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Luncheon on Wednesday 12^th December 2018, at Otto’s French restaurant on the Gray’s Inn Road, 1948s.

Links:
• Review;
• 1948 Graham (originally unknown);
• 1948 Burmester;
• 1948 Fonseca;
• 1948 Gonzalez Byass;
• 1948 Graham;
• 1948 Martinez;
• 1948 Sandeman;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1948 Niepoort Garrafeira;
• 1948 Unknown;
• TNs + sticky labels.

S48, brick red, 40% opaque. Dry mature Port. Strawberry mid-palate, mid weight. Heat mid palate. Late palate a little cherry, but only little fruit remains. AHB remarked “cinnamon”. Lovely Port, slightly over-mature.

Bronzed red colour, 40% opaque. Nosing of cinnamon and mace over baked currant cake that combines to give a wonderful nose. The texture is delightful, the flavours full and rich at first but the structure and fragrance flood through the mid-palate, highlighted by cinnamon and sandalwood. Rich and complex with great acidity; some fire on the aftertaste that gives a long and gentle heat and a red cinnamon stick finish. This is a beautiful wine with lots of power and an infinite life ahead of it. 94/100. 12-Dec-18.