DRINKING a 159 YEAR old WINE - POISON or PERFECTION?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2022
- Tasting a 159-year-old wine. Poison or Perfection tasting with Master of Wine.
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1863 J. W. Burmester & Co. Reserva Novidade de 1863 Engarrafado em 1932 - Reengarrafado em 1942
2011 Burmester Colheita
The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is a soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
Burmester does not have any records of the wines reaching this far back but from what my contacts said this is a wine from the 1863 vintage that was aged in large barrels and then was bottled into large glass balloons - so-called Demi Johns in 1932. After 10 years it was then bottled into this bottle.
Think about what the wine must have seen over the years. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in US confederate states, it was also the year the Football Association formed in England and the year the International Committee of the Red Cross was established and the year Rockefeller started the oil business that would make him the richest man in the world.
On top of that, It was also an extraordinary vintage for Port. Most vintage charts do no go back as far as 1863 but I found a couple of older tasting notes rating this wine 100 Points and Taylors’s - another famous Port house - made a special bottling of their 1863 and sold it for several thousand dollars a bottle.
Taylors are saying that: “The harvest of 1863 was one of the finest of the nineteenth century and the last great Port vintage before Phylloxera spread throughout the Douro Valley.” Yes, that is another interesting part of the story because Phylloxera the insect that destroyed most vineyards in Europe in the late 19th century / early 20th century was first discovered in 1863 in the south of France.
After seeing their vineyards going down the drain winemakers realized that they could combat Phylloxera by grafting their vines onto American rootstocks, that are resistant to this louse. However almost all vineyards in Europe have since then not been planted on their own rootstock and there are some that say that the old - not grafted vines produced better wines
As this is from a vintage before the vines had to be ripped out in the Portugal as well this wine is actually 100% from Vitis Vinifera vines - and from one of the best vintages on top of that. Vintage is a very important factor when it comes to the age worthiness of wines. If you want a wine to age for centuries you have to make sure that it is from a very good producer, from a great vintage, and ideally, a sweet wine as they tend to keep longer.
This wine ticks all the boxes and on top of it, it is comparable to a Colheita Port from today. Colheitas by law are Tawny Ports made with grapes from a single vintage. They should be matured in wooden casks for at least seven years but remember: The 1863 was aged in barrels for 69 years!
Replies to the most frequently asked questions:
Yes, I shared the wine with friends and family and did not drink the bottle alone in the cellar while filming this video ... (ask the @wineking :) )
I did not decant it because I wanted to see how it reacts to oxygen and I am still tasting it two weeks later.
Port Wine is wine. The clue is in the name.
The price of the bottle is unclear. It depends on how much sb would have been prepared to pay for it. I would not have sold it - the experience was more valuable than money for me personally.
The bottle likely came from a family member. At the time (years ago) neither the person nor I knew what the value of the bottle was and I am of course very grateful for that gift.
I own Ah-Sos and a Durant but I don't think they would have helped in this case.
Ah and: I did not die.
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A few of my ancestors left their home in Nassau ,Prussia in 1843 to migrate to New Zealand where they had paid for land in the Nelson Area. Their intention was to start a wine business .When they arrived in NZ they discovered they had been duped ,so a year later they went to Tasmania .They nearly starved there and were helped to reach the Australian main land with kind assistance of the Tasmanian German community. They made their way north,reaching paramatta in New South wales. There,My GGG grandfather met a man who was also seeking to start a wine business and together they set up a vinyard in the Hunter valley where the other man owned land. As my ancestor was not only a cooper but also a vine dresser he was able to plant vines which were still producing in the 1970's when they were dug up. The man who owned the land was George Wyndham.It's not only the wine but the vines themselves which can have a long life.
"Makes me wonder what we actually did for the last 150 years."
Well...we invented plastics and Monsanto.
I'm pretty sure it tastes like brandy as well
Well played meastro I could almost taste that stuff. ❤
@@Mercmad My grandfather came to Australia from England in the 1850's. He eventually settled in Orchard Hills, Penrith area where he started and owned a vineyard. He died in 1915 just after getting word of his youngest son's death in the WW1 trenches. his farm was sold and everything was ripped up. Our relatives may have known of each other as the wine business has always been one of those close industries. I also grew up in the hunter valley and even lived in Branxton for a while and would tour the vineyards and historical areas regularly. I think I missed visiting Dalwood House but I do have a few Wyndham Estate bottles of wine sitting in the cupboard.
