20 year tawny tasting

[RAYC]

ok - i'll attend both tastings using a Mrs Doubtfire-type routine.

I'll bring Ck 63 for AHB's tasting.

For the 20yr tasting, i have the following (some, or even all, of which could be used):

Andresen
Churchill
Delaforce Curious & Ancient
Ferreira
Offley
Niepoort
Ramos Pinto
Sandeman
Warre Otima
Wiese & Krohn

I could press "go" on an order for Taylor, Noval, Osborne if more were needed, but i am unexcited by Taylor / Noval and i'm sure Tom has better options

[griff]

Busy the next morning Have fun gentlemen.

[Axel P]

Why dont you guys come to Germany and taste 20+ 20y old Tawnies there on Nov 9th?

Axel

[Glenn E.]

I'd suggest semi blind (i.e - you know what ports are in the line-up, but not which is which).

The more you keep hidden, the better. When we did the Ruby Reserve Taste-Off, it was effectively double blind for everyone but me and the results were quite surprising.

No need to tell everyone what's in the lineup... keep it blind to get the best results. You might surprise yourselves.

[RAYC]

I'd suggest semi blind (i.e - you know what ports are in the line-up, but not which is which).

The more you keep hidden, the better. When we did the Ruby Reserve Taste-Off, it was effectively double blind for everyone but me and the results were quite surprising.

No need to tell everyone what's in the lineup... keep it blind to get the best results. You might surprise yourselves.

difficult now that i've announced what i've got!

but hopefully there are enough ringers in my shortlist of 10 (Otima, Churchill, Offley, Delaforce, Krohn) to make it worthwhile to do semi-blind against the more established tawnies (Ramos P., Sandeman, Ferreira, Niepoort, Andresen).

That is - if we go for 10 (looking unlikely)

[jdaw1]

Has the date been chosen? If yes, please could it be added to the title of the thread?

[RAYC]

Has the date been chosen? If yes, please could it be added to the title of the thread?

I don't think it has been settled yet.

Given their relative enthusiasm for this, shall we try to find a date that both Griff and Jacob can make?

Doesn't preclude Oct 29th being a night for a tasting.

[griff]

Has the date been chosen? If yes, please could it be added to the title of the thread?

I don't think it has been settled yet.

Given their relative enthusiasm for this, shall we try to find a date that both Griff and Jacob can make?

Doesn't preclude Oct 29th being a night for a tasting.

No need to organise around me. I'll make it if I can but it is a busy period.

[Glenn E.]

Did this tasting ever take place?

We've held 3 versions of this in the US in the last 2 weeks, and John M. is going to be writing up an article on the results for Roy's newsletter like I did for the Ruby Reserve Taste-Off, so we'd like to include your results as well if possible.

[RAYC]

Did this tasting ever take place?

We've held 3 versions of this in the US in the last 2 weeks, and John M. is going to be writing up an article on the results for Roy's newsletter like I did for the Ruby Reserve Taste-Off, so we'd like to include your results as well if possible.

I think a combination of availability and the requisite interest was lacking!

[John M]

Disappointed in that result. I do thank you for the attempt.

Any effort to resurrect would be appreciated as I'd like to include your fine opinions herein.