- Review of the evening as a whole;
- Santelmo White;
- Santelmo Tawny;
- Santelmo 10Y;
- Cruz White;
- Sao Pedro das Aguias 10Y;
- Rozès Reserve;
- Quinta do Passadouro 1995;
- Quinta do Passadouro 1994;
- Niepoort 1994;
- Feist 1967 colheita bottled 1983;
- Fonseca 1985;
- Dow 1965 colheita bottled 1976;
- Placemats;
- Planning and arrangements.
Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
Friends gathered to test some oddments acquired by JDAW. Links:
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As can be seen from the receipts, some of these bottles weren’t very expensive.




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My wine of the night, without doubt, was the Niepoort '94...hope you had a good one...sorry I couldn't stay 

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Re: Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
There were some wines on Thursday that I really hope I don't encounter ever again - most of these tasted of plastic and artificial sweetner and needed to be chilled / drowned in tonic so as to hide the flavour of the port.
However, I was also pleasantly surprised by the Rozes Reserve in its squat and bright pink bottle - that wasn't bad.
But my wine of hte night was the Dow 1965 colheita, the Feist 1967 colheita and the Neipoort 1994 - not what I would have predicted. Colheitas in first and second place for wotn in a mixed colheita / vintage port tasting

However, I was also pleasantly surprised by the Rozes Reserve in its squat and bright pink bottle - that wasn't bad.
But my wine of hte night was the Dow 1965 colheita, the Feist 1967 colheita and the Neipoort 1994 - not what I would have predicted. Colheitas in first and second place for wotn in a mixed colheita / vintage port tasting



Top Ports in 2018 (so far): Niepoort VV (1960's Bottling), Quinta do Noval Nacional 1994 and San Leonardo Very Old White (Bottled 2018)
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
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Re: Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
Welcome to the dark side.AHB wrote:But my wine of hte night was the Dow 1965 colheita, the Feist 1967 colheita and the Neipoort 1994 - not what I would have predicted. Colheitas in first and second place for wotn in a mixed colheita / vintage port tasting![]()
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Re: Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
Agreed. An experiment expected to have a low hit rate, and it met expectations.AHB wrote:There were some wines on Thursday that I really hope I don't encounter ever again - most of these tasted of plastic and artificial sweetner and needed to be chilled / drowned in tonic so as to hide the flavour of the port.
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The moral of the tasting was, "Beware Frenchmen bearing gifts of port."jdaw1 wrote:Agreed. An experiment expected to have a low hit rate, and it met expectations.AHB wrote:There were some wines on Thursday that I really hope I don't encounter ever again - most of these tasted of plastic and artificial sweetner and needed to be chilled / drowned in tonic so as to hide the flavour of the port.
Top Ports in 2018 (so far): Niepoort VV (1960's Bottling), Quinta do Noval Nacional 1994 and San Leonardo Very Old White (Bottled 2018)
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
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Re: Thu 22 March 2012, The Bung Hole, JDAW’s oddments
I typed up my tasting notes last night and can't believe the number of firsts that I achieved at this offline, other than the obvious:
Obvious
First (and hopefully only) tasting of horrible French white and tawny ports from Santelmo, Cruz and Rozes
Surprising
Oldest Passadouro ports - my oldest before last week was the 1997.
First time trying the Niepoort 1994.
First time trying the Feist 1967 colheita (the only other port from Feist I have ever drunk being the 1937 colheita)
First Dow colheita
Obvious
First (and hopefully only) tasting of horrible French white and tawny ports from Santelmo, Cruz and Rozes
Surprising
Oldest Passadouro ports - my oldest before last week was the 1997.
First time trying the Niepoort 1994.
First time trying the Feist 1967 colheita (the only other port from Feist I have ever drunk being the 1937 colheita)
First Dow colheita
Top Ports in 2018 (so far): Niepoort VV (1960's Bottling), Quinta do Noval Nacional 1994 and San Leonardo Very Old White (Bottled 2018)
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927