Spec me a nice port

Dr House · 23 Dec 2020 at 16:17

Hi. I’m Looking for a nice bottle of port for my dad. £50 to £75 is fine

any ideas?

Glanza · 23 Dec 2020 at 16:46

Got my mum this for Xmas: Croft 2003 Vintage Port : The Whisky Exchange

rodders · 23 Dec 2020 at 16:54

I had a lovely port many years ago, wish I knew the name. Any I've drunk since just never tasted the same.

200sols · 23 Dec 2020 at 16:58

Grahams 30yr old tawny is a lovely port in that price range, although the 20yr old at £30 is a bargain right now.

PlacidCasual · 23 Dec 2020 at 18:46

If you can find it Offleys Boa Vista 1977 I was bought a case. Most beautiful Port I’ve ever drunk. I enjoy Port but I’m not an official connoisseur.

Dr House · 24 Dec 2020 at 15:44

200sols said:
Grahams 30yr old tawny is a lovely port in that price range, although the 20yr old at £30 is a bargain right now.

thanks. I bought the 20 year old for £30 from Amazon.

drakulton · 24 Dec 2020 at 15:51

Ostend is quite nice.

Andrew_McP · 24 Dec 2020 at 15:56

I have limited means, but a hankering for great Port. I often hover over bottles, but dread spending a lot (for me) only to wish I'd stuck with whatever's on offer in the £10 range. I know I tend to prefer Taylors to Cockburns, and the sweeter and richer the better, but nothing has ever come close to matching my first taste of Port. That was from a bottle which was part of a friend's Christmas bonus 30+ years ago, and I wish I'd made a note of what it was for future reference. All I know is it would not have been cheap, because he was in electronics sales dealing with Big Numbers.

Anyway, I've nothing useful to add, just adding it to my watched list.

Glanza said:
Got my mum this for Xmas: Croft 2003 Vintage Port : The Whisky Exchange

Ah, they seem to do some samples I could gamble with if Santa gives me some Christmas money!

BUDFORCE · 25 Dec 2020 at 20:27

COCKBURN'S.

Edit: omg it didn't filter that out.

Merry Christmas

saltfish · 6 Jan 2021 at 20:40

Dixon's Double Diamond is nicer than any supermarket sold port I've had - regularly stocked by my local wine merchant, who knows his plonk:
https://champagnesandchateaux.co.uk/shop/wines/dixons-double-diamond-10-year-old-tawny-port-nv/

taB · 7 Jan 2021 at 10:00

PlacidCasual said:
If you can find it Offleys Boa Vista 1977 I was bought a case. Most beautiful Port I’ve ever drunk. I enjoy Port but I’m not an official connoisseur.

It's Offley good.

I was bought similar also from '77. It's what got me interested in vino in the first place.

For the Op, I'd probably go for Nacional.