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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.

RPE94 decanted 10:00. Cork slightly soft but extracted whole, and, like the RP94, printed Ramos-Pinto 1994. With hyphen; no mention of the quinta.

Bright red, 30% opaque. Faint nose, sweet, red berries. Palate slightly bitter, and simpler than the RP97. Good length.

RPE94, decanted 10:00. Dark red, 90% opaque. Nose of leather and young plum fruit. Palate light.

80% opacity, dark red. Not much on the nose, or at least, few notes taken. In the mouth, simple, some fruit, dry and tannic finish.

Ramos Pinto. Mature red, but at the young end of maturity. A delicious nose of attractive fruit and fresh red berries. Lovely fruit with plenty of firm tannins, a decent if rather restrained volume of fruit. The tannins are well defined and still vigorous. Tannic, slightly green aftertaste and a full finish of green bell pepper. 85/100. Drunk 21-Oct-14. Decanted 11½ hours.