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Bottled 1984. Level i.n.. Almost no sediment on decant. 60% opaque rich red juice- a fine looking port. Herbaceous nose, slightly underwhelming, promising less than it delivers. Some dates early, and delicious red cherry flavours mid-palate. Very long warm finish with touch of orange. Lovely balance...

Yes please. I couldn't do Wednesday 1st, the toad work. Tuesday 7th April I would be there, with my port ready-decanted and an expectant expression. I might even put on a dinner jacket although, alas, no cat will be available to assist me with the tasting.

Half bottle. 60% opaque. Fairly spirity when first popped and decanted and not a great pleasure to drink. Dramatic amounts of sediment. After 72 hours in a decanter in the fridge, almond and cherry blossom on the nose (really!). Morello cherry jam and later rosehip syrup on the palate. Warm but not ...

Being drunk in stages over the next few days... - Hautes Cotes de Beaune 2012, Maison Belle Lies - Warre 1979 LBV (unfiltered) (Bottled 1984) Already consumed over the past week... - Chateau Musar 2011, half - T83 There were some really fine wines flowing over my tonsils in the 14 day period before ...

All the wines scored points?

I think I was bidding in the same sale as Tom (on different lots). Croft 91 at £31/bt all in and Fonseca 92 at £50/bt... I'm very happy with those.

It was enormous fun. I must confess it was my first video-conference on Zoom ever (although I have had three more today, two of which also involved cats intruding, although neither in my view as fine as Charles's). I got to meet (virtually) Simon for the first time, which was great, and our intended...

Mine decanted 1300 today- an advantage of working at home is that decanting at crack of dawn before going to work is not a logistical necessity.

3 x Vargellas 1995 en demi
3 x Croft Roeda 2005 en demi

...both from Tanners as part of a selection of half bottles of wine for drinking solus over the next few weeks/months.

Unknown UK bottler, level base of neck. Cork came out cleanly with Durand. Wine was 50% opaque with a yellow-green rim. Very herbaceous - garrigue - on the nose. Alcohol prominent. Lots of swirling released some cherry and chocolate notes. Marzipan on the mid-palate, cranberry and cherry stone on th...

Wine Society bottling, level half way up neck. Opened and decanted for four hours [to replace a disappointing Dow 1985]. A deep rich red, 60% opaque. Gloriously clear liquid. On the nose, christmas pudding, bit of sage, merest hint of pear drop. Garden herbs on the front palate, then a rich wash of ...

Alex, I also am up for a virtual tasting on the 25th, since we are otherwise unlikely to be able to drink port together for a while.

I would be keen but am similarly 45-less. would be prepared to adopt, and will similarly hunt. If it is extended, from the rationing years I have just a single bottle of Dow 1950.

Vale Dona Maria

Slightly more purple in the re. Still 90% opaque. The eucalyptus has faded and there are more forest fruits on the nose. A hint of mint. Still pretty muted. Front and mid palate has filled out a bit, black-fruit dominant, but the big chocolate tannins still dominate the finish. I do wonder whether t...

9 bottles of 2000 Niepoort Secundum. I have been much enjoying the halves of Fortnum & Mason 2000 that I have been drinking (which is Secundum also); I find the higher total acidity and very slightly lower sugar level refreshing.

Idly reviewing this very old thread: the father of a school-friend was an Anglican missionary in Africa (where wine tended to spoil unless fortified) until middle age. In his later years he was a hospital chaplain in England and as was his habit he used a good sound LBV for sacramental purposes. I u...

Decanting sample from a bottle opened for the weekend. 90% opaque red juice. Eucalyptus and dusty red cherry on the nose. Little fruit on the mid-palate, dominated by tannins. Tobacco and - is that lemon? - late. In truth this is pretty obdurate, and not a pleasure to drink right now. I'm going to l...

Most of the bottle having been preserved in a half-litre bottle in the fridge for the past week (I know! The restraint!) the same tasters are revisiting it this evening. Darkened a little. Still dried fig, but less herbaceous on the nose. On the mid- palate, figs appear early, mid-palate more poache...

I have only Mackenzie 1955
I have only Dow 1950

That was easy...

Post-menu-change please can my standard food order be amended to

Starter: Burrata on toast, burnt orange, heritage tomato, crushed coriander and fennel seed dressing
Main: Sirloin 220g, aged for 28 days, served with green salad
Side: Chips
Pudding: Treacle Tart

A bonus (or, depending on your perspective on the Sandeman 1955, consolation) half bottle popped, decanted, and poured. I confess to only limited recall of this, on which I made no written notes, but I do recall it was a good mature red, figgy on the palate, entirely sippable (indeed, quaffable) and...

30% opaque. Pale pink with some orange, Spirity nose with some tobacco. Warm orange on the palate. Drying out but with some interest still. Hint of sweet chili on the finish. A slightly flawed bottle; more than merely drinkable; but I cannot see this wine as being anything other than on the downward...

80% opaque with a slightly orange rim. Violets on the nose- clearly Taylors. In the mouth- oh, that's very good stuff. Chewy with rich dark fruits. Very long. I guessed 1985 Taylor, since I've never tasted a 1980 Taylor close in quality to this. My WOTN, and a close second for the group to IDJ's G70...

Distinctly red wine. Some rubber and varnish on the nose, but that blew off. Very reminiscent of the Graham 1970 I had at New Year, but with the good qualities (rich sweet poached red fruits and red liquorice) better displayed, and the difficulties (rubbery quality) very much less pronounced. This i...