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- 23:33 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2003 Graham
- Replies: 2
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Re: 2003 Graham
G03, dark dark red, 80% opaque. Big and sumptuous, spice mid palate, lots of dark fruit especially blackberries. Liked.
- 23:32 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2000 Graham
- Replies: 4
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Re: 2000 Graham
G00, opened 22:15, decanted at 09:30. Dark dark red, 80% opaque. Mid weight, loverly dark fruit, great balance. Not super old bones in it, but in a great state right now.
- 23:31 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1997 Graham
- Replies: 2
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Re: 1997 Graham
G97, opened previous day then decanted 08:00. Dark dark dark red, 90% opaque. Palate had mint and dark cherries, with heat. Not in a good balance — more cellar time needed.
- 23:29 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1994 Graham
G94: dark dark red, 90% opaque. Light, hollow mid-palate; dark plum fruit, ending pleasingly dark-fruited and sweet. But junior to what it should be.
- 23:28 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1991 Graham
G91: glorious red, 40% opaque. Dirty nose. Same dirt showing in palate; weight of the shipper’s SQVP. Nose too wrong.
- 23:27 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Graham
- Replies: 5
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Re: 1985 Graham
G85: opened 19:30 previous day, decanted 07:30 that morning. glorious red, 50% opaque. Showed very well, mid weight, with lots of lovely red fruit. Not huge. Junior to the TFP’s big-two 1985s. Nonetheless, I liked this a lot.
- 23:19 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1983 Graham
G83: a sillier colour than the G80 — dark dark dark red, 90% opaque. Notes were becoming brief: very vey dry mid-palate, then faint ending.
- 23:17 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1980 Graham
- Replies: 2
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Re: 1980 Graham
G80: a silly colour — dark dark red, 80% opaque. Intense plum fruit, big and sweet, likely with baga.
- 23:16 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1977 Graham
G77: red-pink, 30% opaque. Nose had maraschino cherries. Different to all older bottles: intensely maraschino, with slight spearmint. The contrast in style was very great.
- 23:15 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1975 Graham
- Replies: 4
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Re: 1975 Graham
G75: red-pink, 15% opaque. Sweet and softly ’75ish, being very light with lovely balance.
- 23:13 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1970 Graham
- Replies: 2
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Re: 1970 Graham
G70: opened the previous day, decanted 08:00. Not a real G70: soft, light, thin, brown sugar. Sweetness remains.
- 23:11 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1966 Graham
- Replies: 10
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Re: 1966 Graham
G66: glorious red, 30% opaque. Sub-par — light, bitter, a hint of red fruit, and cherries late. A shame, as others from this batch have been excellent.
- 23:10 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1963 Graham
- Replies: 4
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Re: 1963 Graham
G63: red-brown, 20% opaque. Nose slightly dirty — said by Martin C. to be “dusty”. Very light, heat prominent, faded and not right.
- 23:08 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1960 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1960 Graham
G60: decanted 07:21. Bottled by J Thompson. Mid weight, very long, maraschino cherries.
- 23:07 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1955 Graham
- Replies: 3
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Re: 1955 Graham
G55: decanted noon. Glorious red, 40% opaque. Black pepper, smoke, spice, string sweetness, and some heat. Excellent Port, but in this company, not in the top rank.
- 23:05 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1948 Graham
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Re: 1948 Graham
G48 : brown, 30% opaque. Brown sugar, just wonderful mixed spice incl. black pepper, and huge sumptuous orange. Later, the orange was stronger, marmalade-style, with soft spice. And very long. “This is perfect old Port. Just amazing.” Obvious WOTN. How could this not be everybody’s WOTN? Mysteries ...
- 23:01 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1945 Graham
- Replies: 4
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Re: 1945 Graham
G45: red-brown, 30% opaque. Soft, and intensely spicy. In great balcen, but not long. Laterm retasted, it had become much better longer. This wine is 79 years old, and still showing impressively well.
- 22:57 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1942 Graham
- Replies: 2
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Re: 1942 Graham
George and I tasted this very differently. G42 , having been decanted 20 minutes before first tasted. Red-pink, 40% opaque. Nose had no fruit. Initially palate intensely bitter, and oddly so, with spearmint and aniseed. Later it had softened and become gentler, but was still bitter, still powerfully...
- 22:54 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Graham, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 6
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Re: Graham, Tue 14 May 2024
That was fantastic. So many good Ports. even the few decisively less-good were still not bad. And the G48 was just magical.
Martin C.: thank you very much for arranging.
Martin C.: thank you very much for arranging.
- 20:31 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 78
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Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
Current draft of the placemats (which were quite fiddly) added to the first post . Tom: please inspect — is this what you want? One small snafu in the placemats. The first post mistakenly lists Ben R attending rather than Ben P, and this has carried through onto the placemats. Thank you. Fixed, and...
- 20:29 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 78
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Re: LBV - The Young Turks
I’m afraid I’m also busy in the last week of April, so please could I be put onto the reserves in case I can get my hearings schedule thinned down. … I can’t make the new date so if I could be parked on the reserves …my diary is rammed in April and May. I am pretty busy next week and it’s unlikely ...
- 20:27 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 78
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Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
• Soup;
• Sirloin blue + skinny fries;
• Welsh usual.
• Sirloin blue + skinny fries;
• Welsh usual.
- 20:18 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Reference
- Topic: Port brand abbreviations
- Replies: 350
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Re: Port brand abbreviations
Referencing earlier discussion, we have previously only assigned permanent abbreviations for brands which have released vintage ports for ~3 vintages or more; do these meet that criteria? is that criteria still reasonable? Very reasonable. And I had forgotten that. Ph , for Quinta da Pacheca ? Obse...
- 20:59 Wed 15 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 78
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Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
Current draft of the placemats (which were quite fiddly) added to the first post . Tom: please inspect — is this what you want? I’ve changed two of the names, to Tecedeiras (no Q.) and Quinta Seara D’Ordens (minus a preposition). My guess is that you don’t care. Edit: later, Q das readded to Tecedei...
- 19:17 Wed 15 May 2024
- Forum: Reference
- Topic: Port brand abbreviations
- Replies: 350
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Re: Port brand abbreviations
For the Young Turks tasting, more abbreviations are needed. Please comment on the following. Ph , for Quinta da Pacheca ? Observe that already blocked are PA (Quinta da Pedra Alta), Pç (Poças), and Pe (Petre). Gv , for Quinta da Gaivosa? Tc , for Tecedeiras ? SO , for Quinta Seara D’Ordens ? Po for ...