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In The Bung Hole (discussion of name of location), on Tuesday 31 January 2012, we gathered with ‟Port to Share”.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1985 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1985 Martinez;
• Graham’s Crusted bottled 2004 (a);
• Graham’s Crusted bottled 2004 (b);
• Cockburn’s Special Reserve;
• 1998 Vesuvio;
• 1991 Dow;
• 1994 Cockburn;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Graham’s Crusted bottled 2004: awful nose. I refused to taste it. RLC suggested that the nose was ‟chlorinated rubber”. But in truth it wasn’t that good. Bought from DRT, who had bought it from Sainsbury’s, who had bought it from Fells, who had bought it from the Symingtons. Somewhere in that chain it had gone wrong.

Sweaty sock nose - not ready and seems quite closed. Finished much better than it started.

Proved to be a faulty bottle when we tasted the second one.