In this episode of Our Pour Decisions we are exploring the world of Port! Could this be the most underrated wine? Port is one of those wines where you don’t need to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars to drink a high quality product. We try all 4 types of Port: Ruby, Tawny, Vintage, and White Port. Stay tuned until the end to meet our very special guest and to learn Stacey’s special cocktail!
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Map Video
01:35 Welcome, Stacey!
02:38 Different Types of Port
06:28 Graham’s Six Grapes
10:05 2000 Fonseca
12:17 1977 Fonseca
14:21 1968 Taylor Fladgate Very Old Single Harvest Porto
17:17 Real Companhia Velha Porto 10 Year Old Tawny Quinta das Carvalhas
18:04 Taylor Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port
19:12 Sandeman 30 Year Old Tawny Port
20:08 Taylor Fladgate 40 Year Old Tawny Port
21:33 Picking Our Favorite
21:58 Very Special Guest
22:28 Port Cocktail with Stacey and B
28 Comments
If you don't want a sweet strong fortified wine at the end of a meal – take it at the start. In Australia we typically will have a cheese or charcuterie board at the start of a meal as an appreitivo. Try it with Port.
Do you all use anything special for cleaning all your glassware?
Port is amazing, I have had some from the 60's and 70's. My favorites have been Smith-Woodhouse, Dow's and Warre's. Excellent wines, so lush and layered.
the beauty of Ruby port is that it helps new drinkers into the genre, because they have a particular sweet tooth. You can always use Ruby for cooking and is excellent in a reduction sauce
Would have liked to see a bottle opened with the tongs.
Great video! Did we hear some Swedish there…
Off to the Douro valley in March, should be a fun weekend. Visiting Quinta Do Crasto and Vallado. Driving up from Lisbon.
SKÅL! You should try som old white ports also like Bulas 30 year old or old Dalva Colheita
Great video, and a nice ending with cameos from both mor and farmor. Cheers!
many of the port houses where founded by the Scottish not the English in fact the largest port shipper today are the Symington's going back to AJ Symington in 1890 who came from Glasgow . Great names such as Sandeman , Cockburn , Graham etc are all Founded by Scots . The first vineyard owned by a foreigner in the Douro was by a person named Archibald a native of Scotland , Alba gu brath .
The problem with Port is that having it once a year is more than enough.
Awesome episode !!!
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Whats with that clown drinking wine?
Sauternes, Tokaj, Trockenbeerenauslese, Port, everything sweet is completely misunderstood and often times very much bang for your buck!
This was informative but I am not with you on your opinion about ruby port. I would encourage people to spend time with rubies
If there’s anything I have learned about Port in my time in the wine business, buy from Portuguese family small producers, and avoid port with a British name. Better quality and better prices with a few exceptions.
Another great video, thank you. Bit disappointed you overlooked my favourite ports which are the Colheitas (tawny single vintage ports). Visited Kopke a few years ago and had some outstanding examples from 2000 & 2001, which had 21 & 22 years in barrel respectively. Outstanding examples of the tawny style. 😁
Greetings from Paris 🙂 lovely video ! 20 year Tawny a great one
Fonseca and Grahams are the best selling ports in America. Why? Maybe because they are also the sweetest. That might be why I prefer Dow ports. I think Taylor-Fladgate is the best port house but the people from Noval would probably disagree. The Fonseca 20 year tawny is very good. The 30 or 40 year tawnies are too much money for me and the wines are often gentle, which is not my wheelhouse. I really like the Late Bottled Vintage ports as you get something very like vintage quality without paying the vintage price or waiting all those years. If you haven't explored Australian port wines, you have a real treat in your future. California also has some ports. There are all sorts of fortified wines in Europe that are not well known. Keo St John has been made for 800 years, and yes, that is quite a claim.
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I think saying that aged tawnys are not necessarily 10 year old wines on its own is misleading. Aged tawnys used to be made from wines with an average age of say 10 years but now for a 10 year old tawny the wines have to be at least 10 years old so will typically include some older wines but not now younger as they did before.
I loooove Port (and other sweet and/or fortified wines). I always pop a couple of different bottles during christmas. This year a 1970 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port along with some Stichelton and Colton-Basset Stilton. And a 1976 JJ Prühm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Trockenbeerenauslese that my uncle bought in the mid-80s and giften to me for my 35th birthday a few years ago. Two very impressive wines and great a time sharing these with a few wine loving friends.
Thanks for all your work in producing fun and entertaining content in 2024. Can’t wait until your channel blows up in 2025! So grossly underrated. Here’s to wishing you an amazing 2025.
Ruby port is mid. Tawny port when Aged tastes so good. White port best by far in right conditions.
Port has a huge following here in the UK, at the rugby and when out shooting for elevenses, it's about tradition. Its traditional to have with a good stilton at Christmas. You can over complicate things, just drink and enjoy.
Did you know that South Africa produces excellent Port-style wines? There is a region called Calitzdorp, where the best poducers are based, far from the usual wine-producing regions like Stellenbosch. De Krans and Boplaas are the big names. I opened a 1970 KWV Port (back then it was allowed to call it Port) with my dad for his 80th birthday last year and it was simply incredible at 54 years old. We had it with Gorgonzola. Perfect pairing.
The problem with the 77 port is you only had it 10 years! You have know idea how it was stored before you got it