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thank you all for the advice and comments. It has been a real eye opener finding such a knowledgeable and helpful forum of people on the subject.

As the bottles weren't stored optimally I will follow the initial advice and try the two lowest level bottles to see how they are.

Bottles are in Cambridge

Thanks Phil. That seems a sensible approach.

They have been stored horizontally and the box has a hand written "This way up" on it which is one of the sides which, I suspect my mother or father put on it.

I have read the intro thread and would love some advice from those with a lot more knowledge on this subject than myself. My mother has given me 9 bottles of port that she no longer wishes to keep. These were part of a lot given to my father when he retired from his company (a distillery/wine import...