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Eleven regulars gathered in a crowded Bung Hole to give Mr Doty a break from Wimbledon, in the form of a 1966 horizontal. It’s a hard life.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1966 Fonseca;
• 1966 Taylor;
• 1966 Croft;
• 1966 Niepoort;
• 1966 Sandeman;
• 1966 Offley;
• 1966 Dow;
• 1966 Graham;
• 1966 Warre (probably);
• 1966 Gould Campbell;
• 1966 Warre;
• 1966 Quinta do Noval;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements;
• 1966 Château Cantenac Brown;
• 1966 Château Langoa Barton.

Cr66, decanted 7pm. Brick red, 30% opaque. Nose had raisins. To taste initially mid-minus weight, some heat, and a hint of bitterness. Given time it became very silky, lovely, and of mid-weight.

This tasted massively not just of oranges, but of coarse cut orange marmalade. This dominated in the nose and in the mouth. Very nice, perhaps a port for breakfast.

Croft
Flavors and aromas of stewed rasp, white choc, fruit compote, brandied cherry, cinnamon

(Very wet cork, soaked through when opened.) Burnt ochre in colour; 20% opaque. Rather hollow nose, a bit of mint and not much else. Sweet in the mouth, modest texture. Fairly simple and straightforward raisins and dates. Slightly sweey aftertaste of clover honey. Lingering honey finish of very firm length. 86/100.