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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Placemats;
• 1982 Churchill;
• 1982 Croft;
• 1982 Delaforce;
• 1982 Eira Velha;
• 1982 Niepoort;
• 1982 Quinta do Noval;
• 1982 Sandeman;
• 1982 Royal Oporto (re-added to tasting too late for placemats);
• Planning and arrangements.

This was fairly dark, and quite heavy in the mouth, but didn't have the kind of structure or fruit that I was hoping for. Perfectly fine, and well made, but again, lacks some distinction or nuance.

What I'd say about the 82s is that no wine we had was a 'complete package.' In a way, this is a fair representation of the vintage as a whole.

85 points

When decanted this had a lot of bottle stink, and from supping the dregs I wasn't sure it would show well. The cork was also of notably poor quality.

In the event it performed quite well, but was not exceptional in any respect.

Tom

The bt of Sandemann 1982 on this night was not a pristine one. Hence I do not want to coment on its performance except for the problems (bt stink etc.) it was still not a bad wine.

regards

WS1

Quite nice but not as good as other bottles of the same I've tried. Perhaps something was wrong.

CHR wrote:Very sweet. Too rich. Liquorice!

Mid-red colour, showing little on the nose. Sweet, medium-bodied entry; acidity is rather harsh and dominates the palate - takes a long time to recede to reveal sour damson fruit. Sweet and figgy aftertaste and a finish of good length. 84/100.

Not as good as the bottle we bought from The Crusting Pipe in February, which we drank on a pop 'n' pour basis.

What was the cost of S82 at TCP?

From recollection, i believe it was between £40 and £45

Wasnt it 49 GBP?

Axel

old wine-list suggests £45.95.

Thank you. Shame the list is undated, but that will suffice. Thank you again.

Different link, with indication of date in address: http://www.davy.co.uk/documents/Davys_D ... _Apr10.pdf

Fabulous, thank you.