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One of those ghastly plastic caps on the top and the cork looks wet. But the level is still in the neck. I don't remember where I got this, but I seem to think I bought it largely on price. I thought I had more but god knows where. Not much on the nose but a bit of alcohol, let us be generous and sa...

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The cork crumbled to dust before it was willing to let go of the bottle. Dark in colour, not much bricking or browning at the rim. A big nose of fruit and tar which was very persistent. Initially a bit hollow in the mid section of the palate, this filled out over about four hours. Nice dark fruits a...

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The cork melted into crumbs when approached with a corkscrew but it decanted cleanly and has a good hard crust which enabled me to get most of the bottle very cleanly. The colour is dark, solid rim with a suggestion of tawny at the edge. Long legs down the side of the glass. There is something of ch...

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At 21 years from the bottling date this is just of age. I liked this in the past. On looking at my notes this seems to have pulled itself together. It does not seem to have that jammy, slurred quality to the fruit previously noted, a bit more elegant and sustained. This has tightened up nicely with ...

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Consistent with previous bottles this is a very high quality, typical Warre vintage. Packed with bitter tannins and a muddy brown rim which makes me think it might drop a lot of colour in the next five years, but then again the 66 didn't.

93.

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This is a link to Billy Kay's 'Complete Caledonian Imbiber' programme 'Let Them Drink Port' on YouTube. It is a bit soft round the edges but I enjoyed it. I have heard this before, but certainly not in 1994 which is when it was recorded. Half an hour of straight bat porty stuff. https://www.youtube....

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Waitrose have their “buy six get 25% off” sale going until Tuesday. Unfortunately I don't think that fortified wines are included in the sale this time. Sainsbury's also did not have them in 25% off sale a few weeks ago and Tesco haven't for some time. However M&S, which also have a buy 6 and g...

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I received the Wine Society 2016 offer today.

They are offering their own blend of a Symington port under their 'Exhibition' label. which they imply is different from other Symington wines. They also offer Quinta do Vale D. Maria, and Quinta de Roriz.

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This still seems to be settling into itself after recorking, my advice would be give it a bit longer. Good port though, well good for me; Light with plenty of acidity, more red currants than black fruit. A slightly querulous note in there somewhere. Similar to a lot of 77s in that it is sere, pale a...

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This is an interesting topic, thank-you for posting it. When drinking a wine/port I often think about what it tastes like in reference to other things. But when I read a note with the wine in front of me I almost never find the tastes described. So it might more helpful to consider the other aspects...

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Thanks for the photos. A mystery. The cork being more red at one end does seem to indicate that it was used as a stopper, so Warre 94 seems quite likely. I wonder if a few Warre 94 were used to make up the quantities that Tesco needed, and you got lucky. It seems unlikely all Tesco 94 would be Warr...

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My apologies for the photos being the wrong way round and upside down. In my defence they look the right way round on the iPad and all wrong on the laptop. I have no idea how to fix them.

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Due to the rubbishness of the camera on this iPad and the operator these are less than ideal. The the first picture shows '1994 vintage' the second shows the '1670' logo. I may try again, but I am reluctant to break the bottle to get the cork out. I might keep it as a trophy.

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I have some better photos of the cork in the bottle but it says the file is too large.

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Blimey. Having shone a torch down the neck and shaken it a bit the name on the cork is very clear; Warre, vintage 1994. That is both very surprising and excellent news. Good find, well done. Tesco 94 can't really be W94 though, can it? I wonder what the Tesco 97 is. Thank-you, and the thought about...

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Blimey. Having shone a torch down the neck and shaken it a bit the name on the cork is very clear; Warre, vintage 1994.

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Half a case of 77 Quarles Harris. Jancis rates it.

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On finishing the most recent bottle of this I notice that the bottle rattles. There is a cork in the bottom. It has the most recent label and I am hoping that there may be brand on it to clear up once and for all what it was once upon a time. Too late to be breaking bottles tonight. I shall put it i...

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The one thing about the 1968 is that this year, being it's 50th birthday, it will be worth a little more. All those people looking for a 50th birthday present. Next year it will be worth a little less. Don't get too excited though, half retail is the usual advice, and low retail at that. Look on win...

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I have had a few 85s recently which I thought had been going through an awkward phase, Warre, Dow and Sandeman, so I thought I would check in on this, one of my favourites. Good colour, clear and bright, dark, but not in the first flush of youth, the meniscus is fading at the rim but not too brown o...

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But seriously a very impressive looking bit of maths. I am unqualified to comment on it. I have always taken the view (and suited the action to the thought) that I put celotex on the outside of my wine store (the insulation) and the breeze blocks on the inside (thermal inertia). I have no idea if th...

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Thanks Phil.

Glad that's all cleared up.

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Having read the reports of the Christmas do I cannot think that I have ever come across cork weevil although I have heard about it. Could those with experience tell me what to look out for. I wonder if you can get weevil in corks where there is a good solid capsule? Will they go right through a coll...

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Decent dark colour, a bit paler at the rim but not worryingly so. An initial sip on opening gave a sense of ruffled tannin and a hint of sweetness on the finish. Once opened for a few hours I had another go and it was a pleasant and competent port but with not much chutzpah. Rather dry, rather sombr...

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Not sure about 'interstellar space'. Has it even reached the Oort Cloud yet? Is there an Oort Cloud? But I do love a space mission.

