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    Default For port lovers

    The local Dan Murphy has recently got stocks in of a tawny that I've not seen before: a 16 year old Reynella. It's $10 for a half bottle and a bargain at that price.

    Maybe other outlets have it too. Worth a look.
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    Thanks Ern. Will check on the way home.

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    Ern. Just about finished my Green Stones and I alternate between it and tawny. Any ideas on if it is good stuff or not?
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    (cough) would I be posting here without a rigorous evaluation?

    It beats the bejesus out of any $20 a bottle tawny locally available.
    Cheers, Ern

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    Just gotta find Dan on my travels on Thursday.

    So rigourous testing didn't involve spitting like the wine toffs?
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    Ah no, Waldo. You have to test the alcohol concentration as well ;-}

    The benchmark for an old Aus tawny for me used to be the Seppelts. Haven't seen it for years now, and it was certainly not the current version. Maybe 10-15 years ago? Had an old fashioned label and perhaps a peculiar bin no.

    The Reynella has a fuller body, a little on the syrupy side, and doesn't have the rancio character of the old Seppelts. But that was $25-30 way back when.

    There's also the Reynella Vintage Port, around $25, which is also a fave. But that one needs 15 years cellaring from the vintage date.
    Cheers, Ern

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    Ern, this Rynella - it's bottle or flask?

    Asking as I'm looking around for it. Mind you, asking blokes at bottle shops about a 16 yr old port that's around $10 a pop has them scratching their heads when boofhead forgot to write the name down before I went looking.
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    Waldo, as posted, Dan Murphy. Half bottles.

    By 'other outlets' I meant other Dan Murphys; sorry, should have made that clear.
    Cheers, Ern

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    Ern. Now to go and some of the stuff.
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    Stumbled across this thread, and was in Dan's today so purchased one of the 375ml bottles. Still at the same price $10.

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    Yeah, my local Mr Murphy still has it too.

    Must've been a pretty big batch someone stumbled over in Reynella's shed!

    I still think it's good value but the sweetness is not a plus.

    The Portuguese late bottled vintage ports are still the humdingers in my book but the price means v. special occasion only.
    Cheers, Ern

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    Another good value port you might find around about is Peter Lehmann's 'The King' which is a 1996 vintage.

    The local DM used to have stock but no longer. A local bottle shop still has some at $23 for 750ml.

    It's at its peak now, with good choc and licorice flavours.

    Like any vintage port at its peak it needs to be handled gently before decanting and drinking within a day or two. So it's a drop to share.

    Goes well with a mild blue cheese after dinner
    Cheers, Ern

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    Ah.... good Ports. I remember the days when we used to buy Brown Bros in 10 litre casks....

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    When I think Back ..... so to speak for old hams !

    Was it Rinecastle (down near radio parts) in Victoria Street for a great Port? The bin number has been erased with alcohol but it was $3 a flagon back in 1978.

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    What comes out of the Rutherglen district these days?
    Chambers made port that I liked in the early 1970's.
    Morris' Liqueur Muscat was my fav.

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