An Informal Offline, 21st May 2019, at the B&F
Posted: 14:58 Sat 20 Jul 2019
A number of us gathered at the B&F for to taste (mostly) blind (mostly) ports.
Review of the evening as a whole
These blind:
2007 Marks & Spencer (JDAW)
Fonseca Bin 27 (1980s bottling) (JDAW)
1968 Noval Colheita (AHB)
Graham's Crusted (bottled 1985) (AHB)
1977 Quarles Harris (BBR version) (AJM)
2001 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort, possibly Secundum) (WPS)
1957 D'Oliveira's Old Wine Meio Doce (late 1970s bottling) (GEAG)
These sighted:
Quinta de Mourao Porto San Leonardo 30 year old Tawny (AHB's first guest)
Quinta de Lamelas 20 year old Tawny (AHB's second guest)
Adega de Favaios Moscatel du Setubal NV (AHB)
Placemats
Planning and arrangements
[I shall be placing tasting notes in the tasting notes thread; I would be obliged if someone would link links.]
Review of the evening as a whole
These blind:
2007 Marks & Spencer (JDAW)
Fonseca Bin 27 (1980s bottling) (JDAW)
1968 Noval Colheita (AHB)
Graham's Crusted (bottled 1985) (AHB)
1977 Quarles Harris (BBR version) (AJM)
2001 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort, possibly Secundum) (WPS)
1957 D'Oliveira's Old Wine Meio Doce (late 1970s bottling) (GEAG)
These sighted:
Quinta de Mourao Porto San Leonardo 30 year old Tawny (AHB's first guest)
Quinta de Lamelas 20 year old Tawny (AHB's second guest)
Adega de Favaios Moscatel du Setubal NV (AHB)
Placemats
Planning and arrangements
[I shall be placing tasting notes in the tasting notes thread; I would be obliged if someone would link links.]