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I know it is poor planning to mention a port on the forum before buying it but I note that the Wine Society is offering 2000 LBV Warre at £23/bottle. Not an absolute steal but it has a few more years on it than most of those available in supermarkets and the like. They have probably been reading Ale...

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I buy the odd one (Decanter) in hard copy but I am currently sulking about their paywall. One of those irritating ones where it is far from clear whether you will be allowed to look at the article until you have clicked on it. Then if it is of any interest you are not. All the advertorials are of co...

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I have not had this port for about 20 years, it used to sell for pence at a local wine shop and I bought a few. I didn't think much of them and drank them young. an inexpressive wine with not much fruit was my sense. All these years later I like it rather more. Another atypical Graham, it does not h...

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I think that is a very handsome bottle. I don't know the wine but it has several points in it's favour. Firstly it is in a magnum. A large bottle gives it the best chance to age well. Secondly the small print at the bottom suggests it will throw a deposit which bodes well for it to be (hopefully) no...

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Mimolette. Or Montgomery's Cheddar. Sharpham's Rustic. Lord of the Hundreds, if they still make it. Parmesan, the older the better. Cheese is terrific.

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I am a little surprised that this seems to be the first note I have written on this wine. Looking back at my notebooks I have only 4 notes, although I could have sworn I have had it many more times than this. Anyway, to the wine. On the first night it was rather as I think of it, soft and sweet. A b...

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Thank you for posting this. An interesting read. 77 always seem to be awkward beggars. The shame of the vintage is the Dow, oh what might have been but for the corks.

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/2alph wrote: ↑05:38 Mon 25 Sep 2017 Dow's Bomfim 15, Vesuvio 15, Cockburn's 15. All are very good. Cockburn's was my farorite

Interesting, I have been thinking of the Cockburn. But perhaps if I was to buy something young I should wait for the '16s.

Warre 85. Better than I remember it, but no cigar.

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In answer to question 1 I would say that as the glass has got darker the lights have got brighter. I find that a fierce LED cuts through most glass, although I have not tried this with Vesuviuo bottles. I have also for the most part given up shining light through the bottle while decanting. I use a ...

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No backstory of previous tastings but this is a port which I remember with much fondness as one of my first tentative steps in the way of port nearly 30 years ago. Lovely to hear it is still humming along.

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I wonder if Pete is going to be using Aussie ports for this. In which case the example of Seppelt fortified wines that are kept in tin sheds in the outback (I believe) may show that while he may not get what we would think of as port in the northern hemisphere he may get something uniquely Australia...

LGTrotter · Re: Handwriting questions "Good on 02/02/90"?

"Good on 02/02/90"?

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This has a Morgan Furze shipper label, as distinct from another stash I have with import label from the 'Dam. I think these bottles are better than the ones from the Netherlands. Looked a bit darker than I remember this wine, decidedly red and clear, good colour. Nice on the nose when first opened, ...

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Well done! A bit of a rubbish August here as well. I have been inspired by your post to open a bottle of Croft 77.

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I have been looking at 3 packs of this. My issue with this port is not with investment potential which does not concern me, rather that I will not get to drink it at anything like maturity. But of all the super cuvee ports this would be the one I would like to try, Graham being the port which got me...

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I think this is 'Skeffington', which from my own limited experience is very good value for money. I have not had this particular port but have been tempted, especially when M&S do their buy 6 get 25% off offer. My own experience of Skeffington is that it is a decided cut above most BOB supermark...

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A Gould Campbell 1980. One of those recently released by the newness of the cork. Good wine though, very dark and could do with another ten years.

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Hello and welcome. I would like to agree with Flash that starting young in getting a cellar together is a good plan. If you buy sensibly even if you decide to become teetotal then you will be able to sell the wine and recoup most of your money, add a bit of luck and you might even make some money, b...

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I have no idea why they would post these (what look like) quite small samples to England, especially when they would presumably have had an agent and all the trimmings in London. Perhaps it is the Beaujolais Nouveau of it's age. I can only really see them doing this with vintage port. Probably a bar...

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AHB wrote: ↑13:33 Mon 27 Feb 2017 Now all I need is for someone else to try the port and tell me what they think.

Well here you are then.

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I bought six of these and hid them and then went back and bought one more, just to see. A very deep colour, packed to the rim and staining the glass purple as I swirl it with a density that seems visibly different from most ports. Very long legs to the top of the glass. The nose is minerals underlai...

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I too wish I knew about sherry, I drink a small amount from time to time, rather shamefully I rather like sweeter styles (I have a bottle of Williams and Humbert Dry Sack open, which confusingly is not dry). I think that the date aged wines are a relatively new invention, and I sense a slight sneeri...

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Since it was my wife's birthday last week (turning 40) I opened the following bottles as a small port tasting for our wine- and portliking friends & family: - Quevedo 40 yo Tawny (2012 bottling); - Dalva 1977 Colheita (bottled 2014); - Warre 1977 Vintage Port; All showed very well, and it was a...

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It has performed that peculiar magic trick of looking darker tonight, and it tastes more oleaginous.

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Browsing Marks and Spencer's today I notice they have an own brand 2011 port. It looks like Skeffington and at £26 it is not a bad price. They did a 25% off if you buy 6 recently (and interestingly 20% off 3 bottles) which would put it under £20/bottle which they are bound to repeat sooner or later....

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