Taylor's Terra Feita Vertical, Wednesday 2 November 2022, B&F

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nac wrote: 16:53 Thu 16 Apr 2020 Like Alex's idea of post-tasting tasting.
If there is an apres tasting tasting, we should arrange a warm up tasting for early birds too 😀🍷
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Doggett wrote: 00:45 Thu 16 Apr 2020 Can you add Mike/Flash please. He is busy helping the NHS supply chain, but good for this tasting.
winesecretary wrote: 00:46 Thu 16 Apr 2020 flash_uk added.
Thank you both very much, very kind of you to have me in mind.
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I've obviously been slow off the mark here and so if there is to be a reserve list then please add me to it.
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I have 1999.
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@ 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...
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nac wrote: 09:24 Thu 16 Apr 2020 Just had a quick check online and only 91 I could find is a 12bt case at Lay & Wheeler. However it's nearly £1100 in bond...

Let's all keep looking.

Will ask C&B contact to check with Mentzendorff.
Just heard from C&B, and Mentzendorff have obtained a bottle of the 1991 free-of-charge from Taylor's.

Being sent direct to me.

Does that complete the line-up?
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Wow, brilliant. It does!
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nac wrote: 16:38 Mon 08 Jun 2020
nac wrote: 09:24 Thu 16 Apr 2020 Just had a quick check online and only 91 I could find is a 12bt case at Lay & Wheeler. However it's nearly £1100 in bond...

Let's all keep looking.

Will ask C&B contact to check with Mentzendorff.
Just heard from C&B, and Mentzendorff have obtained a bottle
of the 1991 free-of-charge from Taylor's.

Being sent direct to me.

Does that complete the line-up?
Good work Neil!
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Doggett wrote: 18:05 Mon 08 Jun 2020 Good work Neil!
+1
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PhilW wrote: 17:03 Sat 13 Jun 2020
Doggett wrote: 18:05 Mon 08 Jun 2020 Good work Neil!
+1
Many thanks to my man at C&B - the lovely Ed Pilkington.

They’ve asked that we get some pictures and notes from the tasting. I’ve already said that won’t be a problem...
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This just arrived, direct from Vila Nova de Gaia...

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That is a very fine (and rare!) sight to see... hurrah for Taylor's, Adrian Bridge, Mentzendorff, Corney & Barrow, Ed Pilkington, and nac.
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Wow. Good work Neil!
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winesecretary wrote: 15:21 Mon 22 Jun 2020 That is a very fine (and rare!) sight to see...
Given how pristine it is I wonder if it's come from their Library stock and has just been freshly labelled?
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It’s an original style label: since the early 2000s, the name of the quinta is in large calligraphic letters rather than the capitals of this one.
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Please may I be added to the reserve list, this sounds very intriguing! I have some of the 2005 Terra Feita that I can contribute if a spot opens up for me
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@ rich_n: added
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Re: Taylor's Terra Feita Vertical, Provisional Date 10 June 2021, B&F

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New provisional date posted.
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We may need to move this one, as we are still currently limited to tables of 6 for this date. We might be able to have more than one table - perhaps 6, 6, 2 - with no physical intercommunication between them - but that depends on the situation nearer the time. Will update in a month.
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Actually splitting the groups up could be interesting. This could reduce groupthink. Would be interesting to see if the other groups are ranking particularly differently when there's no communication between, yet identical wines.
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Admittedly the data size would be far too small to draw conclusions but I suspect we're all nothing but bad influences on each other.
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winesecretary wrote: 10:02 Sat 10 Apr 2021 We may need to move this one, as we are still currently limited to tables of 6 for this date. We might be able to have more than one table - perhaps 6, 6, 2 - with no physical intercommunication between them - but that depends on the situation nearer the time. Will update in a month.
My view is that the date for this should slip. I think the logistics of trying to do a split across two tables will be a nightmare.
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Conclusion following further discussion with the B&F is that we will need to move this to later in the summer. Sorry about the false alarm.
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We normally avoid July and August but how would we be on a tasting in early July in this exceptional year?
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There is the Quinta de la Rosa LBV and Vintage tasting on 8th July, so maybe later in the year?
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