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We gathered at The Boot & Flogger to taste Port of the 1994 Vintage.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1994 Graham;
• 1994 Dow;
• 1994 Warre;
• 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio;
• 1994 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1994 Gould Campbell;
• 1994 Tesco;
• 1994 Eira Velha;
• 1994 Taylor;
• 1994 Fonseca;
• 1994 Croft;
• 1994 Skeffington;
• 1994 Quinta do Noval;
• 1994 Churchill;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

70% opaque. Pale rim. A hint of something odd on the nose, sulphur? Some fruit, but a bit of fire on the palate, and it seemed to deteriorate and take on a somewhat citrus tang over the course of the evening. Possibly not a great example of this wine.

3rd lightest. As much as I had enjoyed chugging my way through over 30 bottles of this over nearly 10 years, I’m glad I finished my last a few years back going by this bottle. A pruney decaying nose and unattractively tertiary notes. Similar palate with no structure to speak of. Past best.

75% opacity, dull dark red. Jammy stewy nose, prunes, tobacco. sweet with some coffee bitterness alongside, tannins along the palate, finish fades away.

Ts94, decanted 22:00 yesterday. Dark dark red. Nose had awful stink.