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Scant (=zero) notes on this one. From memory, nice drinking, a little stewey perhaps, but lots of fruit. Sort of gives the impression this would not be one for the long term, although it's only 19 years old, so who knows!

70% opacity, dark red. Tannic mouthfeel, good fruit - dark plums. Not quite in balance though. Maybe another 5 or 10 years for this to really get into stride.

75% opacity, very dark red. Full mouthfeel, chocolate. F85 never disappoints.

35% opacity, red-brown. Quite hot, in the mouth some tree sap - cedar. This was quite different to the sample tasted at the 2015 BFT, which was much more fine and elegant.

30% opacity, brown-orange. Very candied nose. Not the best of ports, but also, not undrinkable. Lacking structure and dominated by sugar. Fell apart after half and hour.

50% opacity, dark red. Quite dry and tannic mid to late palate. Good balance, plenty of fruit here. A fine bottle of F70, but not as stellar as some tasted recently.

25% opacity, slightly cloudy, brown, red-orange. Nice mouthfeel, gentle heat mid to late palate. Syrupy, slight acidity with faint bitterness on the aftertaste - bitter orange peel.

25% opacity, warm orange brown. Some very mild acidity, syrupy mouthfeel. OK port, but this time not able to compete with the other '60s on show.

25% opacity, brown-orange. Nice mouthfeel, heat and acidity late on the palate. Good structure for a '63. Oranges in the mouth. Later on this port improved a little further.

15% opacity, warm orange brown. Very fine and gentle mouthfeel, wonderful balance and superb length. Really very nice port!

Welcome to Peter. And a great looking collection you have - let me know when you have completed the NN collection and have the tasting vertical...my diary is free that day

Is there any way to have the regular html links for "new posts", "unread posts" etc permanently on show on the front page, rather than having to click on the "Quick links" menu? Thx. There is a little icon for the latest post: is that it? And if it isn’t, it’s a featur...

jdaw1 wrote:Style updated. There will surely be faults and imperfections — please report here.

Is there any way to have the regular html links for "new posts", "unread posts" etc permanently on show on the front page, rather than having to click on the "Quick links" menu? Thx.

Food order for me, please:
Crab toast with chilli, fennel and avocado
Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g with hand-cut chips and grilled tomato
Peas and beans with mint lemon and butter

My Cr63 was delivered together with the placemats to the B&F at lunchtime. JDAW has kindly offered to decant the Croft when he arrives, as I will not get there until 6.30.

idj123 wrote:All, unfortunately it looks as though I will be unable to attend this pm. My wife was ill overnight and in the absence of anyone else to look after her or my daughter, once again I am going to be a no show. My apologies for the late withdrawal

That's a shame. Hope your wife recovers quickly!

Dear oh dear: Tesco blunder.

djewesbury wrote:Annoyingly, I can't go. I have my last class that day, and I'm introducing a film in the film festival next day.

Agghh. Nightmare. So that takes you out of any tasting on Thursday 21st as well, which I think we were lining up to be a GC vertical?

Some very odd pricing indeed. A case of 6 T92 is £570, a case of 12, £1425.

jdaw1 wrote:BFT registration is now open.

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jdaw1 wrote:Placemats updated. Mike: glasses pages now A3 — please confirm OK.

Yes no problem.

jdaw1 wrote:Food order believed complete and accurate: please could somebody check.

All looks in order, assuming you have made the correct orders for Bruno-Ken, Greg and you.

djewesbury wrote:Apologies everyone. Now that I finally have my full timetable for this semester I have to drop out of this tasting - it's absolutely impossible for me I'm afraid. Sorry also for the late notice.

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That's a shame. Hopefully see you soon, or if not, at the BFT!

jdaw1 wrote:I will be responsible for decanting three: F85, NN87, D97. My plan is to decant the F85 and D97 first thing in the morning, and the NN87 early afternoon. Objections?

Would it be possible to decant the night before for the D and F? Certainly F85 enjoys a long decant, and I doubt D97 would object.

DRT wrote:I think Alex is doing his old trick of dividing the cost of an in bond case by 10 to get roughly the price of a bottle duty and VAT cleared. So, with these lots being 24 bottles, he is dividing by 20.

Ah, OK. That would be 160 per bottle then.