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oh i'll add that the Symingtons gives their warm regards to my fellow forumites.

My wishlist is to try a Noval Nacional that will fascinate my taste buds.

Barring that,

I'd love to do a horizontal of the 55's as the only 55's I've had are the cockburn and the dow's which was graciously opened by Uncle Tom

So with the Symingtons, TFP and Sogrape all declaring their SQs for 2015, it now looks certain that we are not looking at a split declaration, but a general declaration for 2016. - I wonder whether the Symingtons will also declare a 2016 Cockburn? was just at a 2015's release tasting with Rupert an...

Popped at 10 and drunk at 1pm
Nose of of baking spices very delicate and refined
Notes of plums integrated with red cranberries on the palate

Quick noted

2016 marked Sushinorth welcoming another boy into the mix.

The occasion shall be marked by this croft 66' I have standing in the cellar to be opened when I see him shortly!

I'm not 100% sure if this was a colheita or a VP, but i'm leaning more to colheita. An amber hue but with a surprising reddish tinge in the core. Decanted for an hour before consuming. Lovely delicate nose of xmas spices, freshly ground cardamon and a touch of ginger that feels like it scintillates ...

Ah yes, found memories of when i was happily unemployed.

I believe we followed this tasting up a few days shortly with an 80 v 85 midday tasting after a few bottles of champagne for lunch.

A decent bottle, ssos from long while back it seems, cork came out intact and perfectly in one piece Decanted 3 hours prior to drinking Lovely brooding ruby red color ~ 40% opaque. on the pop, there was a slight worrying smell of vegetal notes but blew off after the decant. a lovely tart red fruit n...

Tis the end of the month.

As extra incentive, i mgiht throw in a dow 1963 to the mix

Otherwise, the weather is getting cooler and i may take JDAW's suggestion and enjoy the bottles myself!

There will be a suspicious looking croft 66' that will be added to this tasting

AHB wrote: all events portrayed are clearly absurd and obviously impossible. Enormous poetic license
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He selected a ... half bottle of

Enormous poetic license indeed!

John M wrote:Maybe end of month??

should be good,

hopefully the weather cools down.



And to you London folks, I am very tempted with such a favorable exchange rate and cheap flights!

I'd hate, .... hate is a strong word ... , be remiss to drink an entire bottle myself. Invite a friend to dinner? Share it with the missus? Drink half by yourself tonight, and half by yourself tomorrow? i am in the very fortunate position, that i have, just enough, aged vintage port, to share with ...

I'd hate, .... hate is a strong word ... , be remiss to drink an entire bottle myself. Invite a friend to dinner? Share it with the missus? Drink half by yourself tonight, and half by yourself tomorrow? i am in the very fortunate position, that i have, just enough, aged vintage port, to share with ...

I'm still sitting on a leaky 1970 cockburn. I'd hate, .... hate is a strong word ... , be remiss to drink an entire bottle myself. seems like a proper tasting doesn t work as well in NY. how about people let me know a free date and i'll bring this leaky bottle of 1970 cockburn (potentially with frie...

i think the term in portugese is called "pipa"

There's also teh large wood barrels called "Balseiros"

Popped and poured given only 30 minutes to breath in the glass before tasting. A youthful, primal nose still, with strong notes of blackberry jam and lavender. Just a ton of blackberries hiding the super silky tannins. A medium closer to full bodied port that shows some finesse as the fruit is incre...

Anyway, I like being able to visit it, and look at it which you can't do if it is at a merchant. Ooh, yes, that is good! :lol: After writing my last post, I went down to make sure they were all well. None of them had any complaints, but the hygrometer told me that the recent rain had put the relati...

Popped and poured Brick ruby red, clear throughout. Nose of dusty cinnamon with a hint of raw green strawberries. Thin on the mouthfeel, simple and sweet. Was decided that it'd be best to let this air out. 4 hours later in open decanter. The nose opened up to some grassy plains with hints of earth a...

I'll join you guys with a virtual grahams tasting if everyone is still opening a grahams?

If not i think i'll open a grahams anyway.

see you in the tasting notes section!

I will be around but have three dinners that week already so not the best date choice. If you have some dry Portuguese wines, my wife will come, but she hates drinking that cough syrup. I'll have >20 lbs of fresh maine lobsters shipped in from a fish monger @ 7am that morning. edit: i'd be asking p...

indeed

are poeple around june 25th?

Nice ruby core with bricking around the edges. 50?% opaque. A beautiful nose of toasted nuts mixed with stewed blackberries and a hint of balsamic. Pretty violets underlies the nose but a note of spirits are apparent. Silky smooth mouthfeel of lightly burnt sugar that opens up into plums, cranberrie...

Out in Long island

about 30 minutes from penn station by train.

throw out dates that works.

i mean, t he bottles will certainly drink t hemselves but i figured in case anybody else wanted to try em =)

Sorting out the cellar when I whiffed a familar brown sugar smell lurking. A little further sniffing found that i have a leaky Cockburn 1950 and a leaky cockburn 1970. Sounds like it'd make for a decent tasting. Who's interested? I'll host my house one of the Saturdays in June. Aiming for afternoon ...