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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)

Though clearly not on a par with the G85 and F85 in terms of voomph, this strikes me as an underappreciated port on these boards and has a perfectly respectable elegance to it.

Mind you, the "Taylor effect" means this is still not a cheap proposition if you are looking to buy in the secondary market today - good ex-cellars stock looks like it is £280ish per 1/2 case ib.

Deep purple. Slight cherry colour on edge. Red currants on the nose. Cherries, too. In the mouth, good fruit which falls away quite quickly to a little astringency but is followed by a short but elegant after-taste. Much better than its reputation has it to be: a very nice Port.

Others liked this a lot more than I did. Got some light varnish/VA on the nose, and a cloudy and unremarkable wine in the mouth, with a fairly short finish. While better than some of my prior experiences w/ the T85, this is still towards the middle/bottom end of the specturm to me as it relates to 85 port (behind Fonseca, Graham, Dow, Gould, Churchill, Smith Woodhouse, and so on).

JDAW’s T85. Red, fairly opaque (TCP lighting not allowing greater precision). Nosing of plum. To taste lots of tannin, plum fruit. A hint of acridity mid-palate, but otherwise excellent.

Correctly identified by RAYC, then DRT concurring with the identification. Other guesses (anonymised) were G80, G94, ?92, Mz92, TV87, Ni92.