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There may need to be a recount though. The 1945 totals 9.5 not 10.5, which creates a tie with the 1900. But also, Charles has only scored 5, while Michael M has scored 7. I think I know why - Charles initially scored 5 points and then said "come back in a moment for the final point", and t...

55% opacity, dark red. Full, powerful, concentrated cranberry. Liked - 1 point.

45% opcaity, dull red, orange-brown rim. Soft, but a little flabby and mid-weight.

55% oapcity, rich red. Lovely rich mouthfeel, concentrated cranberries, very slight bitternedss, powerful finish.

50% mature red. Rich, chewy cranberries, a little heat and spiciness mid palate, finish fades somewhat. Was hoping for better.
Different bottle to that tasted by Alex...

50% opacity, rich red. Cranberry and blackberry on the nose. Full, rich, powerful, syrupy concentrated blackberries and cranberries, slightly dry finish (!). Super port, which improved in the glass.

50% opacity, rich red. Bramble on the nose. Lovely rich, full mouthfeel, concentrated raspberries. Liked enough for a point from me.

50% opacity, rich red. Sadly tained with TCA, which became more prevalent with time in the glass. The bottle on the opposite side of the table was not TCA tainted.

45% opacity, mature red-brown. Nose has dusty strawberries, white pepper. Good heft, not unlike it's brother alongside. Red fruits, finish perhaps a little more simple.

45% opacity, mature red. Not much from the nose. Soft, silky entry, strawberry, caramel, vanilla. Slightly dry at the finish.
Later, filled out further, spice in the finish.

45% opacity, mature red. Nose has soft red fruit. Lovely cranberries, then a hint of orange, good structure. Very quaffable.

That might be an understatement. The book has mention of many tastings. I do not recall any with ten Vintages more than a century old. Just none. Even Taylor’s great bicentennial tasting discussed in A Celebration of Taylor’s Port (1992), p53 onwards, had none older than a century. And the Cockburn...

Scoring Scoring was done electronically using a cobbled-together mobile app. Thinking being that the timetable was tight, and the usual TPF shout-out-your-scores approach could take too long and be challenging in a room of 25 people. Not all attendees loved the use of the technology, some perhaps e...

I've just updated my placeholder post at the top of the thread. Copied here: I've made some post-event notes over on the planning & arrangements thread. Thank you to everyone - a fabulously fun day, and one which will hopefully linger in the memory. Deepest thanks to the many people who greatly ...

Did I miss mentioning anything above?

Do any non-attendees have any questions about any aspect that I haven't commented on?

Now that The horizontal has happened, I thought I'd jot down some thoughts on planning, structure and approach, just in case anyone does something like this again. What proved useful and what went well? assembling bottles well in advance was crucial having a proper cellar near the event proved to be...

An incredible event! I wish I could have been there. Could someone explain the color-coded dots on the scoresheets? At first it seems that red indicates someone who did not taste that flight, but then I see that there are a few scores recorded under red dots, albeit not a full set of scores. Yes re...

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:53 Mon 06 Oct 2025 Thank you to Mike and to Julian for the many many hours of work that went into this. The most comprehensive tasting ever, surely, of 1970 VP and the most comprehensive tasting of 1970 VP ever, surely, that there will ever be.

It will soon be 2030...

Justin K wrote: ↑20:21 Sun 05 Oct 2025 Collected some Port while I was over for the ‘70’s tasting. Turns out one of them was an unknown I bought late last year and on close inspection of the cork it actually is a Tuke Holdsworth ‘47

That's a win - they are lovely.

Splendid idea. Yes please.

Yes still up for this.

Food order for me:

Bruschetta
Sirloin steak, rare
Fries
Chimichurri Broccoli

Many thanks

Seating plans, in case anyone wants to split scoring by bottle.

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Scoring - Whole Event

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Final scoresheet. Headlines:

nothing from Flight 0 scored in the Port of the Whole Event
17 ports out of 57 got points
the top 3 port racked up exactly two thirds of the available points, top 7 took >91% of available points

Scoring - Flight 4 flight_4a.JPG Flight 4 happened around 8pm. Conversation in the room suggested that those seated along the "wall" side of the table (and hence all tasting from one of the bottles), were less fortunate with the quality of port in the glass, compared to those seated on the...

Scoring - Flight 3

Scoring - Flight 2

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Scoring - Flight 1

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Scoring for Flight 0 below. A quick note on the scoring system. Votes can be given in half point increments up to a maximum of three points for any wine. Each taster has up to a maxiumum of six points to allocate across wines.

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I've made some post-event notes over on the planning & arrangements thread. Thank you to everyone - a fabulously fun day, and one which will hopefully linger in the memory. Deepest thanks to the many people who greatly assisted both in advance and on the day: - Julian, who devoted many days of e...

1970 Noval Nacional

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Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

Flight 0, decapsuled.

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Flight 4, decapsuled.

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Flight 3, decapsuled.

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Flight 2, decapsuled.

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Flight 1, decapsuled.

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One or two bottles now standing up, awaiting decanting later in the week.

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1970 Taylor Vargellas

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I love the spreadsheet food order. It makes it quick and simple to review. I have spotted some corrections please: Thursday lunch - please could I have my steak medium-rare Friday lunch - no cheese required Thanks Alex. Must have made the image before I spotted the missing medium rare, as I did inc...

1970 Ramos Pinto

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1970 Burmester

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1970 Kopke Sao Luiz

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1970 Quinta do Sibio

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1970 Thienpoint

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1970 Gould Campbell LBV

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1970 Hutcheson

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1970 Krohn

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1970 Osborne

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1970 Dalva

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1970 Croft Roeda

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