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Did I see an O~Port~Unidade 2023?

Edit - no, I didn’t. 2013. My former Latin master, William Preddy, now a senior translator at Loeb Classical editions, would be most severe about my misreading of Roman numerals.

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Hurrah for magnums of Gusbourne's BdN 2018!

Ham hock terrine

Burger (with no salad, no tomato, no mayonnaise or any similar unguent, just bun, meat and dill pickle)
Fries
Chimichurri broccoli

Lemon tart

Welsh rarebit

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From 90ml

Pop and pour

The colour of a good orange marmalade

None of sweet oil orange groves and passion fruit

Surprisingly dry presentation on the front palate before the perfumed macadamia nut and then the citrus peel. Almost a bit of tannin, late. A sort of savoury quality.

Good wine, this.

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@ PhilW - the correction is merited…

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@ Mike J W - the special occasion should be, you fancying some port. I will say, keep it in the fridge. But, there it will last a week.

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From 90ml Pop and pour A fine glossy chestnut, green rim Nose of nut brittle, hint of pot pourri, dried orange peel behind, bit of fresh Brazil nut. Cool entry, rich and lush and silky on palate, not giving much other than sugar in the first second or two and then a big burst of citrus oil. Splendid...

winesecretary · Re: 1995 tasting - 18 November 2025 (B&F) In the diary. Will be fun!

In the diary. Will be fun!

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Some admirable ports here, the majority of which were a pleasure to drink now , with some (Taylor, Warre, Fonseca, Niepoort) being absolutely delicious and worthy of gracing any table. The Wine Society Crusted bottled 2013 showed very well in its august company.

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Promising nose. Rather attractive port, but possibly a little attentuated in taste. Others liked this more.

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The deep end of the spectrum of colour. In the mouth this is big rich thick licorice blackstrap port. Very satisfying. Gets an honourable mention.

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Admirable colour. Still a lot of fire. Age heat or youth heat? Imperfect?

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Deeper end of the spectrum. Pale rim.

Lovely cherries on nose.

Rich and warn palate with black cherries. A glorious drink.

Fully resolved. Lovely bottle. Voted very slightly behind the Fonseca.

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Watery rim, good colour.

Nose aldehydic, VA?

Finish ends short, just behind the incisors.

Corked.

Really quite terribly damaged port. Got very smelly quite quickly.

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Big brutish nose. Spicy. Massive concentrated wine on palate. Big. Did I mention brutish? Drink 2027-2077.

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Colour almost as deep as the Gould Campbell 1977, 90% opaque. Delicious port of the figgier end of the spectrum, not disgraced in august company, and admirable drinking now.

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Lighter end of the spectrum. Ravishing floral nose. Palate, happily, congruent. Effortlessly drinkable (and drunk). Deserves its fine reputation on this showing. Fourth on the night against strong competition.

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A glorious deep garnet. Long, long finish with medjool date followed by maraschino cherries in chocolate. Third on the night and possibly underscored.

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Dark. Promising.

Absolutely smashing nose.

Rich thick fruity port, some argued a little lighter than perfect but, to me, lovely drinking now. Narrowly, WOTN.

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Lighter end of the colour spectrum, 30% opaque. Lighter end of the spectrum of taste too, with an odd note of lemon or lemonade.

It became clear that this was lightly corked.

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A well stored bottle acquired 2024. Decanted 0715 into screw top bottle. Short cork in good condition. Lovely floral fragrance during decanting. Good colour. A decent amount of fine sediment which happily did not appear until the last two tablespoons of port.

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We are in the Red Room, so there is space, if Martin and Julian between them can make the logistics work...

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Possibly we need another category of tasting, which is neither an ‘emergency’ (grab nearest bottle of port, stat, hurry to B&F) or a ‘broad horizontal’ (takes six years to arrange, everyone has to take two days off work). Possibly an ‘informal’ - ‘let’s see what happens, will a theme emerge?’. T...

