Well here's my 2p: Though I've never been a big port fan I do still ahve most of a case of '85 Fonseca which I have drunk with cigars on a couple of occasions.
Firstly no cigar is going to match the rich sweetness of port so a 'complimentary' rich sweet cigar (bolivar RCs, Juan Lopez, any LE/Maduro) isn't going to work well. Rather I'd go for something equally brash but that will contradict the sweetness with dry or salty flavours.
Cigars I'd consider would be: Sancho Panzas a Romeo y Julieta Churchill or any of the Cuabas, some of the stronger 1492 Cohiba's might work too (I'm thinking maybe a Lancero). The Cuaba Diadema is, IMHO, Cuba's most under-rated cigar.
Finally, and most impostantly: don't go for anything with what you would call 'vintage' age on it (10yrs+) beacuse it will just get blown away.
Bear in mind that all tis advice is from someone who has doen his fair share of drinking and smoking in his time... so my palate is probably completely bollixed, and my opinions near-worthless.
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As the in-laws were thru today i opened a Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port 1978 to have with the cigars after dinner (Monte Edmundos).
I have to say it WOW!!! IMHO they paired together perfectly...Leave a comment:
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I'll only have a sip every 5 to 10 minutes. More as a complement to the cigar. Not 'with' it, if that makes any sense. The cigar flavour seeps back in as the drink taste ebbs away.
Though I seem to enjoy them far less when drunk, and I've found Sprite to go well with cigars.Leave a comment:
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down the toilet!?! good grief NO!!
If you don't like it with a cigar, keep it with some cheese, a stick or two of celery and perhaps a few ripe grapes...
I have to admit I drink port like wine i.e. from a wine glass rather than my dinky little port glasses, which only get used when i have company, I find i just can't sip it as slowly as I should...Leave a comment:
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lol celsis!
I have a problem.
I think alcohol blots out the cigar tobaco taste. I took modest quaffs of port with my JLNo2 yesterday and couldn't taste the cigar half as much. This is why I cannot drink whisky with a cigar.
Should I pour it all down the toilet?Leave a comment:
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Ah, Port. Reminds me of a time a few years ago when I'd just come back from Paris. A mate had a few tickets for the opening of a new club and I decided to wear the new sand coloured suit that I'd bought in France. It was a semi formal type 'do' so my mate had impressed upon me the need to remain sober. I told him it would be no problem as all I'd be drinking was port!
To cut a long a lond story short, the evening was a disaster. I hadn't eaten all day and got to the club and started drinking Port. Half way through the evening, it started to get to me and I ended up dancing with this beautiful woman with a large glass of Port in my hand. Suffice to say that the Port ended up all over my new suit! Stains rather badly, it does!
So, there I was at this 'do', drunk as a skunk and covered in Port! You could say I created a negative impression!Leave a comment:
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Good choice.
Good choice Robusto, Graham`s is quality stuff indeed.I have tried their Ruby and 10YO and they are both good , but the Graham`s LBV takes a bit of beating IMO.Originally posted by Robusto View PostBecause of this thread, I bought a ?20 selection box of five 20cl bottles of different ports on the P&O home yesterday afternoon.
Graham's Fine White Port
Graham's Fine Ruby Port
Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port
Graham's Six Grapes Port
Graham's 10 Year Old Port
I hate buying selection boxes of anything because I think they are a bit gay. A single bottle of any of the above was on sale for around a tenner, so this is a real rip-off.
I don't know if Graham's is the gnat's piss make of port, but I'm taking a toke glass down to my smoke shack and am going to try the different ports out with different Havanas.
I have a feeling I'm going to be very happy for a while down there. Indeed, I'm about to pair a JL No2 with a glass or two of 10 Year Old Port on a beautiful afternoon. Pig in shit comes to mind.
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Because of this thread, I bought a ?20 selection box of five 20cl bottles of different ports on the P&O home yesterday afternoon.
Graham's Fine White Port
Graham's Fine Ruby Port
Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port
Graham's Six Grapes Port
Graham's 10 Year Old Port
I hate buying selection boxes of anything because I think they are a bit gay. A single bottle of any of the above was on sale for around a tenner, so this is a real rip-off.
I don't know if Graham's is the gnat's piss make of port, but I'm taking a toke glass down to my smoke shack and am going to try the different ports out with different Havanas.
I have a feeling I'm going to be very happy for a while down there. Indeed, I'm about to pair a JL No2 with a glass or two of 10 Year Old Port on a beautiful afternoon. Pig in shit comes to mind.
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Interesting, I have had chilled red wine but never red port, so many things to try and so little time.
I tried white port at room temperature and it was bloody awful, only to be told you had to drink it well chilled.Leave a comment:
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Hey Stevieboy, are you talking about white port or the traditional red?Leave a comment:
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I love port too...all varieties but esp. a 10 YO Tawny...mmmm
Whilst in Spain I few years ago, I tried chilled port for the first time...utterly amazing and felt totally different on the palate...a bit thicker and sweeter...I went through a phase for a year or two after of only drinking it chilled. Recommended!!!!Leave a comment:
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