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Thirty years after harvest we held a small horizontal of 1985s.

• Review of the event as a whole;
• • 1985 Cálem;
  • 1985 M Gonzalez;
  • 1985 Delaforce;
  • 1985 Harvey;
  • 1985 J. H. Andresen;
  • 1985 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1985 Offley Boa Vista;
• • 1985 Churchill;
  • 1985 Sandeman;
  • 1985 Martinez;
  • 1985 Gould Campbell;
  • 1985 Quarles Harris;
  • 1985 Smith Woodhouse;
• • 1985 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1985 Taylor;
  • 1985 Fonseca;
  • 1985 Dow;
  • 1985 Graham;
  • 1985 Warre;
• Food order;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

Fonseca 1985 decanted at 0800 on Tuesday 24th November, 34 hours in advance of an 1800 taste on Wednesday evening.

Admirable restraint. Surely a taste is required to check for taint?

griff wrote:Admirable restraint. Surely a taste is required to check for taint?

Was in a bit of a hurry, so no opportunity! Long decant on F85 is a good idea

F85 Not as good as bottles I have enjoyed before. Solid, fruity and still a very good wine. Very deep, dense purple colour and powerful fruits, good balance and med/long finish. I had it as equal with the Warre and Ramos Pinto, but it was probably the WOTN that showed in overall voting. I feel it was an average F85 that won over lots of other average 85 showings. 92 points

Deep red, a wonderful colour looking to be young but not in early youth; 90% opaque. Warm and spiced fruit on the nose - very Christmassy. Sweet fruity entry with soft charcoal tannins on the mid-palate. Good structure, with lovely young fruit wrapped around it. A touch of heat in the aftertaste, which gives way to a lovely fruit finish of great length. Lovely port with a great future ahead of it. 93/100.

F85. Dark dark red, 70% opaque. Delicious plum fruit, and extremely long. But lighter than it should be.