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After the BBR Port Walk, some people still felt thirsty. We arrived at the Bung Hole in time to eat some steak burgers and open some bottles that were wrapped in tinfoil.

Quinta do Noval 1978
Graham 1977
Cabral 1940 Colheita
Cockburn 20YO Tawny(bottled 1997)
Quinta do Crasto 1993 LBV

Oliveiras 1968 Bual Madeira

Château de Sales Pomerol 1970
Château La Tour de By 1999

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Honey brown in colour with a hint of green on the rim. Maderised nose, iodine and walnuts but on the palate this is full of honey and hazelnut oil. The aromatics are very pleasant, with a light body, gentle acidity and a slight oiliness. Big aftertaste with a long finish mixing a slight peanut-skin bitterness with gentle brown sugar. Clearly a colheita or tawny. Served blind, this was guessed to be Andresen 1982 colheita. 85/100.

Cabral 1940 Colheita (“PW”). Orange, 10% opaque. Nose very woody. Palate soft, non-marmalade orange, lovely soft tawny.

Any idea when this was bottled?


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Andy Velebil wrote:Any idea when this was bottled?

No idea, I'm afraid. The bottle was one of a handful of identical bottles of unknown colheita from auction; the only marking on the bottles was the date of 1940 stamped in the wax seal. The cork was short, and stamped "Porto Cabral" but no further date information.

PhilW wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:Any idea when this was bottled?

No idea, I'm afraid. The bottle was one of a handful of identical bottles of unknown colheita from auction; the only marking on the bottles was the date of 1940 stamped in the wax seal. The cork was short, and stamped "Porto Cabral" but no further date information.

Interesting, thanks