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Emergency Drinking, The Crusting Pipe, Friday 19 August 2011. Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Unknown Madeira;
• 1945 Graham;
• 1963 Royal Oporto colheita, bottled 1983;
• 1966 Cockburn;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1980 Borges & Irmão;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1980 Warre;
• 1985 Dalva colheita bottled 2010;
• 1986 Taylor Terra Feita;
• NV The Port Society Finest Reserve Lote 08;
• Placemats.

Deep red, still quite youthful, 95% opaque. Sturdy, fruit (blackcurrants) dominated - lots of youthful maturity. Rich mouthfeel, big-bodied with young and lively tannins. Mouthfilling - a big port. Slight burn on the afteratse before an immensely long finish dominated by dry fruit. A big wine which will improve with another 10 years or more. Guessed to be a Fonseca 1985. 91/100.

No formal notes, but this was a good bottle, despite a hint of VA.

It was a pity that jdaw1 was not here to try this as it may have started to address his scepticism over this port.