NV Sandeman White (Clipper Dry)

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Alex Bridgeman
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NV Sandeman White (Clipper Dry)

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Believed to have been in the bottle since the 1970s. Served without decanting. Very pale straw in colour. A really offensive nose; sour, aged and off! Horrible in the mouth. Disgusting. If you do buy Clipper White Port, please don't keep it for 30 years. Not rated.
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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A slight correction to AHB's very good assessment of this wine: It was decanted 8 hours before the Off-line and returned to the original bottle for transport purposes. It actually didn't sow as badly when first opened so I don't think the decanting helped. That said, it was a truely horrible experience.

Derek

PS: Does anyone want to buy 11 bottles of Sandeman Clipper White Port, believed to have been bottled in the 1970s?
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uncle tom
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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Agreed, horrid.

Tom

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Does anyone want to buy 11 bottles of Sandeman Clipper White Port, believed to have been bottled in the 1970s?
No.
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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I don’t really like dry white Port at the best of times!though at least this gives me a second answer for that :ftlop: ‟have you ever had a Port you didn’t like” post!

Derek, perhaps you should try Madeirising them?
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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For the purposes of the TN index, is this ‟Sandeman Clipper dry white”, or just ‟Sandeman dry white”?
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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Clipper was very promenant on the label so I would suggest it is included in the index.
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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It might have been an off bottle. Open another to test and if the same, pour all of them down the sink.
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Re: Clipper Dry White Port

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Here is a picture of the bottle of pig-swill that we (partly) consumed on 12th Dec 08...
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Thankfully my question about 11 remaining bottles was a joke :roll:
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