1966 Berry Brothers

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1966 Berry Brothers

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TN: Berry Brothers & Rudd 1966

The Deeper Underground 1966 Horizontal, held at the Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RD, on Monday 28 January 2008.

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“shipped by Warre’s agent†

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Purchased by JDAW for ≈£45 in 2002. BBR told JDAW that BBR’s 1966 was Warre. DRT quotes Broadbent as saying “Shipped via Percy Fox & Co, then Warre’s agents†.
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Deeper in colour than the Warre '66 alongside this glass. Some alcohol coming through on the nose carrying with it scents of fresh cut grass, coffee grindings and muscvado sugar. A quiet and gentle entry carresses the tongue before delivering redcurrants and cranberries sweetened with light syrup. A decent but not memorable (in the context of the wines shown with this) aftertaste. Still plenty of mileage for this very adequate port. 3/3 or 88/100. Decanted for 4 hours and drunk on 28/1/08.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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As AHB has already said this was considerably darker than the "real" Warre 66 sitting beside it. I rated this 7th out of 14. AHB had it at 10th.

My TN says "That is really nice!"

Thank you to Jdaw for this very interesting contribution to the line-up.
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5th best still very good no sign of waning
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1966 BBR capsule

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