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Alex, Axel, Enrico, Julian, Phil, Tom, and two Wolfgangs met for luncheon on Wednesday 20^th December 2017 at Otto’s Restaurant (182 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8EW).

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• Review of the event as a whole.
• 1927 Ports:
  • Cockburn 1927;
  • Constantino 1927;
  • Croft 1927;
  • Dow 1927;
  • Fonseca 1927;
  • Martinez 1927;
  • Taylor 1927;
  • Warre 1927.
• Non-Ports:
  • 1999 Pol Roger magnum;
  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose (first bottle);
  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose (second bottle);
  • 1983 Château Gruaud Larose;
  • 2012 Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese***;
  • 2015 Keller Pinard Trockenbeerenauslese.

Ck27, recorked 1976: red-brown, 40% opaque. Nose off: bacterial. Palate started better than the nose, soft and oleaginous, dry, though the ending falling apart. Then deteriorated. My first off bottle of Ck27.

Recorked by Whitwhams in 1976. Deep red-mahogany colour, 80% opaque. A revolting nose, sour and offensive. Clearly bacterial infection or perhaps weevil damage. Really offensive palate. A damaged and spoiled bottle.

Massively faulty bottle. Strong smell of antiseptic; didn't really want to taste but did, and wished I hadn't.
Not rated.