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Suspects, mostly old but one new, gathered in the obvious place to do the obvious thing. We are creatures of habit.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Graham Crusted bottled 1998, JDAW, ✠  Maltese cross;
• 1970 Graham, Oporto bottled, RAYC, ☩ Cross of Jerusalem;
• 1985 Taylor, MPM, ♰ West Syriac cross;
• 1977 Graham, MPM, ♱ East Syriac cross;
• 1977 Fonseca, JDAW, ☨ Cross of Lorraine;
• 1970 Graham, bottled by Harvey’s, DRT, ☦ Russian cross;
• 1970 Dow, AHB, off-placemat;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

G77, bought by new boy MPM, ♱ East Syriac cross, decanted 8am. Lovely red, 40% opaque. Nose of yeast and a motor oil. Something wrong. Taste also suggesting something was wrong, not helped by the passage of time. Bad bottle.

From the same batch as the previous spoiled bottle. Horribly spoiled and undrinkable with a very odd plastic smell dominating everything. Not rated.