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…Warre (4 year bottling)… What more needs to be said? Is this a Warre LBV, bottled 1999 — which would be fine. Or is this more old-school, a Warre proper Vintage, accidentally bottled late. Given the post-1970ness of this tasting (tutting and sighing from some), I’ll assume the former, consistent w...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑07:59 Mon 29 Sep 2025If Tom’s happy for me to do so, I can transfer ownership of the first post and the updating can happen.

The owner of the first post has changed to Alex Bridgeman.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:50 Wed 26 Nov 2025Draft of the ‘placemats’, meaning sticky labels and TN sheets and voting pages.

There is an obvious bug in the software, which will soon receive attention.

Bug fixed. Likely, I was the only person who noticed.

So far we are three. What theme?

uncle tom wrote: ↑08:28 Tue 25 Nov 2025
jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:20 Mon 24 Nov 2025Do you want ‘placemats’, meaning sticky labels?
Yes please

Draft of the ‘placemats’, meaning sticky labels and TN sheets and voting pages.

There is an obvious bug in the software, which will soon receive attention.

I have two boxes of Quevedo’s 2014 closure comparison that need to be opened, and the contents compared. Is there a market for a tasting with the theme ‘Something Interesting’?

This post to hold plans as and when agreed.

• When: 18:00 on Tuesday 6^th Jan 2026.

• Location: Boot & Flogger.

• Theme: Something Interesting.

Do you want ‘placemats’, meaning sticky labels?

Because of the forthcoming in-law invasion, the government has declared an emergency, for Tuesday 30th December 2025.

You know what to do.

This post reserved to hold agreed plans.

When: 18:00 on Tue 30 Dec 2025.

Location: Boot & Flogger. As yet, no booking has been made.

Theme: Port to Drink with Friends, whether during an emergency or at other times, sighted.

People:

Julian W.

Bottles:

Reserves:

Because of the forthcoming zombie invasion (it might be that; might be something worse), the government has declared an emergency, for Monday 29th December 2025.

You know what to do.

This post reserved to hold agreed plans. When: 18:00 on Mon 29 Dec 2025. Location: Boot & Flogger. As yet, no booking has been made. Theme: Port to Drink with Friends, whether during an emergency or at other times, sighted. People: Julian W. ; Martin C. ; Alex M. Bottles: Reserves:

For the London tasting there is now a draft of the placemats, pictures of which have been added to the first post.

@AHB: please say more about that claimed to be Warre.

Are we game for mischief? (Is that even a question?)

Should we all open an extra Symington ’85?

FTLoP review thread.

Placemats:

‡ = Non-Raby Taylor 1948; † = Taylor 1997.

My TNs posted: please post yours.

My TNs posted: please post yours. So Ben P. started a bring-a-bottle tasting, and Cliff posted early : “I'll bring some Raby ports.”; then “Will bring Raby ports D27, F34, T48 and Ck50”. Ah: that’s the game. And thank you — what a great game. Conclusions: 1934 Fonseca , cold-stored, is Hall-of-Glory...

T97, blind from Mike as he didn’t trust his N60. Cloudy dark dark red, 90% opaque. Dry; blurry. Mis-guessed, but not very mis-guessed, as a wrong D85.

T48, non-Raby, from a bottle that had an imperfection which I was told but have forgotten. Served blind. Red-orange, 50% opaque. Slight dirt on nose. Palate sweet, dry grip, slightly oleaginousness. Others liked more. Mis-guessed (playing the man!) as D24.

G00, dark dark dark red, 98% opaque. Big and juicy, lots of balckcurrants, and sweet. But lighter than it should be. Still, drinkable with great pleasure, especially from magnum.

F77, red red brown, 40% opaque. Palate lovely, light (shouldn’t be), mostly sweet but dry MP. Still very pleasant Port, but F77 once held more promise.

FG62. Orange-brown, 30% opaque. Palate started with citrus, which became acidity. Light, and weak at end. “End-of-life care.”

F66, dark red, 50% opaque. Stinky nose. There might have been goodness behind the stink, but I couldn’t search for long.

N66, dark red, 55% opaque. Nose of red fruit. Soft mature VP in early palate, with bitterness coming later; raspberries; excellent, very ’66, and fully mature. Do not wait.

F63, dark red, 50% opaque. Big red fruit, soft, big Port. This is the traditional best of the ’63s behaving as in days of yore. Yum.

N63 , bottled by Grants of St James’s. red-brown, 35% opaque. Very mature, bitter mid-palate, and soft burnt caramel late palate. Long ending, but this is far past prime. It’s not rare enough that I need to preserve for tastings, and one of the ’63 babies on this forum has, in effect, unbounded sup...

N60, brown, 35% opaque. Smoky; dusty; light; acidity; slight exotic fruit. Nice, but far past prime — too much acidity. Second among the 1960s (Mz60 > N60 > T60 ≈ G60).

G60, brown orange, 25% opaque. too stinky to taste. Approximately worst of the 1960s (Mz60 > N60 > T60 ≈ G60).

T60, dirty orange, 25% opaque. Taste of dirty pineapple. Approximately worst of the 1960s (Mz60 > N60 > T60 ≈ G60).

Mz60, in a small glass. Red-brown, 30% opaque. Presence; grip; structure; also heat. The best of the 1960s (Mz60 > N60 > T60 ≈ G60).

Mk55, dark dark red, 70% opaque, just like Mk55s passim. Dry, slightly baga, with grip especially mid-palate. Liked, a lot.

later drier, but still excellent.

Cr55. Red-brown, 35% opaque. Soft, with marzipan, heat mid-palate. Good mature VP, past prime.

Later it had deteriorated: drier, simpler.

Ck50 , Raby Castle. This is from a junior year. 1950 — a delicate wine of quality, growing up very quickly and valuable to ﬁll the gap between 1947 and 1955. But really good! Light, smooth, still youthful, and in different company could have been a very worthy WOTN. Cold steady storage is a good th...

T48 , Raby Castle. Dark red, 60% opaque. Nose of dark cherries. Thick, thick, thich plum smoothie, then dry mid-palate, then sweet mid-palate. best texture ever in a totally mature Port. Fantastic! Again, like the F34 , in my Hall of Glory. Which better? Difficult. T48 texture far superior; F34 sli...

F34 , Raby Castle. Glorious dark red, 55% opaque. “Oh, that is truly wonderful. Red fruit, white pepper mid-palate, soft soft soft. Just so hanging together, complex and fabulous. Like the T48 , in my Hall of Glory. Which better? Difficult. F34 slightly more complex; T48 texture far superior. I don...

D27, Raby Castle. Red-brown, 40% opaque. Soft, big structure, red cherries (fruit!?: but this is 98 years old!), heat mid-palate, soft into the logn ending. Great Port, fully mature, still wonderful.

Links: Review of the event as a whole ; Tasting notes: 1927 Dow , Raby Castle ( CEM ); 1934 Fonseca , Raby Castle ( CEM ); 1948 Taylor , Raby Castle ( CEM ); 1950 Cockburn , Raby Castle ( CEM ); 1955 Croft ( PW ); 1955 Mackenzie ( BMHR ); 1960 Martinez ( IDJ ); 1960 Taylor , bottled by J G Thomson o...