3/28/2023 - dwhsieh wrote:

Drinking perfectly. Smooth as butter with ample fruit

3/16/2019 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

Beautiful wine at a great price. Consumed at 67PM

6/19/2018 - dwhsieh wrote:

Lovely wine... great mineralogy and acidity. Perfect for the Anything But Chardonnay crowd!

11/30/2013 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

Best of the birthday wines (Shafer, Pahlmeyer, Whitehall, David Arthur)... wish I had more of it.

11/30/2013 - dwhsieh wrote:

disappointing for such a highly touted wine and definitely the weakest of the birthday wines (Shafer HS 02, Whitehall Rsv 97, Quintessa 97, Pahlmeyer 02)

11/30/2013 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

beautiful but drink up

11/23/2013 - dwhsieh wrote:

fantastic, drinking perfectly

10/20/2013 - dwhsieh wrote:

drinking perfectly, don't wait

8/4/2013 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

Still gutsy and drinking perfectly

8/4/2013 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

Excellent and drinking well

8/4/2013 - dwhsieh Likes this wine:

spectacular, WOTN by far

12/14/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

van Zeller (ex Quinta do Noval) discovered the 1880 Port in 1999 at a winery in Regua (river Douro) that was closing following the death of the owner. Cristiano was interested in acquiring stone lagares (foot treading tanks) for his new winery but they also asked if he was interested in any old stock. Most was uninteresting but at the rear of the winery were three 20,000 litre casks, two empty but one containing 10,000 litres of 1880 port, 10,000 litres having evaporated during the intervening 119 years. The intention was to bottle the wine as 100 year old (for the millennium) but that was not possible - according to the Port Wine Institute it could only be called 'over 40 years'- so the name 'Millennium Port' was chosen and the wording, agreed with the PWI, on the back label. The wine was bottled by Niepoort after adding 5 per cent of their 194 vintage.

11/23/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

Birthday Port

5/30/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

Delicious french in style. Drinkable now but should hold for a decade

3/6/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

From magnum, excellent. Drinking perfectly

1/16/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

Excellent drinking perfectly now

1/1/2011 - dwhsieh wrote:

yeasty, nutty still drinking well

11/23/2010 - dwhsieh wrote:

Had a bottle at l'Artusi in NY - recommended by the wine director. Excellent wine - different than your basic super Tuscan or Piedmontese wine. Needs air but then wow!

11/22/2010 - dwhsieh wrote:

Not well stored. Light in the glass and faded. Nice but not wow

5/11/2008 - dwhsieh wrote:

Fro magnum, drinking nicely, excellent balance.

2/25/2007 - dwhsieh wrote:

excellent

2/19/2007 - dwhsieh wrote:

better than I thought it was going to be

2/19/2007 - dwhsieh wrote:

excellent, and still going strong

9/16/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

outstanding

9/16/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nice, drinking well. don't hold much longer

9/2/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nice

8/30/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

drinking nicely

8/27/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

quite good but give it a little time. better with some under air under it.

8/27/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nothing special

8/26/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Excellent

8/26/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Over the hill, most likely because the wine wasn't stored properly. no fruit, still had a tannic base

8/26/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Can't speak for the storage conditions (looked not very good) but the wine was decent and holding up well.

8/22/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Big fruit, strong flavor and high alchohol. An excellent example of the style if that's what you like.

8/19/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

EXcellent

8/18/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nothing special

8/13/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

awesome

8/9/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Needs time

8/8/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

very young... give some time and it should be excellent

8/5/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nice

8/4/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Nice ,drinking well now

8/2/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nice but a lttle lite

8/3/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Good but a little hot. 15.5% alco

7/30/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

yum!

7/28/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

excellent

7/23/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

sublime

7/29/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

very good with air

7/23/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

bought half price... decent sb, nothing exceptional

7/21/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

Fruity, needed some air, will improve with a little age

7/16/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

fabulous

7/15/2006 - dwhsieh wrote:

nice Summer Zin