1985 Churchill

[jdaw1]

At the suggestion of AHB, on Monday 19th November 2012 we tested an alternative venue, the Hix Oyster & Chop House, 36-37 Greenhill Rents, Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6BN, tel +44 20 7017 1930.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1977 Sandeman;
• 1985 Churchill;
• 1994 Vesuvio;
• 1980 Taylor;
• 1963 Cockburn;
• Placemats;
• Organisation and planning.

[jdaw1]

Ch85, decanted 7am. Dark red, 70% opaque. Nose flat. Taste had big red fruit. Slightly short. Lots of sweetness. Needs time.

But everybody else thought hopelessly corked. Damn! Five years ago I was thoroughly insensitive to TCA. And I had been learning. Or so I thought. Illusion shattered: the TCA that other found so strong and was barely perceptible to me. Damn.

[griff]

Ch85, decanted 7am. Dark red, 70% opaque. Nose flat. Taste had big red fruit. Slightly short. Lots of sweetness. Needs time.

But everybody else thought hopelessly corked. Damn! Five years ago I was thoroughly insensitive to TCA. And I had been learning. Or so I thought. Illusion shattered: the TCA that other found so strong and was barely perceptible to me. Damn.

I think I am moderately sensitive. Unless I was selling or making even, I would love not to be sensitive to TCA at all.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Dark red in colour, 90% opaque. Hugely smelly on the nose, reeking of TCA. Slightly bitter on the impact, with TCA showing over the fruit and turning bitter on the finish. 82/100