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A fantastic Lunch, on Sunday 15^th February 2015, at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, Chris Doty providing the bottles blind.

This is bottle IV, later revealed to be a half of 1980 Gould Campbell.

Links:

• Review of the lunch as a whole;
• 1983 Warre (‘I’);
• 1983 Dow (‘II’);
• 1983 Cockburn (‘III’);
• 1980 Gould Campbell (half, ‘IV’);
• 1980 Gould Campbell (half, ‘V’);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

GC80, half (bottle IV). Dark red, 70% opaque. Palate had bright green notes, good structure, mid weight, and long. Mint as well as green. The fruit was darker than that in bottle V.

The green nudged me to Smith Woodhouse. General development consistent with a 1977. Useless guesses.