Opening a bottle of this age is a true historical moment, the people who made this wine wouldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams that this moment would be shared with millions of "internauts" 🥳
So true. In 1863 the fastest way to get around the planet was by steamship and telephones were a full generation off...oil lanterns, horses and terrible herbal remedies! Their minds would be blown...to be truthful my grandpa would also be blown away by our current ways
true
It's like the 1976 Christian Brothers Cab I had the joy to taste.It was what a great Cab should be with dark fruit, and forest floor/mushroom notes thrown in. Superb.
This is so true...
So true this is historical and even better that it’s on video for everyone to witness. He opened an interactive time capsule that gave its explorer sensory over load. What could be cooler than that? Just wow
I think the oldest wine I’ve ever tasted was a box wine (moscato) from Safeway. Aged for about 1 month (the time it takes to go the vineyard to Safeway). It had really absorbed some nice notes from the plastic bag. The buzz was the same in the end, so a win I guess?
Nothing better than cheap pinot grigio boxed wine :)
The poors are at it again!
Careful not to anger the wine snobs😂 im a poor boy from NC, and im proud to say that I am one of the few to have a jar of popcorn sutton's cherry bounce moonshine. It is magnifique! It has notes of cherry, oak, and goddamn moonshine.
Yeah you know whose Blue Collar based on what youre drinking for. Taste or the ABV lmao
Yeah you know who's snooty when the cheap stuff tastes like grape juice with a kick, amazing compared to "real" wine. The luckiest position is being able to afford anything but liking the cheap stuff way more...
The oldest wine I ever drank was a 1964 Château Nénin merlot. My grandfather gave it to my father on the day I was born. He kept until my 18th birthday. We had the father-son 'man talk' about being an adult and then we each had a glass. I remember not liking it. After my father died we were going through his things and he had the empty bottle in his WW2 memento box, along with other things that were milestones in his life. I still have that bottle.
🥲
i still have a givry 1er cru 1969 wine in my cave, idk i should try it one day.
what is the “man-talk”😂
@@yammmit you wouldn't get it.
wow.. father-son talk... I wish I had that too
The oldest wine I've drunk came out of my grandfathers personal collection: it was a 1926 bottle of something French and Red, I was far too young (16) to remember what. The bottle itself wasn't special, but the story behind it: this particular bottle had changed hands a couple of times. My great-grandfather purchased it while stationed in Germany in 1945, from whom did he purchase it? A 101st Airbourne Division paratrooper. Where had the airman come across the bottle? He had liberated it from an SS wine cellar in Berchtesgaden. One can only assume it got there from Paris.
I still remember the git in my grandfathers face on my 16th birthday when he said "I've got something to show you". He poured me a glass, and after assuring me I was old enough and allowed, he launched into the story after the first sip hit my lips, all the way from great-grandad's basic to him being scolded as a boy for going near his dad's "special wine". My great grandpa never had any intent of opening or drinking it, feeling it should be preserved, but grandpa said letting it spoil would be an act of disgusting disrespect, so he saved it for my first drink after great grandad passed.
I know that was a lot more detail than anyone asked for, but I'll never get over how cool it was. An already decently aged bottle gets swiped from Paris by the nazis and brought all the way up to the Eagle's nest, goes the entire war without being opened, is liberated by a US paratrooper, sold to an infantry grunt, survives 65+ years and multiple moves in the care of said infantry grunt, gets passed on as an heirloom, and finally gets opened to celebrate the 16th of some scraggly kid in a My Chem shirt..
Very cool story glad it got saved here
That’s an amazing story, and i’m definitely jealous, as a 16 year old also currently in a my chem phase
@@agneyajoshi8012 Keep music in your life, man. It will be there when nothing else is.
Good story but I threw up in my mouth at My Chem shirt. Fucking emos.
My uncle Norman Nitzkowski was in the 101st, parachuted in at Normandy. My mom and dad used to pray for him. He was sent to Berchtesg aden at the end of the war. He got a 12 by 5 tapestry of Nazi design when he was there. I saw it when I visited at 12 y.o. so bright red white and black. Scared me. Norman was a brave and smart man. A grateful nation made him a county judge.
When you drink such old wines you should forget tasting rules and just enjoy the moment. You are drinking not just wine, but history. The oldest wine I tasted (fortified spanish wine) was from 1838 and I had the chance to taste together with the best sommelier of the world of 2013. I will never forget this experience.
sounds amazing. what an experience
Fantastic Andrea. 🥂
boring
I’ve had the 1837. I win
Sounds like copium
I once swilled some Port made by an old farmer named Bill, who scratched out a few acres of rocky soil near Brisbane, Australia. He aged it a few months in old Sparklett’s water bottles. Stuff nearly killed me: 5 points out of 100. RIP, Bill.
