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Glenn and Kari came to London, so the obvious happened.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 2000 Bollinger Grand Année Champagne;
• Quinta Santa Eufêmia Old Reserve White;
• Sandeman Cask 33;
• Quinta do Mourão 60Y tawny;
• Warre 1972 colheita;
• Niepoort 1964 Garrefeira;
• Graham 1983;
• Taylor 1983;
• Ramos Pinto 1983;
• Warre 1982 LBV;
• Warre 1984 LBV;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Decanted in 1979. Burnished copper colour with a pale orange rim; 40% opaque. Antiseptic nose, full of iron filings and esteva. Light and smooth in texture. Unpleasant flavours, bitter and with disinfectant. Bitter aftertaste. Bitter finish. Sadly this is a bad bottle. Not rated.

1964 Niepoort Garrefeira. Tawny orange, 20% opaque. Palate of mid-weight marmalade. Bright heat, soft, lovely balance and length.

This was a disappointment as I was looking forward to trying but the overwhelming taste was one of cough medicine (actifed linctus-not that I am especially expert on cough medicines!). This was the one flawed bottle on the night.