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Two half bottles of Croft (possibly 1960) from a charity sale at Corney & Barrow.
One low shoulder & one base of neck.
Already opened the low shoulder bottle & it was still pretty good.

1955 Dow - bottled by Hankey Bannister
Sadly only one bottle though

Mystery solved.

Just opened a bottle to start the Christmas festivities and the cork is clearly branded "Sworder London EC4".

Will post a tasting note eventually...

Fine & Rare Wines are having a sale this week and sent out a list of reductions on fortified wines this morning...

https://frw-email.co.uk/2UCY-TBXG-4OYPT6-GWYTA-1/c.aspx

Central London Wine Society Tasting of Graham's Port, at the Civil Service Club, Wednesday 5th December 2018 Presented by Paul Mapplebeck NV Crusted (bottled 2011) - scored 3.9/7 (scores are the average of the 20+ attendees) I only scored this 2/7 - bit too hot with a slightly bitter aftertaste. 200...

Mine (one copy) arrived yesterday morning via Royal Mail. In Kent, nowhere exotic.

Not mine, but thought I'd highlight in case anybody is interested, as it looks like a bargain...

Currently 5 cases of Dow 1985 for sale on WineOwners.com at £545 per case DP (so already includes VAT). You just have to add commission and delivery.

Lunch today with the Mackenzie 48 & Delaforce 58.
I thought both were very good, but popular vote was for the Delaforce. M very medicinal.
Both bottles around base of neck, so pretty good for age.

flash_uk wrote: ↑20:37 Fri 23 Nov 2018 Thanks nac. Niepoort ‘97 is a strange one to offer. Almost all bottles are faulty I had thought.

Not tried it. If I do will report back...

Current Port offering at 67 Pall Mall: Other Pink, Croft 50cl £40.00 Tawny Ramos Pinto Quinta do Bom Retiro 20 Year Old £82.00 Colheita Barros 1978 £215.00 Kopke, 1967 £329.00 Vintage 'Vale do Inferno' Quinta de la Rosa 2011 £64.00 Nacional, Quinta do Noval 2003 £1,173.00 Nacional, Quinta do Noval 2...

Three bottles of Taylor 77.

Might do one on Christmas Day...

Ferreira 45, Tuke Holdsworth 47, Mackenzie 48, Boa Vista 50 and Delaforce 58. I’m impressed. Came via a "special" Corney & Barrow offer. They were from the estate of a client who had passed away. In theory all of the bottles were below the standard C&B would normally sell - ie, lo...

PhilW - yes, of course.

The image quality is pretty poor, but I can't upload a better image due to the graphics size limit. Could email you the full image if you want?

PhilW - probably won't help, but I'll upload a photo of the whole cap. Nothing else on bottles as they're unlabelled.

From the same source, also acquired a stock of Ferreira 45, Tuke Holdsworth 47, Mackenzie 48, Boa Vista 50 and Delaforce 58. Given they're all quite rare I might arrange a tasting in early 2019 if there's sufficient interest...

Venue would probably be 67 Pall Mall.

From a different source to the Warre 1963 I've asked about, recently obtained three bottles of Sandeman 1942.

There isn't a tasting note on TPF, and I can't find anything recent elsewhere. Does anybody know anything about this wine?

I've just acquired a small parcel of Warre 1963 which has a quite distinctive four-leaf clover (?) design embossed in the foil (photo below).


Does anybody know if this indicates a particular bottler?

I've still got a couple of bottles of Rebello Valente 1972 from a whole unopened case I "won" at Christies some years ago.

Haven't got any TNs, but the bottles were all in perfect condition and from memory the contents were pretty good.

Popped & poured.

Drunk over space of a week. Vacuvin-ed in between. Didn't notice any particular develop during this period.

This was released by the Symington toward the end of 2016 and is (supposedly) the final release from their stocks. Therefore hoping it's in perfect condition...

Will post a tasting note.

Bottled 2016, half bottle with "proper" driven cork. A gift from one of the sommeliers at the Rex Whistler restaurant at Tate Britain, but appears to be currently retailing around £20 for a 75cl bottle. Pleasant nose, with good body and evident tannin. Slightly spirity finish, but overall ...

Have just acquired a few bottles of the recent Warre's 1970 Private Cellar release & wondered if anybody had partaken of this yet?

Suspect the options are different if you go via one of their people - I got a 3-pack through my Account Manager.

If anybody's interested & hasn't seen this, the latest release of the Taylor's "Very Old Single Harvest Port" - the 1967 is now available (follows previous 64, 65 & 66 releases).

BI Wines are punting it out at £380/3ib or £740/6ib. C&B were similarly priced.

PhilW, that's fine. Please use as you feel appropriate...