=)))))
@@dambawwe Did bill pass from the wine or no?
Where abouts near brissy?
Many years ago when my grandmother was alive she used to give us home made teas when we didn't feel good. If we really felt bad she would give us a glass of home made wine. It was terrible but always made us feel better. It wasn't until I was older that I learned about her poppy garden. Turns out Grandma's secret tea and wine recipes were home grown heroin drinks. I miss that wine, and Grandma.
@@justoldjoe9328 Grammy's good ol heroin farm.
I've tasted the 1863 taylor, just a few ounces. we drank it over hours. This old of wine completely comes to life after hours of air, it's truly an incredible experience. One of the collectors we were with says he comes back day or two or a couple after opening such old ports and they taste completely different.
i call BS. sorry, but i just don't believe you.
I was not present at that time.@@nhojcam
@@nhojcamopen any bottle of wine and taste it over 2 days. Any wine will taste different. The question is will it be different in a bad way or a good way
i once drank 4,6 billion year old water
Not true.
Tell me where you got the water from and I'll tell you why
He got it from the sewers
Oldest wine I’ve had was also a port, a mid 1950s bottle my brother and I found in our grandparents cabin as teenagers. Never have I tasted anything so foul
Damn lol wonder why it tasted so bad?
@@lowkeyquintin4202 Its all about the temp and humidity
@@xStaman I’ve tasted some really bad wines that I guess weren’t steeped correctly
I knocked a wall down in my basement in the 70s and found a bottle of medicine from 1921, the kicker is, it was morphine sulphate dissolved in Port wine. Now, some unidentified cheap port from 1920 in a bottle left behind a wall in a damp cellar should be vile. I opened it, thinking to smell it, and it smelled so wonderful I had to taste it. I very carefully tasted it over a few weeks, it was amazing stuff. Had a real kick so you could only swish a bit around your mouth more or less, but it tasted incredible. Very smoky, sweet,Iike smoked almonds and raisins and cinnamon and a hint of wormwood, maybe that's the medicines.. .
Plot twist, it was actually granddads spitter he resealed just to be a bastard.
There are wines in Italy that are over 200 years old and they are still good to drink. As long as the cork has not been compromised and stored in a wine cellar (or some place to help prevent bacteria or contamination from penetrating through the cork), they are said to be some of the best wines to drink in the world.
But italy wines suck, portuguese ones are the best
@@cristinacosta7221 opinions are like assholes buddy. We all have one.
@@cristinacosta7221 Lol. Everyone has their preference. I haven’t heard of Portugal having good wines. Gonna have to give it a try.
French wines are the best dont even act like it isnt.
I think Tibetan box wines are the best... only kidding.
Ich habe nicht viele Videos von dir gesehen, doch jenes was ich sah ist, ein Mensch der "sein" Genussmittel verantwortungsvoll und ehrfürchtig genießt und dieses Erlebnis erfolgreich mit der communtity teilt.
Danke dafür!
Sehr spannend.
I’m Portuguese and couldn’t be more proud of my country right now ❤
When this wine was being harvested:
- Germany/Central Europe was still an un-unified mess of small feudal-ish kingdoms like Bayern, Württemberg, Prussia/North German confederation
- Victor Emmanuel II's Italy had just unified two years prior
- Queen Victoria was 36 years into her 64-year old reign as Queen/Monarch
- The U.S.A. was in the midst of a Civil War as the Battle of Gettysburg raged in July 1863
- Finland got its first railway from Hämeenlinna to Helsinki, its own currency, the Markka.
- The Russian occupied part of Poland had another large rebellion, the January Uprising against the Tsar
- The French had a monarch, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte III who modernised Paris with the new city plan.
That's just crazy!
Australia was in the midst of a huge Gold Rush which is largely responsible for buildings that still stand today in our Capital Cities.
And slavery in the USA had just been abolished.
It really makes you wonder what the historical bullet points for our current generation are. When someone hundreds of years in the future looks back at the 2020's, what will they think of?
@@magnusmugnas9493 Crippling depression and sadness.
