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Alas, couldn’t make 30 July either. I have a hideous summer of work so am likely off tastings after 11 June (which I will have to leave quite early to get the last train to Rutland) until early September.

@ Julian - is the N actually Ni? I can’t remember my abbreviations.

1977 Napa? I will try to arrive early…

At this point, since there is not a review thread, I am going to use this thread to say, ‘well that really was jolly interesting, and thank you Neil for your remarkable curation of this event’. The worst port there was really quite good, and the best port there was really very good, which we decided...

From half bottle. Popped and decanted and poured and then considered over some hours. 95% opaque, red rim Nose of esteva and Concord grape. No hint of heat, still pure fruit. Really ripe melange of mainly black fruit - mainly black cherry and a little blackcurrant on the front palate. No Black Fores...

Have stood up the Fonseca and BBR to bring back to town.

Alas I am in a hearing that week and the week before so this sort of thing contra-indicated.

Red to the rim. Too many tannins for great pleasure now. Long finish.

Red to the rim. Beautiful port. Too young really but drinkable with pleasure.

Too young, but this is really very good port.

Young fruity and aromatic port. A little hollow on the palate, however. Possibly improving with more air. In this company, too young.

Looking forward to this!

At first a rather odd nose and I thought not right. Benefitted from more air however.

A rich ruby (not garnet). My notes were getting scrappier by this point but I have written 'a little lifeless compared to the 1983'.

As dark as any bottle present on the night. 100% opaque. Rich thick gooey port. As good a bottle of 1983 wine (of any variety) as it is possible to imagine. I gave it an HM.

Really deep colour. Grapes on the nose. Big rich palate. Excellent, and still young, port. Got a point from me for WOTN which is impressive in this company.

Fabulous inviting rich ruby. Beautiful mouthfeel and fruit. Really very good port indeed.

Pale rim. Acrid nose. Increasingly unpleasant to me as the evening went on. I don't think I like 1975 port. Others liked this more.

Markedly paler than the 1966. Hint of vanish on the nose. The fruit's all present and correct, though.

A lovely full rich red. Dumb nose. Palate full of life. Arguable still needs time? Tannins still present. Lovely - would have made a spectacular wine as the focus of an evening.

Yellow rim. A little bite of something. Oranges and butterscotch. Not what was expected - possible stored a little warm at some point in its life?

Still very much discernible as vintage port. Rich red fruit on the nose and palate and full of life. 2 points from me and a deserved third place on the night.

Pale rim. A hint of balsamic. Still some tannins. Sweet and delicious.

Pale rim. A little spirity on the nose ,almost a varnish note but not quite. Warm red fruits on the palate. Still a ghost of tannin on the finish. Very fine wine. Two points from me and a deserving winner on the night.

A shade darker than the 1942. A hint of pontefract cake on the nose. Rich fruit. Lovely port. A point from me and a deserved second place on the night.