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Bottled 1973. Deep brown in colour, slightly green on the rim. A huge nose, full of sweet and typically maderised fruit and fudge, but slightly dirty. Thick in texturee, very syrupy. Harsh and slightly soapy in the mouth with lots of rosemary and lemons. The aftertaste is medicinal and harsh, but of...

A bottle that I would estimate to be about 30 years old, from my late grandparents' cellar. A deep golden colour, almost a pale orange. Smelling of hot buttered brioche and golden raisins. Still a gentle mousse in the mouth, and a searing lime acidity. A very, very long finish, which just fills the ...

Eira Velha is another quinta I'd prefer to see listed without an association to an owner. It used to belong to Hunt Roope until some time after WW2.

The cost of the night will be £40-50 per person for room hire, corkage and food. While the Club does have a handful of port decanters, they have very few port glasses and have asked us to bring our own. Please let me know if you have any glasses which you would be able to bring to the event for use ...

Jacob,

This is a brilliant piece of work. Is there anything that we can do to help you with its development?

SushiNorth wrote:Upon closer inspection, the filter had developed a large hole on the bottom.

I find that folding the bottom of the filter paper over a couple of times to reinforce the seam solves this problem.

So, how are we going to achieve "completeness"? Completeness is an uneccessary state, is purely temporary and is not a goal in its own right. Do not be seduced by the false perception of completeness. It will not create world peace or cure all disease. It will simply make you want to crea...

DRT wrote:Capela('s) are a bonus but not essential in achieving completeness of a Vesuvio Vertical.

True - JDAW, please could the Capella be removed from the tasting mats.

Bottled 1994 and decanted off a very surprising amount of sediment for a filtered LBV port. Dark, burnt orange in colour and with a transparent centre. Burnt cabbage on the nose (which is actually more pleasant than the description makes it sound) and thick, black molasses. Surprisingly thick textur...

I have just acquired a 2004 to add to the list if we are going for the full house :D ...but none the less would still be more than happy to adopt the 1990 from Alex. I'm unclear - does that mean you want to adopt the 1990 from me and bring that as well as the 2004? Or are you saying that you can br...

Excellent! So all we need are 1989, 2001, 2004 and 2007 and we have a full house!!!!! :wink: Does anyone have any of these available for adoption by the group? I'm not willing to give up one of my last bottles of 1989 but more than happy to bring along a bottle of 2007 - is that the Group decision?

In a fit of enthusiasm and anticipation for this coming Vesuvio vertical, I had a quick trawl through the vintages which people have identified that they have available, and come up with the following list: So we could have a line up of: 1990 - Cookie to adopt from AHB 1991 - Darren 1992 - Darren's...

Any volunteers for printing the placemats? I can do it, but don't want to end up with duplicates.

You've stumped me. I had assumed that it was Martinez in the UK and the US, and that Harvey's were associated with the wine and the brand only through being the main (only?) UK distributor in the middle of the last century. Do you know whether Harvey's was used as the US brand for a time?

Perhaps we should have a rule - you can only remove something from the list if you suggest a replacement? That way we can have a debate about what to do. Should we remove the Taylor 1980 and replace it with Niepoort 2000? Personally, the Taylor 1980 was my suggestion because I once had bottle of it ...

A case of Dow 1977! I've been after a case of this for some time and finally managed to pick one up for a reasonable price.

Glenn's right - both. How many times are you going to get the chance to try either of these? 1920 Fonseca is supberb; 1924 Taylor has a mighty reputation.

If you can't afford both, buy both and sell one to me. I'll send you a USD check by return of post - or a PayPal transfer!

Martinez shows up as "Martinez (Harvey's)".

While this was true some years ago, Martinez is now part of the Symington stable and Harvey's are not the sole or even main distributors any more. Could we change this name to just read "Martinez"?

I'm going to stay overnight at the New Cavendish, so if anyone is left without a room at the RAF Club then let me know.

I have been told I can expect my 91 next week, and as no-one else has put that forward Daren will bring that, if that is alright by everyone. I will find out what bottle the plus one is bringing and let you know. Claire, If Darren's +1 would like to bring the 1990, then let me know. I'm sure that I...

In a fit of enthusiasm and anticipation for this coming Vesuvio vertical, I had a quick trawl through the vintages which people have identified that they have available, and come up with the following list: DRT - 1994, 1996, 1997 WS1 - 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 ARK - 1996 (having drunk all his 1994) C...

After reading Alex's notes, and the posts on this thread, it seems that there was pretty strong group consensus on the various attributes of each wine. Is this common in group tastings of port? Chris, I did find it quite interesting that most of the time, you and I were within a point on the score ...

London is relatively safe if you are sensible. Parts of it I wouldn't be alone in, day or night, but we can help out with comments on what we think of any areas she is thinking of trying. But Jacob is right - what is your friend going to do when she is over here and how long is she prepared to spend...

Can we at least agree that out of the top 100 ports ever produced those Tawny/Colheita things deserve no more than 5 places on the list? I think it perfectly reasonable to eliminate ALL [/b] tawny / colheita ports from a list of the top 100 vintage ports ever made. :twisted: And Ronnie spotted my l...