The Bell, Thursday 13 December, 2012

[uncle tom]

Jacob has regretfully had to pull out - is DRT still on standby?

If not, I will invite my colleague David Mitchell to join us tonight.

[Deleted_User_1]

Very sorry but the winter vomiting bug has struck the Cookie household which means I am unable to attend this evening

[jdaw1]

Where was Jacob staying? Has his room been snaffled by RAYC? If not, I could invite a backup.

[jdaw1]

Two backups unavailable.

[uncle tom]

David Mitchell can't make it, so I'm reckoning we will be nine..

..and I now have seven bottles to decant!

[Alex Bridgeman]

What a fine and splendid line-up that turned out to be last night! More to be said in the review thread when I have time to start one.

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1830 Sherry (#1);
• 1942 Rebello Valente (#2, JDAW, from THRA);
• 1945 Dow (#3, RAYC);
• Cockburn Crusted, bottled 1928 by Avery’s (#4);
• 1922 Sandeman? (#5, WS);
• Unknown perhaps Croft 1912 (#6, CMAG);
• 1927 Taylor (#7);
• 40 year old Santa Eufemia White Tawny (#8);
• Penfolds Great-Grandfather Tawny (#9);
• 1931 Ramos Pinto (#10, AP);
• 1927 Croft (#11, PW);
• 1927 Taylor (#12, AHB);
• Unknown perhaps a very old colheita (#15, CMAG);
• Niepoort VV, 2012 bottling (#16, DN);
• ‘Placemats’, meaning TN sheets and sticky labels, and the parameters used in their construction;
• Planning and arrangements.