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In 2010 the annual Christmas event, The Unknown Shipper and His Peculiar Friends, happened on Thursday 16 December.

Links:

• Review of the evening as whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 1904 Croft;
  • Unknown, perhaps 1917 Taylor;
  • 1917 Unknown, perhaps Croft or Fonseca;
  • 1927 Martinez;
  • 1942 Niepoort;
  • 1947 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1955 Barros;
  • 1955 Taylor;
  • 1955 Tuke Holdsworth;
  • 1966 Fonseca;
  • Vargellas Crusted bottled 1969;
  • 30Y Niepoort Tawny;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Paperwork (tasting-note sheets, and several sets of stickers).

In a [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4507&view=unread#unread]previous tasting note of Ni42[/url] jdaw1 wrote:1942 Niepoort, red-orange, 30% opaque. ‟Off”.

Particularly sad as this bottle was 100cl, 33⅓% more than the usual ¾l.

I hope that the Christmas bottle was on form.

Working from memory only this absolutely did perform well and was a unanimous WOTN.

Colour was a Light Brown with an almost violet coloured meniscus. Entry was sweet and very smooth followed by a really powerful spice and citrus middle which simply melted to a very long lasting finish leaving you simply wanting more...so I did

Fabulous juice...thankyou Dirk.

1 litre bottle, ex-cellars and brought by Dirk Niepoort.

Mid-red colour, orange on the rim. Restrained nose, opening in the glass and showing fresh flowers and fresh cut fruit. Amazing palate impact, big presence and with masses of fruit - still tannic and with lovely balancing acidity. Big, sweet aftertaste, but with a dry cocoa powder essence. Fantastic port. 97/100.