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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.

S77, from the year of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. About 10k cases made.

60% opaque, but thought by some to be corked. Nonetheless strawberry, dark strawberry, showing in the palate.

80% opaque; deep orange in colour with a dull red core. Flat on the nose, some fruit but barely enough. Fruit is scarce on the palate, but swamped by a bitter dryness. Dry aftertaste, some hints of sweetness, but this has been dried out through TCA contamination. NR.

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

The previous ‘permalink’ was not very permanent. Readers might have more luck with www.richardmayson.com/Vintage_Port_Note ... 873__1997/.