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Tasted at the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre-FG warm-up session.

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Review of the evening as a whole

2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted]
1995 Vesuvio
1991 Quinta de la Rosa
1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim
1985 Martinez
1985 Taylor
1978 Taylor Vargellas
1970 Ramos Pinto
1970 Royal Oporto quinta [Das Carvalhas] - t.b.c.
1963 Graham

2006 Niepoort Charme
2004 Crasto Vinha da Ponte

NV Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Planning and arrangements
Paperwork (tasting mats, note sheets and bottle labels)

Opened on pop and pour basis 48-hours previously and refrigerated after 1 glass of an aborted session.

Broadly consistent with the notes posted here from a tasting several weeks earlier, though perhaps the sub-optimal decant knocked a couple of points off.

jdaw1 may be able to confirm, but i believe guesses included "minor '94", Fonseca '92, Vesuvio '05(!), and bits and pieces from the 80s. So all over the place.

Bartering at the table over loose stock always a good sign. And those who took a punt on a case of this originally will be well pleased.

RAYC’s Rs91. 80% opaque. To taste young fruit, heat, and tannins.

I thought a minor 1994. Others CR87, Ni92, V97, Ni92. F92, V04. So we had no idea.

Still very dark with only a little lightening. Not great on the nose: licorice and pepper. Very nice and attractive in the mouth. Milk chocolate predominates. One of the better 1991s I have tried for drinking now.