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Sandeman Vertical on Friday 12th May 2011 at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes of Sandeman: 1873, 1904, 1911, 1927, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1997;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.

S34. Red-brown, 40% opaque. I liked the ‟much- and slow-cooked fatty beef nose Yum!” Mid-to-light weight. Very sweet, brown sugar. Mid length. Sugar, nice rounded fruitless sugar. The flavour remains for ages.

Later rich, slightly cooked sugar, long and fascinating.

I liked, and liked more than most other people.

25% opaque, deep orange with a brown hue. Treacle and floral perfume on the nose, incredibly dense and intense albeit a little smelly. Dark brown sugar on the palate, with plums and damsons; dense and full-bodied. Deep flavoured aftertaste, big and burly and with an intense finish. Very impressive port. After 5½ hours the flavours on the palate were dominated by sweet, dark sugar. 93/100.

Richard Mayson’s TNs from this event: ‘permalink’.