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On Thursday 13^th December 2012 a subset of the obvious suspects gathered at the Bell, Wendens Ambo CB11 4JY, to taste some treasures.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1830 Sherry (#1);
• 1942 Rebello Valente (#2, JDAW, from THRA);
• 1945 Dow (#3, RAYC);
• Cockburn Crusted, bottled 1928 by Avery’s (#4);
• 1922 Sandeman? (#5, WS);
• Unknown perhaps Croft 1912 (#6, CMAG);
• 1927 Taylor (#7);
• 40 year old Santa Eufemia White Tawny (#8);
• Penfolds Great-Grandfather Tawny (#9);
• 1931 Ramos Pinto (#10, AP);
• 1927 Croft (#11, PW);
• 1927 Taylor (#12, AHB);
• Unknown perhaps a very old colheita (#15, CMAG);
• Niepoort VV, 2012 bottling (#16, DN);
• ‘Placemats’, meaning TN sheets and sticky labels, and the parameters used in their construction;
• Planning and arrangements.

Previously at the Bell: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.

Bottled by Thomas Peatling of Bury St Edmunds. Deep red, 90% opaque. Rich, attractive and very fruit driven on the nose. Blanced and elegant entry, dry and tanninc on the mid-palate, but this builds to a great crescendo on the late palate. Huge aftertaste, then a massive finish that is softly tannic and with a big burst of floral lavendar. Superb.

Guessed to be:
Taylor, Taylor 1966, Cockburn 1960, Taylor 1960, Fonseca 1955, Fonseca, Taylor 1955, Noval 1955. 96/100

T27. Dark red, 70% opaque. Taste big luscious red fruit. Fonseca-red fruit. Huge. Most enormous T27 ever tasted by me. WOTN (presumably with the S22).