Being a poor fellow from Argentina, somehow I had the incredible luck of opening not one, but two "Reservado" from the Rodas winery, from the year 1973. One I opened in 2010. I actually cried that day, and I get emotional just remembering all of it. Best wine I'll ever have. It had lost all but the faintest of its red color. But the brown that replaced it was just so clear, so beautiful! So incredible in taste and smell! A marvelous experience that I was able to share with people that appreciated the experience. No regrets on drinking a wine bottle that, in monetary value, actually competed with my life savings at the time.
The second bottle I opened two years later. It was barely drinkable, such a disappointment :-(
le vendieron caca paisano
No a mi, esas botellas estuvieron guardadas en casa por años, y habían sido recibidas como regalo. Simplemente habría que haberlas tomado antes 😀
It's just wine dude. Chill. There's a lot of bottles left from the 70s. Nothing special. Just drink it.
@@rickwilliams967meh you don't make much success at parties, do you?
As I sit here sipping my vintage 2022. Ahhh us men of luxury.
What an amazing video!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, that is such a special opportunity. The oldest wine I have tasted was a 20 year old Shiraz from 2002, I was absolutely floored at how amazing the wine tasted. I wish I could still find one and taste it again, and share it with my closest friends.
Me and my wine buddy had a rioja from 1928, which was surprisingly decent still! We still have one bottle unopened, to be served when it is exactly 100 years of age in 2028. You are hereby invited to join in on the experience!
Well now, that's a neighborly invitation, if |I have ever heard one.
Wow nice occasion to celebrate such a great neighbor
Remind me after 6 years and make a video about it :)
Remind me also and send the location whichever country you are at.
When the time comes I wish you in advance a hearty "Zum Wohl!", friend!.
The most beautiful aspect to this video is seeing someone who has already achieved mastery being surprised and delighted by discovery. It shows how far reaching wine study can be and that it really is a journey without end.
Ross, that is so perfectly said! 🥂
There are about 2 million wines and new ones everyday!
Exactly why this is such a great hobby. I am 15 years in and can learn and discover until my last day on earth. It’s so lovely to wonder with the aromas and taste (and share). Thank you for your thoughts. It made me smile ;)
@@beansnwheels You are welcome! Wine is a lifestyle that brings so much depth into someone's life! The people you meet along the journey are usually wonderful and unique! Pkease know that in MISSOURI was the first AVA, The Katy Wine Trail, not all happened in Napa!
Its like the saying "the more you know, the more you realize you dont." Reminds me of an old masterful Biologist looking in wonder and amazement at a species of leaf he has seen thousands of times but revelling in the complete and utter unique beauty of that particular leaf.
Some wines really can touch the heart. This one definitely falls at the very top of this category, it must have been very hard to remained composed as much as you managed to Konstantin. Fantastic video in every way.
This is. Absolutely. Incredible. In the same way I value videos of abandoned locations around the world, I look at this to be an incredible adventure. A wine that has stood through decades is just mind blowing. Thank you SO much for this video.
Around 30 years ago, I had the opportunity to taste an 1863 port. Not sure which port house. A friend of mine was a wine merchant and he opened it to share with a group of us. The nose was unbelievable, very strong, very round, fantastic. It was the best thing I’ve ever tasted. I only got one or two tiny sips. I still remember the moment 30 years later. I’d dearly love to experience it again.
Its all in your head
@@dublessings yep
@@dublessings But it makes sense because you are literally drinking history. Even if it tastes bad you gotta enjoy the moment like if it was the supreme wine, history running through your mouth and blood
@@JotaV2502 so you mean i should ignore the taste of soil outside and just enjoy the history with it?
@@clydegabion2386 pretty much, l eat grass all the time
Wow. You are so precious. Your passion is amazing. I also cry easily over seemingly simple things. You appreciate the fine details of life. What a beautiful guy.
This is a historic moment ❤ you should've gathered all the wine expert you know and shared the wine together to make it even more historic event
Ah man, this guy is so wholesome. It seems like he just loves sharing his passion with others; we need more people like Konstantin Baum.
This guy's smile when taking his nose to the glass just says everything without words. What a pleasure.
159 years this bottle was waiting for you to come and try :) Made me feel nostalgic to think of that. Cheers to such an experience and cheers to you!
Kostya, thank you for such an amazing video!👍
I drink red dry boxed wine with ice in my glass like a hillbilly, but I appreciate the art of any booze. This was fun to watch. Great video!
😂
A true hillbilly would drink it in a mason jar.
