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Ian… you are up. I can’t attend.

Apologies friends, I cannot attend.

Doggett wrote: ↑08:16 Sat 18 Mar 2023 Ian… you are up. I can’t attend.

Sorry you are unable to attend Simon but thanks for the opening!

Food order for me please:
Duck liver pâté
sirloin steak - rare with a fried egg
fries
green beans and shallots

JDAW - up for sharing a larger cut of beef should something be on offer

I have a WC82 if required.

flash_uk wrote: ↑11:42 Sat 18 Mar 2023I have a WC82 if required.

Currently the ’82 is being brought by Neil.

Bottle confirmed - '78.

Food order -
- soup of the day
- sirloin M-R with fries and green beans

Apologies, but I’m not going to be able to make it to the B&F on the 28th.

I will bring the 01.

Food order:
Truffle Mac n cheese
Steak ((M-R) and frites with the green beans
Thanks.

Could I order the following please:
Duck liver pate
Sirloi steak (medium rare) with fries and peppercorn sauce

I am afraid I have no Cavadinha at all, so my contribution will need to be financial.

Food order:
Truffle Mac n cheese
Steak ((M-R) and frites with the green beans. Please please béarnaise sauce

Food order:
Starter - Truffle Mac n Cheese
Main - Sirloin (medium well), fries, green beans & shallots, peppercorn sauce

Food order,

Starter - Smoked Salmon
Main - Sirloin (M-R), fries. no sauce

thanks

Missing food from Tom, Phil.

Others: please check your food in the food order.

Food order please:
- Starter: Grilled flatbread with lemon and coriander houmous
- Main: Sirloin steak - medium rare - please please bearnaise sauce, fries
Thanks.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:51 Tue 21 Mar 2023 Missing food from Tom, Phil.

Others: please check your food in the food order.

Mike has fried fries, I believe they should be skinny.

hadge wrote: ↑09:21 Wed 22 Mar 2023

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:51 Tue 21 Mar 2023Missing food from Tom, Phil.

Others: please check your food in the food order.

Mike has fried fries, I believe they should be skinny.

Thank you. Fixed.

As ever, 18:00 for 18:30, with the usual rule that a quorum shall be the number present ⟹︎ pre-6½pm start quite plausible.

It is possible that we will be joined by another first-timer. Details awaited.

Edit: Sara G., friend of Harry H.
Edit edit: she can’t.

79, 96 and 04


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I will Audouze. Others encouraged to do likewise.

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Will do likewise

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The ’95 and ’06 are opened. Cork of ’95 crumbled: I want the CEO of the cork company in prison. They have vandalised too much high-value product.

1982, 1987 and 2005 opened and double decanted last night at approx 1900.
Will leave tops off to breathe from now until I leave for B&F (so should be 6-7 hours).

Levels and corks were all good. QA samples on '82 and '87 good. '05 maybe a bit baked.

86 and 02 decanted - both looking good and both corks extracted in one piece, so no jail time demanded..

Should be at B&F by 1745.

01 opened 10pm last night and double decanted at 9.45am today. Not tried.

Apologies for not making the tasting tonight and you all being a bottle down. Childcare issues at the last minute.

Don’t rush me! I’m nearly ready to vote for Wine of the Night!

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate having a proper tasting to welcome me back home after a day working in the warehouse prepping for the BFT.

Just in case it’s relevant, my votes are 3 points to 1995 and 1.5 points to each of 1987 and 2002.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:03 Wed 29 Mar 2023 Just in case it’s relevant, my votes are 3 points to 1995 and 1.5 points to each of 1987 and 2002.

An interesting set of votes

No-one’s yet posted the WotN sheet from last night. I have no idea how my scores compare to those of the attendees.

Someone put me out of my misery — please?

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:27 Wed 29 Mar 2023 N I have no idea how my scores compare to those of the attendees.

Someone put me out of my misery — please?

Typically eccentric and the only points given for the 95

CPR 1 wrote: ↑20:54 Wed 29 Mar 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:27 Wed 29 Mar 2023 N I have no idea how my scores compare to those of the attendees.

Someone put me out of my misery — please?

Typically eccentric and the only points given for the 95

I can only put it down to:
(a) the 1 day of additional development the wines had before I tasted them; and
(b) my magnificent and infallible palate; and
(c) that I had to rush my tasting notes so as not to delay everyone.

Seriously though, there was only one of those vintages which prompted me to look at Wine Searcher to see if any was available.

Phil kindly provided me with a copy of the voting sheet.

I acknowledge that perhaps I was it wholly aligned to the majority view, but hey.

CPR 1 wrote: ↑20:54 Wed 29 Mar 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:27 Wed 29 Mar 2023 N I have no idea how my scores compare to those of the attendees.

Someone put me out of my misery — please?

Typically eccentric and the only points given for the 95

On reflection, I can only conclude that the 1995 was woefully under decanted last night.

I have also had the opportunity after finishing all my samples (for which I am exceedingly grateful) to move on to make a direct comparison of thw WC samples against a Croft 2004 LBV. Croft pales in the comparison, being shown to be thin, acidic and harsh.

And it’s not a bad Port! One which I have enjoyed and am enjoying. I guess this is the difference between a proper Vintage Port and a newly opened LBV.

I've created tasting notes for each of the Cavadinhas tasted at this vertical. Please do bear in mind that my notes are based on samples I tasted 24 hours after the main event, so my wines will have had the "benefit" of an additional 24 hours exposure to air. Perhaps others who were at the tasting might be willing and able to add their notes to the threads I have created to show my views were not always aligned with the majority?

Warre Cavadinha 1978
Warre Cavadinha 1979
Warre Cavadinha 1982
Warre Cavadinha 1986
Warre Cavadinha 1987
Warre Cavadinha 1995
Warre Cavadinha 1996
Warre Cavadinha 2001
Warre Cavadinha 2002
Warre Cavadinha 2004
Warre Cavadinha 2005
Warre Cavadinha 2006

the 1984 was one of the worst ports that i have ever had. i think that there was an issue with the bottle, not TCA but maybe something else.

hadge wrote: ↑16:34 Tue 11 Apr 2023 the 1984 was one of the worst ports that i have ever had. i think that there was an issue with the bottle, not TCA but maybe something else.

Well, it was a shame you couldn’t make it to the tasting, but maybe your bottle wasn’t missed!