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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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by jdaw1 » 22:23 Fri 14 Dec 2012
On Thursday 13
th December 2012 a subset of the obvious suspects gathered at the Bell, Wendens Ambo
CB11 4JY , to taste some treasures.
Links:
Review of the evening as a whole ;
1830 Sherry (#1);
1942 Rebello Valente (#2, JDAW, from THRA);
1945 Dow (#3, RAYC);
Cockburn Crusted, bottled 1928 by Avery’s (#4);
1922 Sandeman? (#5, WS);
Unknown perhaps Croft 1912 (#6, CMAG);
1927 Taylor (#7);
40 year old Santa Eufemia White Tawny (#8);
Penfolds Great-Grandfather Tawny (#9);
1931 Ramos Pinto (#10, AP);
1927 Croft (#11, PW);
1927 Taylor (#12, AHB);
Unknown perhaps a very old colheita (#15, CMAG);
Niepoort VV, 2012 bottling (#16, DN);
‘Placemats’, meaning TN sheets and sticky labels , and the parameters used in their construction ;
Planning and arrangements .
Previously at the Bell:
2011 ,
2010 ,
2009 ,
2008 .
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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by jdaw1 » 00:15 Mon 11 Feb 2013
Noted only as ‟very sour”.