Tue 28 Feb 2023, B&F, Decanting Experiment

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Hummus and Melba Toast as starter
Chicken main
Fries

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Soup then Bangers & Mash for me!
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Re: Tue 28 Feb 2023, B&F, Decanting Experiment

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I've taken the liberty of updating the attendee list to add DGR
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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jdaw1 wrote: 11:52 Sat 18 Feb 2023Food orders please, from the B&F menu.
Mike, Ian, Darrel: food please.

Current draft of the food order.
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CEM will be joining us. I’ve added him to the list of attendees.

His meal choice is:
Mackerel starter
Chicken with a side of chips as main
Cheese plate for dessert

He will be bringing a bottle of full bodied red.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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DGR food order

Smoked salmon
Sirloin steak blue (really extremely extremely rare, pat the steak warmly as it walks out of the kitchen), bearnaise sauce, fries, salad
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Please:

Duck liver pâté
Sirloin rare with a fried egg
Fries
Green beans and shallots

Many thanks.
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Food order done and sent.
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Alas team I must apologise, due to logistical difficulties I can not provide the Cr77 Magnum. As a replacement I can offer a magnum of F77 if that is acceptable to the team?

If so I will split this 3 ways given we are 8

1 decanted with nothing other than a funnel
2 decanted through new muslin
3 decanted with nothing and put straight in fridge
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I am sure I speak for all attending when I say that I do not believe any of us will object to a magnum of Fonseca 1977, in any guise you care to produce it.
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winesecretary wrote: 22:46 Sat 25 Feb 2023I am sure I speak for all attending when I say that I do not believe any of us will object to a magnum of Fonseca 1977, in any guise you care to produce it.
I have never, and I suspect that none of us have ever, in any way, objected to a magnum of Fonseca 1977.

Placemats updated.
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Please could we also have placemats to keep track of the full bodied red wines.

CEM will bring a bottle of full bodied red wine
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Are we sighted on the red wine?
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winesecretary wrote: 09:13 Sun 26 Feb 2023Are we sighted on the red wine?
Slight preference for the administrative simplicity of sighted.

Are there three reds (GEAG, CEM, AHB)?
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 22:57 Sat 25 Feb 2023Please could we also have placemats to keep track of the full bodied red wines.
Done.
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Four reds as DGR is also bringing one.
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winesecretary wrote: 10:07 Sun 26 Feb 2023Four reds as DGR is also bringing one.
Placemats updated — please could somebody check.
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CPR 1 wrote: 19:56 Sat 25 Feb 2023 Alas team I must apologise, due to logistical difficulties I can not provide the Cr77 Magnum. As a replacement I can offer a magnum of F77 if that is acceptable to the team?

If so I will split this 3 ways given we are 8

1 decanted with nothing other than a funnel
2 decanted through new muslin
3 decanted with nothing and put straight in fridge

Can I just check what the finally agreed decanting protocol is?

Julian suggested a protocol here, where bottle is gently swirled to distribute sediment, then split x ways, then each split is decanted in a different pre-determined fashion.

Alex here suggested freepour until sediment appears, discard sediment part for the purposes of the experiment, then split the freepoured juice x ways, then each split is decanted in a different pre-determined fashion.

Charles in the post I'm replying to doesn't clearly specify "swirl first" or "freepour and discard sediment"

I venture my preference for the Julian protocol, as I was thinking that the experiment was to explore how to best decant a bottle of port that has sediment in it. Fully accept that Alex's protocol is for an experiment for how to best decant a port that has been freepoured first, to exclude heavy sediment. And Charles's protocol has all the tight definition of a Pfizer trial.
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Each bringer of a magnum does their own version of the experiment. So there will be variations of protocol.
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jdaw1 wrote: 09:25 Sun 26 Feb 2023
winesecretary wrote: 09:13 Sun 26 Feb 2023Are we sighted on the red wine?
Slight preference for the administrative simplicity of sighted.

Are there three reds (GEAG, CEM, AHB)?
I wasn’t planning to bring one, although I can if required.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 21:09 Sun 26 Feb 2023I wasn’t planning to bring one, although I can if required.
Not required.

Placemats updated — please could somebody check.
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Re: Tue 28 Feb 2023, B&F, Decanting Experiment

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GEAG CEM DGR bringing reds.

Julian you already have mine in your possession. Darrel's is 2001 McGregor Vineyards Black Russian Red, Finger Lakes, NY.
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Placemats printed.
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