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Seems a lot. What was considered imperfect with its condition?

48 views so far. Clickbait from Julian?

But it is (or will be when the smell goes) a good room for us.

See you tomorrow, I will try to be closer to 15:30, and I am looking forward to tomorrow night.

I noticed that my rank is "Taylor’s LBV". This status impels me to write about my last tasting. We had a tasting at a port wine friend who offered us a spectacular and surprising tasting of Taylor's LBV. We are devoted Vintage lovers but this LBV tasting showed some surprising longevity of some LBV...

I could also be at the B&F around 4pm, or perhaps a little earlier if better.

For me please:

Starter: Oak smoked salmon with beetroot, orange and horseradish
Main: Rib eye steak (240g aged for 28 days) rare with skinny fries
Side: Green beans with shallots

Gluten free please
Thanks

Excellent evening, theme and company. Thanks. All the ports were very enjoyable, and they were really able to shine when not in the shadow of any top VPs.

Nice to finally get the better of the monkey with a couple of lucky guesses, but I'm sure it will be back to its winning ways next time.

I haven't tried any of these, so obviously yes please from me. Very interesting idea.

Good for me. Thanks.

I will bring a Noval 60

flash_uk wrote: ↑

15:04 Mon 05 Mar 2018

Also, I think it would be nice to do this one blind. There are not too many of us, so self-pouring at the table should be fine.

Happy to do blind. If so, who to pick the monkey's choice?

Oak smoked salmon with beetroot, orange and horseradish
Rib eye steak rare (240g aged for 28 days) skinny chips if available (or hand cut chips)
Green beans with shallots

Gluten free please
Thanks

idj123 wrote: ↑

14:28 Fri 02 Mar 2018

Already vouched

Ah, yes. Back to plan A then.

Having said I need to adopt, I think I have some OBV 63.

I currently have 70 and 83 (which agree isn't great). Plenty of time to aquire something else, or adopt.

I am afraid that if the NN is included then KMH and I will have to withdraw on the grounds of cost....sorry . :( Then I’d like to change my vote and now also vote against the inclusion of the NN. I don’t want anyone to be excluded from a tasting on the grounds of cost. There will be other times whe...

Excellent idea. Yes please.

Mature, balanced, rich and fruity, some heat. A little light, and a shade behind the very good 63 and exceptional 66, but drinking very well indeed. I also can't see it improving from here, but I think it will be very enjoyable for a good few years yet.

Thanks for the photos. A mystery. The cork being more red at one end does seem to indicate that it was used as a stopper, so Warre 94 seems quite likely. I wonder if a few Warre 94 were used to make up the quantities that Tesco needed, and you got lucky. It seems unlikely all Tesco 94 would be Warre...

What does the cork look like? Is it possible to tell whether it has been in the bottle for 20 years or only a few. It is odd to find a spare cork. I suppose it is possible that when recorking for Tesco the cork was accidentally pushed in.

Half a case of 77 Quarles Harris. Jancis rates it. :D A very good choice. It was good at the 77 horizontal in December. I very nearly gave it a point, but thought the Taylor edged it on potential which was perhaps unfair to the QH. Probably label bias. I have also just acquired some Quarles Harris ...

LGTrotter wrote: ↑

01:21 Tue 27 Feb 2018

Blimey. Having shone a torch down the neck and shaken it a bit the name on the cork is very clear; Warre, vintage 1994.

That is both very surprising and excellent news. Good find, well done. Tesco 94 can't really be W94 though, can it? I wonder what the Tesco 97 is.

I'm also happy with the NN inclusion either way.

Andy Velebil wrote:Probably a stupid question, but being as I'm from this side of the pond and I don't know I'll ask. Who's in the picture above the fireplace?

I have no idea. If no one else knows I guess we'll have to look now

A very good evening indeed. Thank you. Fine steaks and an excellent line up that lived up to its promise. I agree that the 70s could have been decanted earlier as they got better as the night wore on. F66 head and shoulders above the rest for me, fantastic bottle. I also liked the Warre 70 but nobod...