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G63: red-brown, 20% opaque. Nose slightly dirty — said by Martin C. to be “dusty”. Very light, heat prominent, faded and not right.

G60: decanted 07:21. Bottled by J Thompson. Mid weight, very long, maraschino cherries.

G55: decanted noon. Glorious red, 40% opaque. Black pepper, smoke, spice, string sweetness, and some heat. Excellent Port, but in this company, not in the top rank.

G48 : brown, 30% opaque. Brown sugar, just wonderful mixed spice incl. black pepper, and huge sumptuous orange. Later, the orange was stronger, marmalade-style, with soft spice. And very long. “This is perfect old Port. Just amazing.” Obvious WOTN. How could this not be everybody’s WOTN? Mysteries ...

G45: red-brown, 30% opaque. Soft, and intensely spicy. In great balcen, but not long. Laterm retasted, it had become much better longer. This wine is 79 years old, and still showing impressively well.

George and I tasted this very differently. G42 , having been decanted 20 minutes before first tasted. Red-pink, 40% opaque. Nose had no fruit. Initially palate intensely bitter, and oddly so, with spearmint and aniseed. Later it had softened and become gentler, but was still bitter, still powerfully...

That was fantastic. So many good Ports. even the few decisively less-good were still not bad. And the G48 was just magical.

Martin C.: thank you very much for arranging.

Current draft of the placemats (which were quite fiddly) added to the first post . Tom: please inspect — is this what you want? One small snafu in the placemats. The first post mistakenly lists Ben R attending rather than Ben P, and this has carried through onto the placemats. Thank you. Fixed, and...

I’m afraid I’m also busy in the last week of April, so please could I be put onto the reserves in case I can get my hearings schedule thinned down. … I can’t make the new date so if I could be parked on the reserves …my diary is rammed in April and May. I am pretty busy next week and it’s unlikely ...

• Soup;
• Sirloin blue + skinny fries;
• Welsh usual.

Referencing earlier discussion, we have previously only assigned permanent abbreviations for brands which have released vintage ports for ~3 vintages or more; do these meet that criteria? is that criteria still reasonable? Very reasonable. And I had forgotten that. Ph , for Quinta da Pacheca ? Obse...

Current draft of the placemats (which were quite fiddly) added to the first post . Tom: please inspect — is this what you want? I’ve changed two of the names, to Tecedeiras (no Q.) and Quinta Seara D’Ordens (minus a preposition). My guess is that you don’t care. Edit: later, Q das readded to Tecedei...

For the Young Turks tasting, more abbreviations are needed. Please comment on the following. Ph , for Quinta da Pacheca ? Observe that already blocked are PA (Quinta da Pedra Alta), Pç (Poças), and Pe (Petre). Gv , for Quinta da Gaivosa? Tc , for Tecedeiras ? SO , for Quinta Seara D’Ordens ? Po for ...

uncle tom wrote: ↑09:40 Wed 08 May 2024Quinta Nova

Please confirm that this is Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, which has abbreviation ‘Nv’.

Separately, some new abbreviations will be needed, as asked in the Port brand abbreviations thread.

Audouze’d: both opened 19:30 Monday. Cork pictures: G66; G85.

Audouze’d: opened 19:30 Monday. Cork pictures follow.

Audouze’d: opened 19:30 Monday. Cork pictures follow.

Unless instructed otherwise by the organiser, both the G66 and the G85 will be Audouze’d: opened Monday evening; decanted Tuesday morning.

Bottle standing; picture added to G85 thread; placemats updated.

So to hand, links again: • Review; • TNs — 1942, ’45, ’48, ’55, ’60, ’63, ’66, ’70, ’75, ’77, ’80, ’83, ’85, ’91, ’94, ’97, 2000, ’03; • Placemats; • Planning and arrangements.

I have G85.

LukePebody wrote: ↑22:30 Tue 07 May 2024If there is a spare seat, would love to attend…

Added to first post.

Four flights of six bottles, two flights from the 2017 vintage and two from the 2018 vintage Each flight compromising five young Turks - producers we rarely see as VP, bottling LBV with driven corks - and one reference bottle, a major well known brand, which may or may not be T stoppered. The young...