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35% opacity, mature red, amber rim. Soft and chewy, oranges and peppermint. Much more mature, soft and sweet than the other ports on show - more like a Cr63 than what I would expect for a Cr66.

45% opacity, mature red. Candy and red fruit on the nose. Full mouthfeel, chewy red fruit which is drying a little with some bitterness. Nice port.

30% opacity, mature red, orange rim. Rich red fruit on the nose. Soft and smooth, gentle bitterness, toffee, drying cranberries, though a slightly artificial flavour in the finish. Pleasant enough but not a stunner.

40% opacity, mature rich red. Lovely sweet strawberry nose. Chewy entry, some bitterness, very nice. No points from me, which feels harsh.

45% oapcity, gleaming rich red. Great balance, full, rish mouthfeel, concentrated cranberries, very slightly drying. Lovely juice.

45% opacity, mature red. Red fruit and violets on the nose. Wonderful full, rish mouthfeel, chewy cranberries, great balance. Superb port. Wondering how Alex and I had such a different experience!

30% opacity, mature dusty red. Dusty red fruit on the nose. Lovely soft elegant mouthfeel, cranberries which are just beginning to dry out. Another fine port!

40% oapcity, mature warm red. Faint strawberry nose. Soft entry, red fruit then spreads across the palate, lovely syrupy chewiness mid to late palate. Like the Noval, another fine port.

40% oapcity, mature warm red. Red fruit and very faint nougat on the nose. Soft smooth entry, nice and chewy, gentle heat late palate and the finish has a gentle bitterness. Better N66 exists, but this is a fine port.

25% opacity, copper red. Dusty red fruit on the nose. Extracted red fruit, cranberries, still retains good structure, though drying out. Mature and enjoyable.

Justin K wrote: ↑23:06 Thu 14 Sep 2023 12 x Bomfim 2010
1 x Churchill Crushed 1985

You’ll need to decant the crushed Churchill

Yes please Martin. I’ll check what I have. 12th to the 16th is half term, so would rule me out if then.

Super evening with great company and great port. Many thanks to Neil for organising us and Julian for placemats, to Charles for his bonus bottle that proved to be far from shabby, to Tony for pulling out a backup bottle of Ferreira, and to Chris for very generously sharing the Dom Pérignon Rosé '02....

Croft decanted at 0700. QC sample all fine.

Double decanted at 0700.

Croft '63 is a stalwart! One of my favourites.

May I please go on the reserves for this - much obliged Done. ...and now off the bench. Ben - could you advise re potential contributions. I am afraid I would have to adopt as ever due to not possessing any 66s if that is at all feasible! Zak - appears that IDJ, CPR and MSC all have bottles that ar...

Calem 30YO from me, Zak.

Food order please:
Parma ham, burrata, melon, honey and chilli
sirloin steak, rare with a fried egg
Green beans and shallots
Skinny fries

Confirmed, many thanks.

Neil - I have Croft and Sandeman 1966 available.

But are we doing this the right way? Someone commented to me the other day that they would prefer all tasting notes for a wine to be in the same thread, regardless whether they were the same bottle or not, so they can read one thread and not have to keep jumping backwards and forwards to find out w...

I've been posting a backlog of notes. I think we may find one or two tastings in the past two years where we have multiple posts for the same bottle. I've definitiely noticed it for this tasting: Mon 24 April 2023, reprise of a tasting in 1993 for example: 1970 Gould Campbell 1970 Gould Campbell How...

45% opacity, lovely rich red, caramels on the rim. Superb nose, caramel, dried oranges. Full, rich, chewy, sweetness, lovely orange/marmalade. 2 points from me.