🍇 The top, world class vineyards always package their wine in either plastic bags inside a box, or in a bottle with a screw on cap.... ^This 159 year old wine was from a cheapskate vineyard, evidenced by it's lack of a screw-on cap!
Love it... or mixed with some cola :D
@@jama211 epic!
It's at times like these that I wish we had a way to record smell and taste. It's a shame that only a few people can enjoy this before it's gone forever.
Sucks to suck
That’s the beauty of the world. It’s ephemeral. Each individual experience only lasts for so long, and is unique and fleeting. It makes you really appreciate the sanctity of the present moment.
Smell-o-Vision
As a chemist the closest thing we can do to record smell & taste by finding it’s chemical composition! It’s just not perfect with current technology to record and replicate all the proportions and subtleties of the compounds present
But also in this day and age nearly a million people can witness the event from the comfort of their own home/office.
I’m a young man right at the start of my wine journey and watching this video was super educational and inspiring. I hope to one day have an ounce of your wine knowledge, sir (and to one day try such a perfect wine, of course).
Thanks for sharing your precious wine with us, Konstantin. ES WAR SO LECKER!!!
in dutch: "het was zo lekker"
Collaboration please! Love your content Jay
The king is here!!!
Collaboration needs to happen. Make it happen! #letsgooo #packmas
When will you upload new content, Jay!! I've been waiting for more videos from you for SO long !!!
8:30 when he tastes it
Where are your videosbro
Your joy and giddiness at smelling and tasting this wine made me feel joyful and giddy. Thank you for this video!
Only being 29 on the 17th of this month, I’ve just started wine tasting a few month or so ago. Seeing people like you enjoying it so well. The oldest wine I’ve tasted was from the year I was born in 1993 that one of my wine tasting friends had. He’s what started me on my journey. He also loves going out and trying different types of cigars, mead, moonshine, and beer, so I’m just there for the ride. I’m enjoying it so far. Thanks to people like you and him. Enjoy the little things my friend.
That is simply amazing. Im from Portugal near Porto, this wine is old enough to have been made by my great grandfather and tastes unbelievable. Wow. 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
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@@jamie.777 você fala português?
It doesn't really matter how good your English is as a German... a genuine "Boah!" will always give it away 😁
This is why you lost both WW1 and WW2 because Germans are arrogant, BOAH!
Yah!
no totally german - boah alterrrrr!
Or... the thicc german accent?
Das er Deutsch ist merkt man sofort
Thank you for sharing this unique piece of history with us!
Thank you for sharing this experience!! Wonderful!
I’m not sure how I ended up on this video, but I’m glad I did. It’s like a history lesson, but with wine. I’ve never been a big wine drinker, mostly whiskey. But I think I want to try more now. Also, I love the room you’re in.
Same thing. TH-cam must be pushing Whiskey enthusiasts to other alcohol enthusiast pages. The only one I sub to is Whiskey Tribe!
@@phimuskapsi same thing.. and its just the algorithm .. HEX coin $0.0 84 and pulsechain coming soon ($PLS)
today
is may 23 2022
I hate to break it to you but Whiskey and Wine are both alcoholic…. They give you the same end result, you’ve been sold a concept and now you’re repackaging it and telling other people you’re a “whiskey drinker” are you also down syndrome?
I'm not even a wine drinker, but this dude has me wanting to taste that wine. Lol
Amazing! Once in a lifetime experience. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this experience with us ❤️
I actually had a 1863 "tawny" (would be called colheita now) port, not sure what brand but it was amazing. Back in the 80s a wealthy friend throw a party and opened this bottle. Me and my sister was cooking so the only ones sober enough to appreciate it..
colheita means "harvest" in portuguese, colheita 2011 = harvest of 2011 is not the wine's name or the type of wine.
Colheita is a Tawny from a single vintage. So is a type of Port.
This appeared in my recommendations and I'm not mad at all, I could smell that coming out of the screen! The eyes gave it away as much as anything, just a moment of pure bliss! Just think how many families and people that bottle has been passed between, each thinking, "no, not today, it's too special," only to end up in the hands of someone who knows what to do with it and can share it with the world. Subbed :)
A very fitting end for that bottle. The ending it deserved.
Amazing to think of all the souls that have come and gone since this wine was made
Taking my bad words back,glad this guy tasted it and shared with his friends and family and made a video on it
You make it sound so yummy. My mouth was actually watering as I watch how you describe the wine and imagining it in my mouth. Well done Konstantin.
