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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).

Deep red: a fantastic colour. Quite subdued otherwise. I think AHB thought this might be a damaged bottle, although if it were it would only be mildly damaged.

Deep red, 50% opaque. A touch of bottle stink that supresses the nose. Biscuity, yeasty entry and a light- to medium-body. Surprisingly light and simple. Relatively short finish. Not a good or representative bottle of this port. 79/100.