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Pale, more so than the "basic" Noval.
Still some fruit on the nose but not much development.
More evolved in the mouth, well balanced, not much tannin left, but some remaining fruit.
Overall quite nice, but a little disappointed.

Still fairly deep colour; initially thought it was maybe a bit dirty on the nose with some odd notes. Much better in the mouth, although alcohol a bit out of balance, still some drying tannin.

Later on, nose was better with some nice development, but alcohol still too forward.

Quite deep colour; muted nose, but more developed in the mouth with good remaining fruit and medium tannin.
Enjoyed this; pretty good overall and no rush to drink up.

Medium/deep colour; lots of primary red fruit on the nose; still plenty of tannin and good overall balance.
Liked this a lot; very good.

My thanks also to George for organising. A very informative tasting, with a few very good wines. As possibly previously suggested don't think I'm going to be searching out any more 91s and will definitely be drinking the other bottle of CkC soon (although not suspecting that's it's going to be any b...

Opened and decanted last night at 1800. Level was base of neck. Nose was OK and dregs tasted fine...

PhilW - will forward some photos.

Provenance - the first of two bottles purchased at Schipol Airport in September 1997; cellared by me since.

Central London Wine Society Modern Single Quinta Ports v. 1970 Vintage Port Civil Service Club, Wednesday 4th December 2019 Presented by Paul Mapplebeck All bottles were double decanted around 5hrs before the tasting. Presented in pairs as only had two glasses, making wider comparisons tricky. CLWS ...

1 bottle each of G55, G66 and T66.

1 bottle of 1957 Wiese & Krohn Colheita (bottled 1999)

Some provenance...

The final bottle from two full sealed OWCs.
Christies South Kensington sale 7649, lot 408, November 2008.
The previous 23 bottles have all been in excellent condition with fill levels into neck.

Some provenance...

The second of two bottles purchased from the Berry Bros broking list in December 1996.
First bottle was consumed around the time of purchase, and my memory is that it was pretty good.
BBR bottling.

My RV63 and RV72 delivered to B&F yesterday.

Yes please, but unfortunately don't have any in my cellar.

The Central London Wine Society December "Special" Tasting is Port themed. Grahams Crusted, 98 Guimaerens, 02 Vargellas, 01 Malvedos, 02 Cavadinha, 70 Warre, 70 Taylor, 70 Graham, 70 Fonseca It's on the 4th December 2019, 6pm start at the Civil Service Club, 15 Great Scotland Yard Tickets are £45, a...

Taylor 83 x 12

Ferreira 1945 last week. Bit of seepage, but still very good.

winesecretary wrote: ↑

11:21 Tue 30 Jul 2019

@nac - first reserve, but statistically extremely likely to be promoted idc - so I would be most grateful if you could diarise and reserve a bottle of CkC for us

Diarised and reserved.

The sales platform on wineowners.com is currently listing a six bottle (in bond) case of this for £875.

It's been on sale for a few months, so the seller might be open to offers?

And just to clarify, I'm not the seller.

...and my food order is:

Starter - Duck liver pâté, toasted sourdough bread, house pickles
Main - Grilled gammon steak, free range egg, chips, spiced pork scratching, pickle gravy - plus the black pudding, and a side of green beans & shallots
Dessert - Welsh rarebit

Confirming my attendance.

If not already full, yes please.

I have Warre and Cockburn Quinta dos Canais.

Confirmed

Might be of interest...

Corney & Barrow have just listed three 12-bottle OWC cases of Malvedos 84 @ £790 DP.

Guess this is now fairly rare?

Makes sense. I've got some Noval 70 where it's got the UK bottler info (Churton's) on the white part.

I'm guessing Noval supplied the labels to the shipper so they're fairly consistent.