Thank you 😋
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine how can wine survive so long without being infested with bacteria or other bio organisms? it makes no sense 😕
@@hoogstraten4271 alcohol kills bacteria.
I agree you make it sound like great sex, would it be with a man or a woman? I bet it was a closeted secret......
@@dweep9546 thanks for the answer but your alchaol killing bacteria comment seems to have dissapeared.
I am not a wine person. I have dabbled, but never got into it much (talk to me about bourbons and naturally brewed bottle-finished beers) However, I enjoy the experience of watching someone enjoy their passion. This was a great video.
me too, I dont drink anymore but I like seeing people enjoying a hobby or passion.
Nerd
@@apjumpmanjoey1fan925 Definitely a beer nerd.
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Same here, I don't think I'll ever drink this stuff in my life lol, I would waste it anyways, I probably can't tell the difference. I'll leave the exotic stuff to the experts 🤣
Truly incredible! Thank you! ❤😊
I can see on your face that you are very happy, and I became so after watching your video, I'm always happy when someone selflessly feels good, I never thought there were such old wines
This specific Porto Wine still appears for sale in some auctions, and there is one for sale in a Wine Shop in Portugal for 2.550€.
So, what a gift you found.
its an oporto right?
@@eurocase1712 Its a Port Wines. Oporto is the city name.
The oldest I've had was also a Burmester port. The 1975 Colheita, to be precise, and what a wine this was. Sweet, but so rich and full of flavours and an absolute joy to smell.
Though my favourite port for special occasions is the 1983 Burmester Colheita. So addictive that I could drink and smell it all day.
Why people like old wine when they can get new wine easily
@@fighterinmkiwiscience3517 Because letting a wine mature for a while gives it a much more complex and full of character aromas and taste. It's something that you can appreciate more. Yeah, there are some young wines that can taste great, but there's a reason most wines being appreciated by experts and consumers the most are the ones who have been aged for a while.
As a fan of port wine myself, I can definitely taste the difference in quality between an 8€ bottle from the supermarket and a nice 20-year old Tawny port. One is for mainstream use at best, the other for special occasions with good friends.
@@fighterinmkiwiscience3517 almost for the same reason they like dry aged beef, parmesan, dried fruits, and mature cheeses, pickled veggies and cured meats. Go figure.
You,my friend,are reaping the fruit of your expertise, Congratulations! Just ran into your page 10-14-22 and glad I did.Enjoyed your Sonoma Pino video and now the 1863.Look forward to more videos,thanks.
Love this! Awesome review
I'm so glad I could enjoy this vicariously through you. That port looks incredible, I would so savour tasting 1863...what a beautiful door to the past to step through!!
My God, I've never wanted to taste something through a screen so badly. Thanks for the video, this was a really great watch!
First time seeing your channel. Appreciate your communication and level of detail, earned a follower!
I'm delighted it turned out great!
The oldest wine I’ve tasted was a 1967 Unico from Vega Sicilia. My grandparents held a small wine tasting for the family: other wines were a 2018 Tignanello, a 2007 Opus One and a 2000 Solaia. It was phenomenal. The Unico was over its peak but it still was a great experience. After everybody left, my brother and my grandfather were putting the corks back in the wines but the Unico cork accidentally broke and a big chunk fell in. We had to drink the rest of the bottle right there and then. Core memory right there!
The Unico is such a great wine, I would rate the last bottle I had 100/100, it was amazing.
Hi Konstantin, loved your reaction. The oldest wine I have drunk is also a port, but from 1895. It was part of a tasting I put on called the 100 years tasting, where we drank a wine from every decade back to the 1890's. It too was still vibrant and complex, but alas, by the time we drank it, we were all a tad drunk, so didn't appreciate or remember it as we should. 😊 Such a wonderful tasting though, that sadly, will never be repeated.
Best regards and thank you
Mark J
I love your humor aswell as the description
Thank you. A wonderful video. I enjoy vintage ports. Thirty + years ago, while in the UK, I purchased two mixed cases of 63 port. I drank them in the 90s and 00s, and they were extraordinary. This port must be amazing. To have received a bottle of this vintage as a gift is remarkable. I envy your good fortune.
I'm not much of a wine lover, but I'm fascinated by this. Just thinking about the history, the idea that more than a century and a half has gone by, and now, for the first time in decades, that wine is seeing daylight and experiencing new air. I hope you've shared the bottle.
My favorite wine ever tried was 80-year-old port. It was a similar color it was pretty strong like you said almost like a brandy but much richer and softer. With notes of raisins plums and pears , with a silky buttery texture. If I could ever find anything similar I would love to purchase it.
