1994 Berry Brothers

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We gathered for Phil's 50th birthday on Tuesday 29th October 2019.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole
• 1969 Taylor Colheita
• 1969 Taylor Vargellas
• 1994 Broadbent
• 1955 Noval
• 1969 Warre LBV
• 1970 Warre
• 1967 Croft Roeda
• 1992 Taylor
• 1990 Graham Malvedos
• 1977 Fonseca
• 1950 Cockburn
• 2016 Noval
• 1994 Berry Brothers
• Planning and arrangements
• Placemats

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Berry's Own Selection (Smith Woodhouse).
60% opacity, dull dark red. Lovely young sweet fruit on the nose. Young fruit, some heat late on the palate. Finish a little sharp and bitter. Somehow lacking a bit of integration.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Shipped by Smith Woodhouse. Deep red colour, opaque with a medium rim. Great nose, full of fruit, fruit which is sweet juicy black cherry - a very fine nose. Neutral entry, surprisingly lacking the fruit promised by the nose. Closed on the mid-palate. Some fruit, which is black cherry, but oddly unbalanced. Soft and ripe tannins grip on the mid-palate but swamp the potential fruit. Very, very long finish with a touch of green. This is going to be a very fine wine but needs another 5-10 years to get back into balance. 90/100. Decanted 4½ hours.