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The second of two near identical bin-end bottles supplied free of charge by a kindly wine merchant. Apparently previous non-bin-end bottles were quite nice.

Opened and double-decanted at 0800 on the morning of the Aged LBVs tasting.

Had leaked in transit, so was upper-shoulder. Clear glass bottle which showed the lack of colour and loads of sediment.

Proper driven cork which, whilst pretty much saturated, came out in one piece.

QA sample indicated that it was still port but only just.

Will be included in the tasting for information purposes only.

A tasting of aged LBV ports (pre-2000), at the Boot & Flogger, on Tuesday 5th March 2024.

• Review of evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 1978 Quarles Harris LBV;
  • 1979 Warre LBV;
  • 1981 Warre LBV;
  • 1982 Warre LBV;
  • 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV;
  • 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV;
  • 1994 Fonseca LBV;
  • 1995 Delaforce LBV;
  • 1995 Reccua LBV;
  • 1997 Quinta do Noval LBV;
  • 1970 Gould Campbell LBV.

Rs90 LBV. Oh dear. Or, in the delightful modern parlance as used by my youngest, oh my days!

Orange, 10% opaque. Nose of light varnish. If it is not framed as a red port, but instead as a sauternes-sherry mix, it could be drunk with pleasure. It was possible to pretend that it was a very very light white Port.

A deep gold. Colour dropped out. Rather odd nose. Smells of turps with a little bit of bleach in the background. No fruit character. On palate, orange. Rather less unpleasant than nose would suggest.