1978 Taylor Vargellas

[RAYC]

Tasted at the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre-FG warm-up session.

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Review of the evening as a whole

2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted]
1995 Vesuvio
1991 Quinta de la Rosa
1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim
1985 Martinez
1985 Taylor
1978 Taylor Vargellas
1970 Ramos Pinto
1970 Royal Oporto quinta [Das Carvalhas] - t.b.c.
1963 Graham

2006 Niepoort Charme
2004 Crasto Vinha da Ponte

NV Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Planning and arrangements
Paperwork (tasting mats, note sheets and bottle labels)

[RAYC]

No formal notes, except to say that i liked this and consensus round the table indicated it showed better than recent examples of the same wine.

[jdaw1]

JGH’s TV78. Red, 50% opaque. Rich and soft. Sweet. Some heat. Lots of red fruit.

I mis-guessed a Niepoort, unknown vintage (I was right about the ‘unknown’). Others thoughts G77, [illegible] ’67, F80, DB78, W77.

[JacobH]

I mis-guessed a Niepoort, unknown vintage (I was right about the ‘unknown’). Others thoughts G77, [illegible] ’67, F80, FB78, W77.

I think it may have been a Vargellas ’67 since I think one person got the shipper right. What is ‟FB”?

[jdaw1]

What is ‟FB”?

‟FB” is Dow Bomfim.

Fixed in original post. Sorry.