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Thank you. Provisional allocations of responsibility added - please notify imputed values by PM - will need to be some equalisation payments given current prices for the older stuff.

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:FF9966: What Ho. A Taylor vertical to consider wines that are post World War Two is proposed. Venue B&F Red Room 14 persons, 14 ports 28 October. Likely wines - the proposal is to avoid Special and Single Quinta wines. 1948 1955 1960 1963 1966 1970 1975 1977 1980 1983 1985 1992 1994 1997 I have...

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We might need a Taylor vertical- part 2 - the postwar years. That I would very much like to attend. In fact, I’ll arrange it.

Attendees - Ian, Mike, George…

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@jdaw1 - I suggest bringing the WS one. It's a school night so will not be over-drinking.

winesecretary · Re: Emergency, Mon 14 Apr 2025 I also vote for the Crusted.

I also vote for the Crusted.

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Oddly, my two other options for this tasting, having brought them up from Rutland this afternoon, were Fonseca 1985 and Wine Society Crusted bottled 2013…

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I’m in. My in-laws are delightful people, and my father in law spent two hours last weekend washing, waxing and polishing our car. But port gives him a terrible head. So I am likely to bring something to celebrate the fine man that he is, but which I can’t drink with him. Niepoort 1977.

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2011 Morey St Denis, Domaine Audiffred. Pale rim, 10% opaque. Colour is not a function of Pinot Noir. Lifted nose of mango and raspberry and chocolate, the palate bursting with rainier cherries and just a hint of noir infini on the finish. Goddam this is gorgeous. Obviously it’s my last bottle. Serv...

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I love this port’s immediate appeal.

Popped, decanted and poured for QA.

40% opaque, nose promising chocolate cherries in kirsch.

Sweet palate of poached strawberry, red soft licorice, and some warm aniseed late.

It will be better in a couple of hours, but you really can pop and pour if need be.

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Nice colour, and density of colour. Tasty, but drying out.

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Yellowing at rim. Tastes quite fiery but palate decent.

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Paling and fading. Tasty though. Bit acrid, late.

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Yellowing rim. Lovely front palate but finish a bit acrid.

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Pale. Cloudy. Doesn't look right. Palate not right. Probably heat damaged.

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Good colour but pale rim. Spicy nose. Delicious ripe fruit.

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Lovely light garnet, paling rim. Spice on nose. Cherries on palate. Rather good.

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‘Bletted quince on the nose’ would be a great title for your autobiography…

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That’s properly rare. But I suspect the MDDG behind it will taste better…

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Yes please

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I think I left my tasting notes there so if anyone picked them up do hand them over when next we meet.

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I appear not to have had a bottle of this port for almost three years. Why not? I have lots, and it’s delicious mid week drinking. Cork a disaster even with Durand Port Edition. Strawberry rather than garnet shade. Musky strawberry and caramel nose. Toffee and caramel on palate. Aftertaste a bit odd...

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I also was present. It was arguably the greatest Colheita port tasting ever. I will never attend its like. The generosity of the host was justly celebrated and will be as long as I live.

The Salon champagne vertical beforehand wasn’t too shabby either.

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Everyone folds towards a tregnum of Graham 1970…

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The Taylor 1896 Single Harvest would be on the list of best ports for everyone who has ever tasted it, including me, but is not a VP.

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@ Glenn - If I'm allowed Niepoort 2017, you're allowed Graham Stone Terraces 2011.

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From 90ml More a lovely glowing sandalwood than mahogany. Tears down the side of the glass in abundance. Big juicy verdelho madeira nose - vinagrinho, sandalwood, musk, bit of grapey sweetness. I spent 10 minutes sniffing it before first tasting it as it was so interesting. Sweet only on very first ...

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We had Cockburn 1912 together Harry, and it was good, but in the shadow of a truly tremendous Noval 1931.

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@ CPR1 - I’d happily adopt one of those.

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