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Bottled 2019 Reddish brown wine with obvious tears. Nose of turkish delight, jamaica ginger cake, sultanas, hint of something a little hot - VA? - at first but that soon blew off. Caressing texture in the mouth, even a hint of cake mix at first, creamed demerara sugar and butter. Then kirsch, chocol...

Yes please, email on the way.

That does look a very pretty drink. But I agree, it ain't a Negroni.

Corney & Barrow Bottling. Level into neck. 8 hours decant. Orange rim, 60% opaque, fine legs. Just a prickle of heat on the nose, with cherries. Liquorice, plum, prunes, red cherry, on the palate. Luscious and very long but not too sweet. Great balance. This is beautiful, beautiful port. Must bu...

Are these bottle racks or case racks? For bottle racks the minimum gap mg is the wider of - the width w of the cellar master comfortably crouching down to get to the lowest part of the rack (e.g. 50 cm; but, do measure, it's wider than you think/remember) + the distance p the longest bottles protrud...

@ flash_uk - I also support Warre '70 - join Neil and me in so doing!

@rich_n - please do drink the Warre 2007 LBV and post a new tasting note [Constandia added a tasting note on 20 May 2020 to the one I wrote on 17 November 2019. Hers needs to be split off from mine into a separate tasting note. Not just because it was a different bottle but also because it sounds as...

@rich_n - Interesting! My Waitrose is still on the 2004 last time I looked...

Three of each procured to provide multiple opportunities for horizontal comparison, many thanks!

www.vintageport.se states that Andresen bought Mackenzie after the Second World War but sold it to Harveys in 1970.

Warre 1970 (i.e. tercentenary vintage) for me then. A wine I first had with a wine buff classics master at the school wine society in early 1991. It was the star of that evening, at the beginning of its drinking window, but rich and warm. The classics master had obtained it from the choirmaster, who...

There are many such. I shall write something idc. I shall attempt to make it of general interest...

I have taken and will send you by email, as do not know how to upload, a photo. Caves Vale de Rodo, C.R.L. Peso de Regua, Portugal. 19.5%.

Aha! A label, 50 x 38 mm if I am correct, by Emile Samson of Paris, mid-late nineteenth century. If there is a small mark of crossed S's on the back that will be conclusive. (Amongst my other interests, I am the current Vice President of the Wine Label Circle. We make TPF look like the Hell Fire Clu...

Wow, brilliant. It does!

Bottled 2017. + 2 hours. Pale mahogany, greenish rim. Nose rather dumb and fiery but hazelnuts and orange peel can be discerned. On the palate herbs and and a big burst of clementine- like someone spritzing a segment of it across a glass of gin. Long finish reminiscent of good quality orange marmala...

Yes please. Depending on logistics, I may be a late (1930) arrival. I am trying to decide whether a VP or an older colheita should fall under the axe for the occasion.

@ uncle tom - splendid!

It's my own fault, having set this tasting up so far in advance. I am now drinking some of the possibilities simply because they are to hand. At least I am posting notes on them.

Bottled 2001. +24 hrs 70% opaque, orange rimmed ruby red. Nose of caramelised orange peel and herbs. Immediate hit of warmth and herbs on the palate, before some maraschino cherries and almonds appear. Congruent finish, with a hint of prune, not enormously long, but very pleasant to taste and re-tas...

This was a fun evening; once again many thanks to flash_uk for arranging it. SCD and I called it a night shortly before 12, having by then put the entire world to rights.

Bottled 1973 Decanted 48 hours. Clear brown wine. Looks, and smells, like a well-aged medium sweet Madeira - lots of VA. Tastes more like very old Marsala fortified with green Chartreuse rather than brandy. Rich raisined fruit on the palate. Very very long, slightly drier, finish of prunes and figs....

From half bottle. Decanting Sample - light, with more heat showing on tasting sample. Sludge rather than sediment. + 3 hrs - 80% opaque, nose has imported plum and blackcurrant jam; simple jammy palate and quite harsh tannins, merely good port at this point, nothing particular to offer + 24 hours - ...

From half bottle. Decanting Sample - rich and fruity on tasting, not so much having sediment as bits of grape in the bottle + 3 hrs 70% opaque ,nose rich red fruits, flick of alcohol, congruent light entry, darker red fruits, raspberry, chocolate tannins, fine balancing acidity, very good wine this,...

From half bottle. Decanting Sample - copious (although pleasantly chewy) sediment. Full but tannic. + 3 hrs 75% opaque, nose herby, hint of acetone, congruent light entry, then red fruit, delicious broad finish of cherry cobbler + 24 hours 75% opaque, nose not terribly attractive, but very attractiv...