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Trying to get fancy from Daniel's instructions. But haven't worked out how to resize the file. More Anon.

Lovely!

You have a William Blake postcard in the background. This bodes well.

It is a bit of a worry that Owen is lying on his side this early in the evening.

Funny, Tapatalk automatically reorientated that, and it was only when I looked on my laptop now that I understood what Derek was on about (for once).

Oh yes, it looked right on my tablet but is on its side now.

The note on this will be a little hazy; On opening, very sweet without much else coming through. Dark and fruity with almost no tannin. The words of warning that Derek said about 'beware the longevity of Graham 85' floated through my mind. About 6 hours later it has transformed. Still very sweet, like a huge slab of blackberry jam, but behind are smooth and well ordered tannins, lovely viscosity. Everything just feels bigger, the palate expanding in the mouth. Very dark, very intense, just sensational. There is something a little corrupt, or corrupting about its excellence. Nobody need worry about this falling down dead any time soon.

My thirsty companions liked it, so I don't have a nip to retry this evening.

Going to try marks out of 100; 94-96.

Edit; not a mark of age on it anywhere, impregnable.

LGTrotter wrote:not a mark of age on it anywhere, impregnable.

Delighted to hear it. Mine shall be left alone.

But it is so good now... perhaps just try one, in case you decide it can't get any better...

I only have 6 bottles and they are at Seckfords. If they come out I will soon have none. Your description suggests they can wait.