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Derek in Paris, chez Julian: day 2, Saturday 12th September 2009.

• Dow 1960;
• Dow 1977;
• Croft 1963;
• Graham 1980;
• Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988;
• Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo 1997.

Team tasting note.

D+1hr: tawny colour, with pink, and slightly more than median translucency. Delicate nose, sweet candy and (JDAW) flowers. To taste very hot on the tip of the tongue, and needing more decanter time. JDAW, hesitantly: sweet roses.

More links:

• Graham 1977;
• Croft 1977;
• Rozès 1997.

Later the Croft 1963 was delicious. Very soft sweetness; a little heat. I wrote ‟soft wonderfully melded sugar”. Lovely.