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On Tuesday 21^st October 2014 we gathered in Davy’s at Woolgate for a vertical of Ramos Pinto, in the presence of João Nicolau de Almeida and Mark Bingley M.W.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1909 Ramos Pinto;
• 1924 Ramos Pinto;
• 1931 Ramos Pinto;
• 1960 Ramos Pinto;
• 1964 Ramos Pinto;
• 1970 Ramos Pinto;
• 1980 Ramos Pinto;
• 1982 Ramos Pinto;
• 1983 Ramos Pinto;
• 1985 Ramos Pinto;
• 1991 Ramos Pinto;
• 1994 Ramos Pinto Quinta da Ervamoira;
• 1994 Ramos Pinto;
• 1997 Ramos Pinto;
• 2005 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

RP91, decanted 13:00. Red, 70% opaque, so palest of the ≥1980 RPs. Nose horrible. Not tasted.

Decanted 6 hours. 60% opacity, cloudy red. Dirty stewey nose. Very little body or substance, balanced but thin. Faulty some way or other.

Light, 40-50% ruby. A good young nose, not too cloying but some fruit sweetness (light jam). Very jellyish with a bitter tip at the end, some faint, lingering dryness.

Slightly hazy appearance with lots of sediment in the bottom of the glass. Mature, sweet fruit nose with a lovely dusty bramble and later a streak of lemon juice. Rather hollow entry, quite lightweight on the palate with a little charcoal and bubblegum fruit. The late palate does develop some good fruit but this is not up to the quality of the 1985. A very uneven port. 86/100. Drunk 21-Oct-14. Decanted 8½ hours.