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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)

No formal notes, except to say that i liked this and consensus round the table indicated it showed better than recent examples of the same wine.

JGH’s TV78. Red, 50% opaque. Rich and soft. Sweet. Some heat. Lots of red fruit.

I mis-guessed a Niepoort, unknown vintage (I was right about the ‘unknown’). Others thoughts G77, [illegible] ’67, F80, DB78, W77.

jdaw1 wrote:I mis-guessed a Niepoort, unknown vintage (I was right about the ‘unknown’). Others thoughts G77, [illegible] ’67, F80, FB78, W77.

I think it may have been a Vargellas ’67 since I think one person got the shipper right. What is ‟FB”?

JacobH wrote:What is ‟FB”?

‟FB” is Dow Bomfim.

Fixed in original post. Sorry.