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I certainly do hope the juice was pleasing!

Romaneira

Quinta da Leda

Top post updated with an indication of who I hope can bring what. As with the Friday tasting: - I am assuming everyone is having dinner, please advise if you don't want dinner - I will operate a money clearing system for the whole tasting, which means that I will work out the cost for each person f...

Given the general warnings around the upcoming zombie apocalypse, just wanted to check that we're all generally content to still be doing the tastings planned for next and the following weeks? I can confirm that I'm OK with this... Positively relying on the upcoming tastings to sustain a semblence ...

I've now mostly finalised who should bring what to the tasting, indicated after the names in the top post . I've tried to contact most people in advance about their contribution - if you are surprised/confused/have a query, drop me an email/PM . A few points to note about logistics for the tasting: ...

Krohn

Alves de Sousa

We now need Dow.

forest26 wrote: ↑

19:45 Wed 11 Mar 2020

Port legends - Iconic ports of the 20th C (or even 19th). E.g. Ck12, Cr45, T48, N31, F66, F27 etc. Small gathering... perhaps 8 max??

I was hoping not to break into my cases of these?

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑

23:13 Mon 09 Mar 2020

flash_uk wrote: ↑

14:27 Mon 09 Mar 2020

Phil - could you copy the abbreviation list into the first post which you own? Makes it much easier to find!

Not copy: move. So that there is one official list, rather than several inconsistently updated.

Yes good point

PhilW wrote: ↑

13:45 Mon 09 Mar 2020

Do we not already have VM for Quinta do Vale Meao anyway?

Yes good spot. It's listed under M alphabetically.
Phil - could you copy the abbreviation list into the first post which you own? Makes it much easier to find!

I prefer VDM. Although I take the point that VDM could be construed as a Vesuvio sub-quinta there are no single quinta wines made by Vesuvio whereas there are single quinta wines made by Dow — Bomfim and Senhora da Ribeira being the two current examples. Yes given Julian’s observation about Vesuvio...

It seems that we lack an abbreviation for Quinta Vale Dona Maria . Any objection to ‘ DM ’? (Separately, www.quintavaledonamaria.com seems to be not working.) (Cross link: relevant in the Y2K tasting of 17 March 2020 .) I'd be more inclined to VD or VDM. We already have DB, and DM could be misconst...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

11:29 Sun 08 Mar 2020

Mike: if you update the first post I’ll make the paperwork.

Alex is in the driver seat. He’s updated this post with the latest who’s bringing what.

Waitrose cellar has it for £17.29

I can now confirm that the attendee list is confirmed and is updated in the top post. I am in the process of sorting out who is bringing what and should be able to confirm this before Easter.

10% opacity, golden yellow. Extracted ripe citrus fruit, vanilla and marzipan on the nose. Syrupy, chewy entry, nuts, margin, heat late palate. I guessed G55.

40% opcaity, mature red. Wonderful rich christmas cake nose. Rich, full mouthfeel. Cranberries, soft tannins, lovely sweetness, great structure. I guessed T70 which is a fine tribute to this T80! As others have said elsewhere, this was a very fine bottle of T80, probably the best I have tasted.

35% opacity, clear rich red. Dark fruit and spice on the nose. Powerful, full mouthfeel, dark fruit, some pepper, gentle tannins, spice, heat in the finish. I guessed T66 on account of the pepper/spiciness.

30% opacity, rich amber orange, clear. Cedar on the nose. Rich, syrupy mouthfeel, cedar notes, extracted orange, some spice in the finish. A bit of an unusual G70 - if I hadn't opened it myself, I would not have guessed Graham. This bottle seems to have aged a bit more than normal. Improved consider...

20% opacity, copper, some pinkness. Wonderful nose, leather, candy, oranges, strawberries. Very mature, extracted orange fruit, leather and cedar. Dryness in the finish with some bitterness. I guessed S60. Dryness should have tipped me off to Dow...

25% opacity, rich amber, copper. Lovely marmalade nose. Fabulously silky entry, delicate yet syrupy. Huge fruit, massive oranges, slightly extracted, marmalade. Very mature but retains great balance with good acidity. Lovely port.

30% opacity, clear ruby red.. Slightly musty, stewed nose, even vegetal. Young fruit on entry, a bit "fizzy"?!, slightly one dimensional, soime bitterness on the finish. I guessed to be W91.