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• Review of the evening of 29th March 2012 (The Birthday Boys' Tasting) as a whole;
• Cockburn Special Reserve;
• Fonseca Terra Prima;
• Graham's Finest Reserve;
• Graham's Six Grapes;
• Noval Black;
• Port Society Finest Reserve;
• Ramos Pinto Collector's Reserve;
• Quinta de la Rosa Reserve Ruby;
• 1966 Croft;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1965 Malvedos;
• 1959 Niepoort colheita;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Warre;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Burnt sienna in colour, 40% opaque. Hollow nose, a little rose hip and raisin. Lovely thick texture, soft and perfumed initial fruit followed by a fierce sweet pepperiness that fades back. The fruit on the palate is delicious, sweet and mature. Gorgeous streak of spearmint on the aftertaste, with a sweet and intense finish of good duration. 91/100.

It is now four days since this was opened and I have the last glass in front of me now, which has spent two of those days in the fridge.

The nose is still quite muted, but the texture feels even thicker than it was on Thursday. The mouth is full of deliscious, sweet terciary flavours - beautifully mature with waves of nutty complexity coming through in the mid palate. The reasonably long finish has the warming sensation of an ideal fireside port. Great stuff.

It is particularly gratifying to know that it is not only me who has aged with such refined dignity, grace and elegance since 1965 (cough)

Four days....slacking in your older age? Lol