1997 Sandeman Vau

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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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SV97, in double magnum. The first three quarters poured freehand, into two bottles and a decanter. At the end of the third fine sediment started to show, so the fourth through a coffee filter into another decanter. And that fine sediment clogged three filters, taking about two hours to go through. The third and fourth quarters, freehand and through filter, were compared. D+0 to D+2hr, both dark dark red, 85% opaque. Freehand, nose and palate, bright cherry, a hint of mint, that manifested itself in the palate as heat. But the filtered version had more plum than cherry, dark plum at that, and was more closed.

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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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The SV97 has darkened overnight, and is now 90%ish opaque. Nose difficult to note in the light wind of the Compton stand upper tier. Palate has lots of dark cherry.
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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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It's a ravishing figgy pudding on the nose. There is almost no breeze, Julian is quite wrong about that. In the mouth there's delicious black dryness.
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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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One of the conveniences of a double magnum is that one can decant a bottle for friends at TBH, and still have a decent quality-control sample left over. Maybe I should have brought a larger proportion of that with me, as it is drinking very nicely.
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1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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A celebratory glass of Sandeman Vau 97 to mark Karunaratne's wicket. Now I can taste sticky pecans as well.
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I agree with the dryness, especially late-palate. There is figiness, but much less than dark cherry. The pecans are a myth.
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The acid is starting to show more clearly. Very good, gives a cleanness to this very rich juice.
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Figiness? Is that related to figginess? Is it related to Orlando Figes?
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Could it be that JDAW detects dark cherries because he ate all the dark cherries?
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djewesbury wrote:Could it be that JDAW detects dark cherries because he ate all the dark cherries?
Libel! I have not eaten (quite) all of them. And I found cherries last night.
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After lunch, this has progressed a great deal and now tastes like oyster stout.
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Nonsense. My last three pints have tasted of Marston’s Pedigree.
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This is meant to be a tasting note. Admins, please do the necessary.
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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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djewesbury wrote:After lunch, this has progressed a great deal and now tastes like oyster stout.
Do you mean stout suitable for drinking with oysters, or stout made with oysters? (Admins...)
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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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SV97, from 3l double-magnum. Dark dark red, 75% opaque. Nose of dark cherry. Palate dark cherry. Good port, though lighter than my favourites.
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Re: 1997 Sandeman Vau (Double Magnum)

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80% opacity, very dark red. Not much nose. Dry finish.

Clearly I was getting weary of using ink at this point in the evening.
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flash_uk wrote:Clearly I was getting weary of using ink at this point in the evening.
At these tastings my notes start mediocre and then deteriorate. Your weariness of ink is understood.
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