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Port from the Nineteen Nineties, Monday 8th August 2011, at The Steak Exchange, 2 Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1991 Morgan;
• 1991 Quinta do Noval (WS₁);
• 1990 Graham Malvedos (WSâ‚‚);
• 1995 Graham Malvedos (WS₃);
• 1992 Graham Malvedos (WSâ‚„);
• 1991 Quinta de la Rosa (DRT₁);
• 1996 Sandeman Vau (DRTâ‚‚, gift of RMW);
• 1997 Croft Roeda (CMAG₁);
• 1994 Ramos-Pinto (CMAGâ‚‚);
• 1997 Quarles Harris (AHB);
• 1991 Warre (PW);
• 1994 Quinta Eira Velha (BMHR);
• 1992 Quinta Eira Velha (THRA);
• 1992 Delaforce (RAYC);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Produced by Martinez. Mid red in colour, 60% opaque. Youthful on the nose, even a touch raw! Sweet, fruity and balanced on entry. Very soft tannins twinkle and tantalise in the wine, providing a soft milk chocolate core which disappoints slightly with a lacking of some complexity. Big, tingling aftertaste and a very long finish of sweetened raspberries. Very pleasant, but too simple to be great. Guessed to be Ribeira 1992. 85/100.