DRT
Fonseca 1966
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by DRT » 22:35 Sat 13 Mar 2010
Served blind at
this off-line at the Crusting Pipe, London, on 9th March 2010.
The ports:
Wines marked "*" were purchase on the night at TCP due to a world record consumption of 1 bottle each in less than 2 hours, which included dinner
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
angeleyes
Quinta do Noval LBV
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by angeleyes » 23:27 Sat 13 Mar 2010
Notes left at the table.
From memory- not dissimilar to the Warre 83 this evening, the finish was just a touch less complete.
Mark
DRT
Fonseca 1966
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by DRT » 00:13 Sun 14 Mar 2010
Dark red with oranges on the nose. I thought Croft? A nice weight, lots of fruit and a lovely warming finish. Delicious stuff.
The guesses:
DJP: Warre 1983 (0 points)
RLC: brought this bottle (0 points)
WS1: Taylor 1985 (1 point)
CSD: Croft 1987 (0 points)
AHB: Warre 1985 (0 points)
DRT: Croft 1985 (0 points)
MKD: Warre 1985 (0 points)
Group score: 1/12
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Chris Doty
Graham’s Malvedos 1996
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by Chris Doty » 13:35 Sun 14 Mar 2010
Very solid wine, and likely my #2 of the night (the 1980 Taylor would be quite close). This was another very enjoyable and mature tasting port, lacking depth/complexity but still giving great pleasure. 88pts