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Alex, Axel, Enrico, Julian, Phil, Tom, and two Wolfgangs met for luncheon on Wednesday 20^th December 2017 at Otto’s Restaurant (182 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8EW).

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• Review of the event as a whole.
• 1927 Ports:
  • Cockburn 1927;
  • Constantino 1927;
  • Croft 1927;
  • Dow 1927;
  • Fonseca 1927;
  • Martinez 1927;
  • Taylor 1927;
  • Warre 1927.
• Non-Ports:
  • 1999 Pol Roger magnum;
  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose (first bottle);
  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose (second bottle);
  • 1983 Château Gruaud Larose;
  • 2012 Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese***;
  • 2015 Keller Pinard Trockenbeerenauslese.

Cn27. Cloudy, red-brown 40% opaque. Palate had some high-toned elements: melons (not in that sense), and spearmint. Excellently balanced, soft, but much lighter than perfect.

Deep brown in colour, the colour of polished olive wood; 90% opaque. Lovely Golden Syrup on the nose, sweet and honeyed but with the added interest of pepper dust and mandarin zest. A lovely texture on the palate, smooth and round with lots of brown sugar flavours and a wonderful mandarin acidity. Delightful development, rich and full palate but just delivers layer after layer of flavour and complexity. This port has a huge palate. The aftertaste is terrific; big, full of orange yet with dry cinnamon tannins coating the tongue. The finish really is astonishing as it moves through multiple phases. Great stuff. 95/100.

A good example of the difference in preference between JDAW's palate and mine. I loved this, he thought it a little light.

AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 201890% opaque.

Really? Err, no.

AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018Lovely Golden Syrup on the nose, sweet and honeyed but with the added interest of pepper dust and mandarin zest. A lovely texture on the palate, smooth and round with lots of brown sugar flavours and a wonderful mandarin acidity. Delightful development, rich and full palate but just delivers layer after layer of flavour and complexity. This port has a huge palate. The aftertaste is terrific; big, full of orange yet with dry cinnamon tannins coating the tongue. The finish really is astonishing as it moves through multiple phases. Great stuff. 95/100.

I agree complex, but complex and delicate. A “huge palate”: really?

AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018A good example of the difference in preference between JDAW's palate and mine. I loved this, he thought it a little light.

Completely agree.

Bottle in good condition, but very much the lesser of the wines present (not counting the faulty).
Rating: vg-