At the Crusting Pipe on 7 July 2011, Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-up) was held.
Attendees:
THRA; WS1; DRT; JacobH; CHR; RAYC
Links:
Review of the evening as a whole
San Leonardo 10yr Tawny (bottled 2010)
Barão de Vilar 20 yr Tawny (bottled 2010)
Fonseca 30 yr Tawny (bottled 1982)
1934 Dalva House Reserve (colheita, bottled 1973)
1986 Warre Colheita (bottled 2007)
Buller's Fine Old Malmsey (NV, Aus Rutherglen)
1969 Domaine Mas Mouriane Maury
1994 Dow VP
Planning and Arrangements
Placemats
Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-Up)
Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-Up)
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Rob C.
Re: Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-Up)
WS1 wrote:The evening was a big success since we had a wide range of vintages and tastes. It was really fun! The Dalva 1934 was for me the wine of the night due to its complexity! There were some rough edges due to acidity and the funny shapped bt slighty leaking. Overall the Warre 1986 Colheita bt in 2007 was the best wine all round but lacked a bit complexity.
regards
WS1
Rob C.
Re: Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-Up)
This was indeed a very good evening, with an eclectic mix of bottles on offer and fantastic company.
Though it did strike me, as i woke up this morning with clear memory of getting home and without crumpled suit plus kebab wrapper strewn on the floor, that my port consumption must have been significantly lower than normal and therefore, by extrapolation, that tawny/colheita does not do it for me in quite the same way as VP.
We did, however, learn one piece of worrying news at the end of the evening - a new menu will be in operation from next week at TCP which has no place for the treacle tart on the dessert list....(nor for DRT's scallop starter).
Results for WOTN were
1st - 8pts: 1934 Dalva House Reserve (colheita, bottled 1973)
2nd - 7pts: Barão de Vilar 20yr Tawny
3rd - 6pts: 1986 Warre Colheita
4th - 5pts: Fonseca 30yr Tawny (bottled 1982)
5th - 4pts: 1969 Domaine Mas Mouriane Maury
6th - 3pts: Buller's Fine Old Malmsey
7th - 2pts: San Leonardo 10yr Tawny
8th - 0pts: 1994 Dow VP
Though it did strike me, as i woke up this morning with clear memory of getting home and without crumpled suit plus kebab wrapper strewn on the floor, that my port consumption must have been significantly lower than normal and therefore, by extrapolation, that tawny/colheita does not do it for me in quite the same way as VP.
We did, however, learn one piece of worrying news at the end of the evening - a new menu will be in operation from next week at TCP which has no place for the treacle tart on the dessert list....(nor for DRT's scallop starter).
Results for WOTN were
1st - 8pts: 1934 Dalva House Reserve (colheita, bottled 1973)
2nd - 7pts: Barão de Vilar 20yr Tawny
3rd - 6pts: 1986 Warre Colheita
4th - 5pts: Fonseca 30yr Tawny (bottled 1982)
5th - 4pts: 1969 Domaine Mas Mouriane Maury
6th - 3pts: Buller's Fine Old Malmsey
7th - 2pts: San Leonardo 10yr Tawny
8th - 0pts: 1994 Dow VP
Rob C.
Re: Anything But Vintage II (the Warm-Up)
Please post links to the various threads and placemats.
Please post a scan of the vote-recorder sheet.
Please post a scan of the vote-recorder sheet.