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mcoulson wrote: ↑08:45 Tue 25 Nov 2025
uncle tom wrote: ↑08:30 Tue 25 Nov 2025
mcoulson wrote: ↑19:58 Mon 24 Nov 2025 I'm happy to collect from Toby for you .. call him and place the order ... I'll sort the rest
Thanks - as I don't know what he has in stock, would you like to make the choice? Budget around £50-£60
Ok leave this with me ... Baby bells all round !

can we also have some vache qui rit...

why would i go buy a case of 2023 to lay down for the next 20 years or more when i can go find a case of 1985 for roughly the same price? I suspect this pricing architecture has been true for many decades. What has perhaps changed is that there are far fewer country cellars, college cellars etc, bu...

Noval 1960 decanted at noon. Something not quite right. I’ll bring it along, but also something else.

BRPetrie wrote: ↑16:42 Tue 11 Nov 2025
flash_uk wrote: ↑14:31 Sun 09 Nov 2025 OK my guest can’t make it as they are in Spain.
Noted - will send food order this evening as B&F will need.

Could it please be checked before sending:

Latest draft of food order

Food order looks correct to me.

OK my guest can’t make it as they are in Spain.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:21 Sat 08 Nov 2025
flash_uk wrote: ↑21:10 Fri 07 Nov 2025I may have a guest option. Bit late to contact tonight…will try in the morning.
Please reveal result by Monday evening.

Will do. Message sent, expecting a reply today.

I may have a guest option. Bit late to contact tonight…will try in the morning.

Food order for me please:

Herby Butter Bean Bruschetta
Sirloin steak - rare
Fries
Broccoli

Welsh rarebit

Thx!

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Bottle decanted at 0930. ETA around 6pm.

Justin K wrote: ↑19:38 Tue 14 Oct 2025 Not Port but related! Anyone that wants one let me know and I’ll bring along to my next tasting.

I'd like one too please Justin.

I’ll bring Noval 1960.

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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