself why o why did I choose the basic ruby from all the wines they make. Well, the answer is two fold. First, this is the only port from Niepoort available in the Finnish monopoly selection. Second, you got to start somewhere and I thought a decent ruby would be perfect to jump start things. Don’t worry. I will get to the amazing colheitas later. ;)
#fortifiedfriday - Today I’m tasting a LBV port a.k.a. Late Bottled Vintage from Quinta de la Rosa. Over shadowed by vintage port LBV is a category often disregarded as the “cheap filtered stuff” but never mind the bollocks. They’re not even partially right. Yes, LBV’s sometimes lack the intensity of v-ports and rarely outlast them…Duh! It’s a different style of wine. There’s room in this world for both of them and if you have an open mind you can make some great discoveries.
#fortifiedfriday - We’re going to kick off Fortified Fridays with a lekker 10-year-old tawny port from Dow’s. The idea of Fortified Friday is to create some conversation around these beautiful wines that don’t really get the attention they deserve in the conventional wine media. If you like port, sherry, madeira or any other style of fortified wines please join the conversation and let’s get fortified!
Sticks & Stones. This time we had a couple of white wines on the table, one from Germany and one from Portugal. Peter J. Kühn is one of the most interesting wine producers at the moment in Rheingau and Alves de Sousa one of the most well known wine houses in Portugal. ROCK N ROLL!
Dirk Niepoort at TEDx O’Porto
Some wines I had during my trip to Portugal on 8.-17.12.2010.
Went to a Graham’s tasting today which was lead by one of the winemakers Mr. What’s-His-Name. The basic wines were…well, basic. But the vintage ports were quite tasty, obviously. The 1966 was my HotHotSex, vibrant fruit and all that. Still kicking like a mule. The Natura Reserve Port is new in Alko and the first organic port in the Finnish market.
All in all not a bad #winewednesday. After I ran home to have some salmon pie w/ salad and Estrella Damm Inedit. TASTY!
Viinisuositus 2.0 - Smith Woodhouse LBV (24,90€ in Alko) *in Finnish*
