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Alas no. It is port related. The sequence runs 1,2,3,5,13,14...

Dana-Scott's sequence has the next number right; albeit that is merely coincidence...

I too have been guilty of imprecision. My previous response might be obscuring the questioner's intention. I should instead have said "Should one, here, be following the rule?"

I see where Mike is coming from, but this is not a purely mathematical question...

Next four numbers in this sequence: 1,2,3,5...

Puligny Montrachet 2015, Domaine Florent Garaudet - impeccable Puligny from a difficult vintage where most growers let it over-ripen. Crozes-Hermitage 2013, Thalabert, Paul Jaboulet Aine - a really fine example of this from a difficult year, made by my dream woman, Caroline Frey. Fonseca 1992, repor...

On current count I have 1 Colheita, 3 LBVs, 1 SQVP, and 9 VPs for which there are no tasting notes.

Looking ahead, plus 1 Colheita and 4 VPs for which there is one tasting note...

Cork came out clean. Fairly heavy sediment. (i) Decanting sample after 1 hr: 90% opaque red juice; splendid legs. Strong note of cinnamon (I thought of Dentyne chewing gum), and some poached plum with star anise, on the nose. On the palate, smooth, smooth port with more cinnamon, and cherry jam, but...

I also will join this merry throng. A jolly good idea, and a chance to try some ports that I haven't.

@ idj123 - first reserve, statistically very likely to be promoted. In truth I was surprised at the speed of responses. But it was a very nice bottle of port.
@ flash_uk - we have your best interests at heart...

Well that's as heartwarming a story as I've heard in weeks...

@ hadge - I know that feeling, 90% of my wine is currently inaccessible...

@ nac - I have been aware of that L&W case for a while. I appreciate you reaching out to your contacts... @ PhilW - My intention was specifically not to cut across the contemplated TTF v TV taste-off, which is a worthy and serious and larger project, but, stimulated by the unabashed pleasure der...

List extended to 14 persons. I don't want to fuzz the focus of this tasting by introducing comparative TVs but, on reflection, a few port tastings where we come in some way below a bottle a head is not a bad thing. Between those declaring their holdings we already have everything other than the 1991...

flash_uk added.

Now confirmed for 1800 kickoff on 2 November 2022, Red Room at the Boot and Flogger. Back in the pre-Covid mists of time I was drinking a delicious glass of Taylor's Terra Feita 2005. 85% red juice. An entirely congruent port- the plump-sultana-and-glace-cherry-led fruit cake it promised on the nose...

- Croft Roeda 1980 (at the virtual tasting)
- TV 1995 (en demi)
- Mons Helios 2009, Domaine Florent Garaudet, Monthelie
- Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero 1996
- Quinta de la Rosa 1991 (in decanter, and very pleasant)

Decanting sample taken after 30 mins, 12/4/2020. Red wine, 10% orange rim. Prickle of heat on the nose, slight red jelly bean note, otherwise dumb. On the palate, blackcurrant leaf, sour cherry mid palate, slightly attenuated but attractive spiced cranberry finish. Will leave to open out until tomor...

From half. 80% opaque red juice. Citrus fruit and fruit blossom on the nose and the promise of richness. Melton Hunt Cake, says my rather precise co-taster, on the front palate. Molasses, somehow savoury, and poached plums with star anise towards the end. Drying chocolate and coffee tannins. Very ni...

70% rose coloured, 30% orange rim. A gentle note of sage, and rose hip sweetness, on the nose. Pronounced orange marmalade on the mid palate. Gently warming sweet orange finish. Very pleasant wine. I am not sure this was ever a really powerful port but it is, on the evidence of this bottle, now saun...

Mike's hosting, and the contributions of all to the entertainment, much appreciated.

Tom - without wishing to commit lese-majeste - are you sure your bottle of T92 was right? I have a strong [sufficiently strong to be slightly irrational] anti-Parker prejudice, but I've had T92 twice in the last eight months, and been wowed by it. 'Hollow' is not a word I would have used to describe...

95% opaque red juice. Poached plum on the nose. Big hit of raspberries on the front palate, poached plum and bassetti thereafter, long, warming, delicious and fresh finish, nothing cloying about this one. Youthful but not immature, this is drinking now with a decent decant, and is admirable port. De...

A glossy Chambolle-Musigny 2014, Domaine Odoul-Coquard, all blackcurrant and chocolate, was my reward for one of the longest working weeks of my life (everything that needs any discussion seems to take much longer by email/phone/videoconference compared to popping round to someone's desk for two min...