PhilW
Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
Posts: 3749 Joined: 13:22 Wed 15 Dec 2010
Location: Near Cambridge, UK
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by PhilW » 15:28 Thu 27 Nov 2014
On Wednesday 26
th November 2014 we held a vertical tasting of Martinez vintage ports from 1922-1997,
located in the brasserie room at
Davy's at Woolgate
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jdaw1
Dow 1896
Posts: 24914 Joined: 14:03 Thu 21 Jun 2007
Location: London
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by jdaw1 » 10:39 Fri 28 Nov 2014
Mz48 . Red, 40% opaque. Nose very faint. Palate soft, zero fruit, more grape-pip bitterness. Not quite right, diagnosed by others as TCA.
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8166 Joined: 19:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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by djewesbury » 11:31 Sat 13 Dec 2014
This had a nasty nose and in the mouth fruit gave way very quickly to cardboard.
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flash_uk
Cálem Quinta da Foz 1970
Posts: 4735 Joined: 19:02 Thu 13 Feb 2014
Location: London
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by flash_uk » 21:23 Thu 18 Dec 2014
30% opacity, warm burnt orange. Bananas on the nose, plus wet cardboard and damp wood, TCA. In the mouth, hot and spiritous.
Alex Bridgeman
Croft 1945
Posts: 16176 Joined: 12:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
Location: Berkshire, UK
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by Alex Bridgeman » 21:42 Sun 04 Jan 2015
Deep red with rusty brown tone, 50%. Badly corked. NR.
Top 2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2026: Quinta das Carvalhas 80YO Tawny