Best video evah! Thanks. Do more!
I’m not a connoisseur at all and know nothing about wine but watching somebody else enjoy this so much was really cool. Thanks for the video!
Your ecstatic look of relief on smelling the wine said everything. You're so lucky to have enjoyed this very rare treat!
You are the most fortunate man in the world. Opportunities like that come once in a lifetime for some and never for most of us. I could see from your reaction that the experience was awe-inspiring.
Fascinating video! I am a big fan of fortified wines, mostly Port and Madeira. But, to avoid the cork extracting disaster, you could have used the "Ah So Wine Opener", which is especially made for old, stubborn and brittle corks.
holy fuck....... I'm so jealous right now!!!!! This is quite amazing, a bottle this old that ends up so good. A few years ago, I was lucky to taste a 75 year old Cognac, and I did cry.... It was soooooooooooo.good.... I was very anxious when you were in the process of opening the bottle. I was so relieved when you succeeded. And the colour of it, so brown/copper tone. Very cool to watch! Thank you Konstantin!!
Wow. Thank you for sharing this with us. The wine, the story, and your joy.
I’m in a different “wine bracket” than you and most here, I expect, but when I had my first serious Barolo, guided by a sommelier, when I was used to drinking entry level American wines, it changed my life.
This bottle is like a time machine. Amazing!
BRAVO BRAVO!!! Totally satisfying Well done! Brilliant Thank you!
I think the oldest bottle I’ve ever had was a 42 year old bottle of Cabernet from Carmel Valley. The long port cork in it was a pain to get out, but it turned out to be a dynamite wine. (Paired pretty well with itself too! 😆)
It's amazing stuff like that still exists, and to also watch a high quality live reaction and feedback from a wine connoisseur makes it more interesting. Like tasting the past. I'd love to taste something like that.
First time watching you and this made me smile. Congratulations on being articulate, accurate, and delicate. Bravo!
Increíble 😯 que maravilla experiencia nos has compartido 🌌
As an aspiring collector, trying to slowly build a small cellar of nice wines to share with friends, this was pure inspiration. The idea of a wine not only surviving, but developing into a masterpiece over one hundred and fifty years is validation of the mystery and allure of wine and wine making.
From the bottom of my heart I am so glad for you that this wine was so wonderful! Great stuff!
One could tell from your expression that even after the thousands of bottles you opened in your life, this was a special one. Even for you...
The oldest wine I had so far was a 1929 Bordeaux which unfortunately did not live up to my expectations.
The oldest great wine I had was a 1959 Mouton Rothschild where I had also tears in my eyes...
BTW: You must have great friends who give such an extraordinary bottle to you. I am glad you discovered it in your heap...
I used to be a big fan of Ports. Unfortunately, I can no longer partake. I really like this vid . Your reactions and knowledge make it very well done!
Der erste Kanal bei dem ich neben dem „Abonieren“ auch noch die 🔔 gedrückt habe.
Chapeau! Weiter so 🙏🏻
Loved your reactions to the wines! The WTX and OMG reactions really spoke to me and conveyed both your astonishment and pleasure! Envious!
Sommelier here, just discovered your channel, great content! Love your enthusiasm when you tried it, I have the same kind of reaction when trying something amazing and sometimes my colleagues think I'm a bit over the top.
Oldest wine I tried was also a port and from the same vintage!
Porto finest vintage grand riserva Abernethy and Wehde 1863.
Light amber color, very complex, slightly spicy, taste a bit like a calvados, load of greengage.. It was quite nice got to say.
7:50 passion right there! Excellent video Monsieur!
Very interesting video. I'm happy the wine was so good. Congratulations.
My oldest wine I tasted would be either a champagne from 1976, at a wedding in 2008 (1976 was the birth year of the groom). Completely oxidised and turned into a still wine but still interesting, like a sherry. No more than a few sips though... And recently an Aigle Blanc Vouvray 1990 which I had forgotten in my stock. Drinkable but certainly not great (anymore), due to the storage conditions over time. Coincidently both 32 years old at the time of drinking.
