Venue will be B&F.
Date 2 February 2027
Expressions of interest are being filled in with available bottles as we review our cellars. Some preference is being shown to those with bottles others cannot provide.
1. Winesecretary (1980, 2007, others TBC)
2. mcoulson (1947)
3. PhilW (1955,1966, TBC)
4. flash_uk
5. CPR1
6. idj123
7. johndavidfrance (1960, 1970)
8. jdaw1 (1970)
9. nac (1960, 1963, 1970, others TBC)
10. Alex_B (several available options)
11. Bertie3000 (1927, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1994, 2007)
12. NigelM (several available options)
13. Justin K (several available options)
14. cem (several available options)
Reserves
1. Christopher
2. hadge
3. BRPetrie
4. forest26
I am uncomfortable with suggesting people bring the sadly rare and increasingly valuable pre war bottles to a tasting where there is any chance the quiet charms of such wines might get shouted down by their coltish younger brethren. Let those be drunk, with clear and focussed appreciation, in smaller groups.
I also do not think we will want to go later than 2007. I think it likely we will end up excluding the usually disappointing 72,75,77,83 & 85 and will probably also exclude 42 & 50 as being of mainly academic interest now. I acknowledge I am not fully psychologically consistent on rarity and value, as I am enchanted by the idea of our starting with Justin's 1940, a port which I didn't know existed. It's possible therefore that we end up with the following 17 ports, which fall fairly neatly into flights.
1. 1940
2. 1945
3. 1946
4. 1947
5. 1955
6. 1958
7. 1960
8. 1963
9. 1966
10. 1970
11. 1980
12. 1991
13. 1994
14. 1997
15. 2000
16. 2003
17. 2007
Expressions of interest are being filled in with available bottles as we review our cellars. Some preference is being shown to those with bottles others cannot provide.
Current draft of the placemats.
