May I echo the comments of others on the quality of the write up.
Good bottles of Taylor 48 are the real deal. This bottle sounds like it was the real deal.
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- 07:59 Tue 14 May 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Historic Ports from the Cellars of Raby Castle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 291
- 07:23 Tue 14 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1960 Graham
- Replies: 1
- Views: 119
Re: 1960 Graham
1960 opened and decanted at 0720. Smells divine. Decanted nice and clean with heavy sediment mainly left in the bottle.
Bottled autumn 1962 by J G Thomson & Co Ltd of The Vaults, Leith.
Bottled autumn 1962 by J G Thomson & Co Ltd of The Vaults, Leith.
- 07:14 Tue 14 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - June 11th 2024
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4185
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
It’s not my tasting so its co-ordinator will comment - but from my perspective if you just turned up with the Niepoort I for one would be delighted- it’s the one I haven’t ever got my paws on.
- 10:57 Mon 13 May 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Trip to Los Angeles for a Magnum Port lunch from 1890 to 1970
- Replies: 7
- Views: 147
Re: Trip to Los Angeles for a Magnum Port lunch from 1890 to 1970
What a lovely writeup with the ebullient HH enthusiasm really bubbling through.
Quite some tasting. but as cem says I also would have gone oldest to youngest especially if ll decanted at same time.
Quite some tasting. but as cem says I also would have gone oldest to youngest especially if ll decanted at same time.
- 10:47 Mon 13 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
- Replies: 99
- Views: 204159
Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
At 1013 on a Sunday morning too
- 10:13 Sun 12 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
- Replies: 99
- Views: 204159
Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
Is most certainly is!
- 05:22 Sat 11 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 179
- Views: 503025
Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Julian - I am immensely obliged.
Glenn - thank you, and I am glad we are not needing to rely on your fast cellar access.
Glenn - thank you, and I am glad we are not needing to rely on your fast cellar access.
- 21:23 Fri 10 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 179
- Views: 503025
Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
The inevitable has happened and I cannot find my half case of 1985 Graham. 60,80,83 etc I can find but not 85.
I am happy to fork out for anyone else’s bottle of 85 Graham, if they have one to hand that they can bring along.
I am happy to fork out for anyone else’s bottle of 85 Graham, if they have one to hand that they can bring along.
- 15:03 Tue 07 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 55
- Views: 95017
Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
Tom, my sincere apologies, I now have to be elsewhere for work on this evening.
- 12:08 Fri 26 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
- Replies: 99
- Views: 204159
Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
Starter: green salad
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Thank you
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Thank you
- 02:33 Fri 26 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 179
- Views: 503025
Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Starter: green salad
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
- 08:19 Thu 18 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 179
- Views: 503025
Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Confirm, agreed, confirm
- 21:39 Thu 11 Apr 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1970 Sandeman
- Replies: 0
- Views: 676
1970 Sandeman
A bottle from the recent Blenheim Palace clear out. Level into neck. Short cork but excellent seal and came out clean, violets bursting from bottle as I did so. Half hour decant. A lovely clear mature garnet. Liquorice and cranberry on the nose. Strawberries and cream on front palate, cranberry and ...
- 16:15 Tue 09 Apr 2024
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: London in May
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28714
Re: London in May
The Alchemist chain is fine so long as you like house music (and not talking). Your experience may vary.
- 19:42 Mon 08 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4720
Re: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
Today has gone well. There is an outside chance we may be done Thursday night, in which case I will turn up with a thirst and a hopeful expression (not with the Judge in tow though).
- 19:31 Mon 08 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Tues 8th October - Old v New & Undisturbed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1055
- 20:09 Fri 05 Apr 2024
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Non Festive Drinking
- Replies: 119
- Views: 35319
Re: Non Festive Drinking
A good Gruaud Larose is truly a thing of beauty.
- 20:33 Sun 31 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Warre
- Replies: 0
- Views: 575
1977 Warre
The usual light red, more rose than garnet, of Warre 1977. Both the almond crumb and the raspberry jam of the Bakewell tart were present and correct. Decanted for two hours and consumed over two nights and every glassful good drinking. Better on its own than with anything. Cheese interfered with the...
- 20:00 Wed 27 Mar 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4525
Re: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
@Mike J.W. - I'd serve Warre, Dow, Vesuvio, Croft, Crasto, Smith Woodhouse on one night, and Taylor, Fonseca, Graham, Gould Campbell, Ferreira, Noval the next. That way you're pretty much guaranteed to have people holding up two or three wines each night and saying 'now THAT's port'.
- 13:53 Wed 27 Mar 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4525
Re: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
Well that's reasonably emphatic.
- 23:22 Mon 25 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: A Rare Wine on a Rare Date - Carcavelos back to 1906
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4353
Re: A Rare Wine on a Rare Date - Carcavelos back to 1906
Carcavelos is a name that appears on some C18th silver wine labels thus a testament to the UK fondness for it.
- 23:18 Mon 25 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4720
Re: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
I remain sorrowful about my inability to attend but it’s bad form to walk out of a court hearing to go to a tappit hen tasting.
- 07:35 Wed 20 Mar 2024
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: London in May
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28714
Re: London in May
Why not go to the Tower of London? Tickets are 35 from historic royal palaces ( hrp.org.uk ). An audio guide is an extra £4. Tell me what it’s like if you do as I’ve lived in London for 29 years and never been. I agree with Martin that the Soane museum is interesting but it’s also more than slightly...
- 22:15 Sat 16 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 109
- Views: 36068
Re: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
My sincere apologies, but I am now no longer going to be able to come to this tasting. I am deluged with work.
- 13:01 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1395
Re: 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV
A deep gold. Colour dropped out. Rather odd nose. Smells of turps with a little bit of bleach in the background. No fruit character. On palate, orange. Rather less unpleasant than nose would suggest.