A 1970 horizontal, Flight 5, Thurs 8 October 2020

[flash_uk]

The 1970 vintage is 50 years old this year. Birthday celebrations are required.

What: 1970, Flight 5
When: Thurs 8 October 2020
Where: The Red Room, The Boot & Flogger (Google maps)
Timing: 18:00 for 18:30

Please note: preference for attendance will be given to people who are able to provide bottles from Tier 3. Which means some of those currently in places 1-14 might get bumped because someone in reserve has a bottle to offer.
Also, depending on our ability to collectively source the bottles across all tiers, it might happen that the Thursday is cancelled, because we don't collect enough bottles to make it worthwhile, in which case we'll squeeze what we have into Friday.

Links to help organise: suggested tiers, Flights 1-4 thread
People:
[this list is based on the initial soundings for those interested in tasting the Tier 3 ports. Confirmations will be made in this thread.]

1. MPM (confirmed)
2. JDAW (confirmed)
3. GEAG (confirmed) [Fd]
4. NAC (confirmed) [RO]
5. PW (confirmed) [H]
6. TC (confirmed) [BI, SJ]
7. IDJ (confirmed) [Br]
8. DRL (confirmed)
9. CPR (confirmed) [Dl]
10. MC (confirmed)
11. AHB (confirmed)
12. hadge (confirmed)
13. THRA (confirmed) [ROC]
14. Jörgen (confirmed) [DH, Fs, Fl, HR, Lp, Fi, FM, Rc]
15. Sten (confirmed)
16. Stefan (confirmed)
17. AP (confirmed) [A, Sb, Tp]

Reserves

1. SCD (confirmed)
2. DG (confirmed)

People who couldn't make the date

1. DRT

[winesecretary]

I confirm I should like to attend, subject to an inadequate number of those further up the primary list also wishing to attend.

[nac]

Confirmed.

[Constandia]

Yes please, will need to adopt though. Many thanks!

[DRT]

Sorry, I can't make those dates.

[jdaw1]

Works for me. And thank you.

[CPR 1]

Date works - consider me confirmed - Thank you for all the effort organising

[M.Charlton]

Works for me - thank you for organising!

[idj123]

And confirmed for this also.

[JB vintage]

I, Sten and Stefan are interested in attending. // JB

[hadge]

Confirmed

[DaveRL]

Confirmed. Thank you.

[Doggett]

Confirmed...but accept I will most likely be replaced as I am unlikely to have a bottle to offer for this part of the tasting.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Confirmed, subject to being able to provide a tier 3 bottle.

[forest26]

This is going to be a challenge to put this together - the saving grace is that it will only need to be one bottle.

At the moment from Tier 3 - I have Royal Oporto, Dalva, Santos Junior and Borges. I'll put them aside as I suspect they will be adopted. I'll keep an eye out for any others.

[jdaw1]

I have Royal Oporto, Dalva, Santos Junior and Borges. I'll put them aside as I suspect they will be adopted. I'll keep an eye out for any others.

Thank you.

[idj123]

I have Hutchison and Barros of the tier 3 Ports. Mike, would it be helpful to paste the list of the tier 3 Ports into the top of this thread so that we can more readily view?

[flash_uk]

I have Hutchison and Barros of the tier 3 Ports. Mike, would it be helpful to paste the list of the tier 3 Ports into the top of this thread so that we can more readily view?

Thanks Ian. Have added a link in the top post to get to the list of shippers in tiers.

[winesecretary]

I have Feuerheerd 1970.

[flash_uk]

I have Feuerheerd 1970.

Excellent - many thanks.

[nac]

Looking for something else on t'Internet and came across this...

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auct ... 19010a65bd

Looks like another 1970 that it's unlikely we'll be able to find.

Was this missed from the original list or is it something else?

[flash_uk]

Looking for something else on t'Internet and came across this...

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auct ... 19010a65bd

Looks like another 1970 that it's unlikely we'll be able to find.

Was this missed from the original list or is it something else?

Interesting find! Indeed looks like another one for the list, but nobody has it. Also noticed that one was on offer at Cheffin's in December as well.

[JB vintage]

I have the following tier 3/flight 5 bottles:
Andresen
Borges
Dalva
Diez
Feist
Feuerheerd
Hunt
Maia
Martins
Quinta do Sibio

and in addition, not on the list: C. da Silva

[jdaw1]

Hunt

Hunt Roope? = Tuke Holdsworth?

[JB vintage]

Hunt

Hunt Roope? = Tuke Holdsworth?

It might or might not be, you never know in Porto. It is the same company- but to know if it is the same juice inside the bottle you have to ask a port wine expert.

[flash_uk]

This Tier 3 tasting has proved popular so I've extended the places from 14 to 17 to give a few more people a chance to attend. We will use 40ml pours instead of 50ml - which will hopefully make the following day slightly easier

Simon, Dia - apologies have not been able to fit you in as I needed to give priority to people bringing (some quite rare) bottles.

[flash_uk]

Top post updated with an indication of who I hope can bring what.

As with the Friday tasting:
- I am assuming everyone is having dinner, please advise if you don't want dinner
- I will operate a money clearing system for the whole tasting, which means that I will work out the cost for each person for the port plus dinner and tips, and will ask for payment up front. Some people are very generously contributing a hefty number of bottles and will be receiving cash rather than paying it!
- the bottles will be costed at £90 per bottle
- I will slightly overestimate the costs in case one or two folks need to drop out, and consequently I expect that there might be a small repayment of up to £10 per person once all of the actual costs are known and taken care of

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mike, that seems very fair.

[flash_uk]

Hello everyone. Probably self-evident, but our plans for the 1970 Mega Horizontal are on hold pending some more certainty about how we could conduct such an event in the current COVID times. I'll reactivate this thread in 2021 at a point when we have better news!

[benread]

Personally, as a child of 1970, I am now subscribing to the theory that 2020 is year 49b - and the way it is going, 2021 will be 49c!

And in March this year it will be 49d by the look of it!

[/2alph]

Take me to the reserve please.

[nac]

When this is rescheduled (possibly for 2025 or 2030?) I can add Cabral 1970 to the Tier 3 selection. I suspect this won't be particularly good, but needs to be included in our pursuit of completeness.