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Rebello Valente, and Quinta de la Rosa, on Thursday 21^st November 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Phil Wakely.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1927 Rebello Valente;
• 1942 Rebello Valente;
• 1945 Rebello Valente;
• 1947 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1963 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1966 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1972 Rebello Valente;
• 1977 Rebello Valente magnum;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

RV27. Orange brown, 20% opaque. Soft and light, heat mid palate, brown sugars. Very long. Overmature, delicate, no fruit, but still lovely drinking.

Later: larger, softer, still full and long. Showing very well.

20% opacity, copper-amber, clear. Smooth entry, sweetness mid palate, dates, figs, long finish. In great shape for 90+ years old.