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by PhilW
17:44 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1970 Fonseca
Replies: 3
Views: 3416

Re: 1970 Fonseca

Rating: Excellent
by PhilW
17:44 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1966 Fonseca
Replies: 3
Views: 3879

Re: 1966 Fonseca

Rating: Very Good
by PhilW
17:43 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1963 Fonseca
Replies: 3
Views: 4094

Re: 1963 Fonseca

round, smooth, lovely complexity, delicious.
Rating: Very Good/Excellent
by PhilW
17:42 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1960 Fonseca
Replies: 3
Views: 4023

Re: 1960 Fonseca

very slightly acid edge though minimal, but very nice port.
Rating: Excellent
by PhilW
17:41 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1955 Fonseca
Replies: 3
Views: 3900

Re: 1955 Fonseca

medium colour, chewy, long long aftertaste, very slight bitterness/tawny edge but very faint, very nice port.
Rating: Very Good/Excellent
by PhilW
17:41 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1985 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3460

Re: 1985 Warre

dwarfed by company; otherwise good, though with slight edge to it - cork had dried/crumbled.
Rating: Good
by PhilW
17:40 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1977 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3569

Re: 1977 Warre

Classic W77.
Rating: Very Good/Excellent
by PhilW
17:40 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1970 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3732

Re: 1970 Warre

medium colour, pink (no orange), absolutely delicious
Rating: Excellent
by PhilW
17:39 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1966 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3718

Re: 1966 Warre

Rating: Very Good
by PhilW
17:38 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1963 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3961

Re: 1963 Warre

medium-dark, very nice, slight hint of lemon, long, lovely.
Rating: Very Good/Excellent
by PhilW
17:38 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1960 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 3935

Re: 1960 Warre

tawny-like, actually very nice, but not how it should have been, oxidised. Not rated (faulty).
by PhilW
17:37 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1955 Warre
Replies: 3
Views: 4102

Re: 1955 Warre

medium colour, some dark orange in there, lovely thick, unctuousm full flavour, very slight acid on nose, long taste, absolutely superb. Rating: Excellent++
by PhilW
08:50 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Reviews
Topic: 24th Sept 2012, Warre's vs Fonseca
Replies: 18
Views: 17563

Re: 24th Sept 2012, Warre's vs Fonseca

I've just posted my tasting notes, over a month after the tasting and I'm shocked and disappointed to see that I am the first! Was I the only person there taking notes? Were the rest of you just drinking with no appreciation for the vinous beauty of what you were consuming? Shame on you all! Apolog...
by PhilW
08:47 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 8 Apr 2014 in Belfast - Wood-Aged Ports
Replies: 16
Views: 7031

Re: 8 Apr 2014 in Belfast - Wood-Aged Ports

djewesbury wrote:Fatal crash of my hard drive today. Will post full review with links etc when I have access to the repaired machine (too fiddly on the phone).
Is this the hi-tech version of "the dog ate my homework"? :wink:
by PhilW
08:46 Fri 11 Apr 2014
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: One quiz at a time
Replies: 9703
Views: 1790341

Re: One quiz at a time

DRT wrote:Is there an asteroid orbiting Uranus?
{Sorry, any solar system discussion needs a Uranus joke.}
Piles of them, surely?
{Sorry, but you started it.}[/quote]
by PhilW
13:39 Mon 07 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: White Port
Replies: 40
Views: 19745

Re: White Port

So, Phil, make it over to the Croft Vertical to Germany and we have the 52-63-71 as an aperitif somewhere before or after. I still own one single bottle of 52. That would be most excellent; am certainty hoping/intending to come over for the Croft vertical, if I can make the date once decided. Is it...
by PhilW
11:40 Mon 07 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: White Port
Replies: 40
Views: 19745

Re: White Port

Axel P wrote:So, Phil, make it over to the Croft Vertical to Germany and we have the 52-63-71 as an aperitif somewhere before or after. I still own one single bottle of 52.
That would be most excellent; am certainty hoping/intending to come over for the Croft vertical, if I can make the date once decided.
by PhilW
22:05 Sun 06 Apr 2014
Forum: Other Wines
Topic: 2008 Alice Hartmann Koeppchen La Chapelle Riesling
Replies: 1
Views: 1274

Re: 2008 Alice Hartmann Koeppchen La Chapelle Riesling

Thanks for posting the Riesling tasting notes; always good to have recommendations (dry Riesling is my favourite wine).
by PhilW
22:03 Sun 06 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: White Port
Replies: 40
Views: 19745

Re: White Port

If truth be told, the Port trade is not very good at promoting white ports. At major tasting events (if it features at all) it tends to be the also ran 'curiosity' item on the list, Perhaps it has generally been a supply/demand issue; that there hasn't been much point spending significant money pro...
by PhilW
21:42 Sun 06 Apr 2014
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Mz Vertical - 75 years of Martinez - London, 26 Nov 2014
Replies: 76
Views: 44467

Re: Martinez Vertical - London, Nov 2014

flash_uk wrote:Would very much like to join this one if possible please.
No problem, you are added. Final line-up and costing just pending response from one contributor, then I will confirm with all with defined date.
by PhilW
13:24 Sun 06 Apr 2014
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: One quiz at a time
Replies: 9703
Views: 1790341

Re: One quiz at a time

Super nova in Messier 82? (except I'm sure you'd already seen this, though perhaps not photographed it)
by PhilW
21:26 Sat 05 Apr 2014
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Cellar #4
Replies: 94
Views: 27821

Re: Cellar #4

Congratulations Tom - I'm very pleased for you, I know how much you'd hoped to do this. Hope everything goes smoothly with the transfer and getting everything running, and look forward to visiting you at *your* local :)
by PhilW
10:22 Wed 02 Apr 2014
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Graham 1980 case study - Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Replies: 106
Views: 56004

Re: Graham 1980 case study - Wednesday 2nd April 2014

I am less organised than usual and do not have (a) my contributory magnum of Graham 1880 (typing error, the 8 should be a 9) I expect people will be just as distraught by your forgetting to bring the Graham 1890 Magnum. Will be interested in how this evening's tasting goes, I look forward to the re...
by PhilW
18:58 Tue 01 Apr 2014
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Graham 1980 case study - Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Replies: 106
Views: 56004

Re: Graham 1980 case study - Wednesday 2nd April 2014

AHB wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:And AHB doesn’t own any magnums of Graham 1880.
Damn! Don't I? Must be wishful thinking.
You must be thinking of your Jereboams.
by PhilW
17:03 Tue 01 Apr 2014
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Software that makes placemats
Replies: 1268
Views: 1164728

Re: Software that makes placemats

Glenn E. wrote:Luckily the software allows for all combinations. Except for Daniel's desire for each taster at a tasting to have their own custom ordering. :mrgreen:
Thank goodness - you can imagine how well that might work out during the pre-pouring.