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On Wednesday 30th November 2011, in honour of DRT’s presence in London, at The Steak Exchange EC2A 2EH, port was drunk. Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1975 Cockburn;
• 1977 Taylor;
• 1977 Warre;
• 1985 Martinez;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.

Mz67. Glorious red, 45% opaque. Restaurant nosing of pepper and cooked fat, so nose of port not noted. Lighter than the C67, but still a good weight. Taste of unripe strawberries. Very sweet. A hint acrid mid-palate, but very fine drinking.

Very impressive colour, not lighting up the palate but nevertheless very pleasant drinking indeed ***+ (89)

Heat on the nose - fantastic red colour - medium weight with a nice texture but a little hot and short in the finish.