Champagne of that age requires a perfect storm. Intact cork, proper storage throughout the decades and most importantly an ageable champagne (of which there were only a handful back then - now worth fortunes). The fact that no bubbles remained already tells you a lot (probably storage and cork issues both - water will take up more co2 when cold and release it when warm, plus a cork that melts away or dries out will let the gas out and oxygen in). Also, most quality champagne (especially on the drier side) will start to oxidize in 15-20 years anyways whatever you do and it is an expected part of the flavor profile for 30+ year old bubbly. As for the Vouvray (side note): I did have two bottles of 1976 Maurice Huguet (sec). One of them was in such an excellent condition at 43 years that (in a blind tasting) nobody guessed in older than 15 years (even after I realized it is mine because it was a textbook Chenin in the glass and told them that it is old).
Used to drink 70’s wines all the time in the 80’s
Recently my wife and I visited my 92 year old Uncle. Knowing the love for port wine we have, he opened a bottle of 1960 Dows. A few days later we opened a bottle of 1977 Sandeman. These were far an away the best Porto’s we had ever had and definitely spoiled us to what we regularly drink. Thanks for posting, it was so much fun to watch!
Cheers from Georgia, U.S.A.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
1875 Madeira Barbieto Malvasia - absolutely divine, as if the liquid never even touched my palate. Olive green rim, with notes of toffee, nut, deep dried fruit, and time-capsule etherealness. A single check on my lifelist. Cheers!
Your reaction was Amazing
It made me want to taste the wine myself.
Thank you for sharing this experience with us, GodBless 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The look in your eyes first time smelling that wine was priceless. Like a little boy at christmas getting that present he never dreamed of! Oldest wine Ive ever tried was a ’77 Col D’Orcia Brunello on my 42nd birthday, the wine the same age. Was also very happy and surprised to find that it smelled and tasted wonderful straight out of the bottle. Bought another bottle of the same wine and vintage for next year, but that one was barely drinkable.
I've tasted a Ramos Pinto port 1900, a barrel sample, in 2017. It was super concentrated and just crazy amazing. 116+ years in barrel.
Their is nothing like watching someone Love what they do. We need more of that
this was so exciting!! 🤩🤩 learned a lot and loved to see you get emotional over tasting a 💯! 🤣
Serving me vintage 1863 is the ONLY way to make me cry
What a great experience. Thanks for sharing with us. My oldest wine tasting was one day in the Douro valley where I got to taste 40, 60, and a 90 year white port. Absolutely amazing. And I’m nursing a bottle of Kopke 1966 Colheita in my wine fridge.
The way you explained my mouth watering
The oldest wine I ever tasted was a 1969 Bourgueil in 1999. It was a Christmas treat for my family.
I was a student then and was lucky to live near a wine shop where they had monthly tastings either for free or for a very small fee. So I came to taste wines I woukd never have bought just to try them, due to the confinements in my budget. It was a lovely experience as every session had a different subject (Bordeaux, the New World, white wines for Summer etc.) At the session labelled "Loire", I came to taste, among others, the ones of Chinon, Bougueil and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil. The wines all based on Cabernet Franc were generally at a very young age with the Chinon being more pleasant already. The Bourgueils (I include the St. Nicolas here) were not ready yet. However, you could taste that it was all there: All components of taste were in them, even though still very unbalanced at the time. Every wine you would try thereafter would have tasted like water if you would not take a break in between.
My friends did not like the young Bourgueils, actually. But I was flashed and curious how some of them would be at an adequate age.
The same wine shop offered this 1969 Bourgueil. The price was beyond my means for a regular drink but for Christmas, it was reasonable. So, when we opened the bottle, the whole room was immediately filled with the beautiful smell of this wine. It was not only still alive but was among the at least 10 greatest I ever tasted. Ah, memories...
I feel so proud to see this, a bottle of porto of the year 1863 made on Portugal, being still unoppened and well conserved , this has alreday seen some history, my country is small but we do have some of the bests wines 🇵🇹❤️
You also gave the world racism too!
@@Watchcollecterzzz we didn't, wtf are you on about🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Watchcollecterzzz and if you say that it's cause we were the ones that "started" the slave trade, just for your information the arab slave trade was created way before the portuguese were even a thing
@@Watchcollecterzzz stupid comment. I suppose you are proud to have invented woke BLM fascism ,you stinking hypocrite.
@@akindgoose1130 someone doesn’t know whats going on in Brazil, a place ya’ll conquered smh.
Years back I had the same experience with a rum discovered in a abandoned Barbados distillery. Shipped to Denmark and bottled. So silky smooth and does not compare to anything temporary. Would love to have the same experience with wine👍🏻🍷
Denmark! We love you folks! Schoene Gruesse aus Nordrhein/Westfalen.