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Duck liver pate please

nac wrote: ↑08:36 Tue 01 Oct 2024 Attendee list updated - just 12 of us. Tried to get a Symington to join us, but unfortunately none available.

Now sorted. Thank you Charles.

Updated draft of the placemats; updated images in the first post.

Somebody please check carefully.

Standard for me please;
Starter - crab
Main - rare ribeye steak, peppercorn sauce, chips, green beans
Desert- Welsh rarebit

If I understand correctly my Cockburn (with no provenance to speak of) won't be required?

pommy42 wrote: ↑21:22 Tue 01 Oct 2024 Standard for me please;
Starter - crab
Main - rare ribeye steak, peppercorn sauce, chips, green beans
Desert- Welsh rarebit

If I understand correctly my Cockburn (with no provenance to speak of) won't be required?

Food order has already gone in & as mentioned above crab starter no longer available. Have left yours as "Order on the night".
Correct - Cockburn not required.

Will W. wrote: ↑09:04 Wed 10 Apr 2024 Yes, please. A fascinating theme. I have 1970 and 1994 Dow as well as 1994 Graham. None of it was released in 2021 nor did it repose in (or presumably under) Blenheim Palace.

Will - are you still coming?
I've put your food order down as "to be ordered on the night".

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:37 Tue 01 Oct 2024 Updated draft of the placemats; updated images in the first post.

Somebody please check carefully.

A couple of issues:
- Ck70(UK stored) says Dow instead of Cockburn in its circle text.
- D70(Blenheim) should be MPM not NAC
Additionally noting that Harry is included an attendee but not currently attending, but understand this is deliberate.

PhilW wrote: ↑13:45 Wed 02 Oct 2024

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:37 Tue 01 Oct 2024 Updated draft of the placemats; updated images in the first post.

Somebody please check carefully.

A couple of issues:
- Ck70(UK stored) says Dow instead of Cockburn in its circle text.
- D70(Blenheim) should be MPM not NAC

Careless of me. Sorry. Thank you for finding. Believed fixed.

Placemats are good. Like the matrix.
I'm in the office tomorrow, so will print then.

Much looking forward to this. Neil, thank you for arranging supplying and printing, and, Julian, thank you for placematting.

Very much looking forward to this as well.
Neil - any advice on Blenheim Cockburn 1970 decant time as you may well have tried one already? Thanks

Bertie3000 wrote: ↑06:46 Fri 04 Oct 2024 Very much looking forward to this as well.
Neil - any advice on Blenheim Cockburn 1970 decant time as you may well have tried one already? Thanks

I'd suggest two hours of air time before it goes back into the bottle.

Placemats printed.
Also very much looking forward to this.

Now there's a coincidence...

For avoidance of doubt, Ben is expected to attend!

So, an unusual offer...

I have a quince tree in my garden.
Still working through the quince jam made from crop last year.
Have loads of quince now.
Any takers?

Can bring on Tuesday.

Make tons of marmalade. It keeps well. They're also good sliced and put in the oven with brown sugar/honey and cinnamon.

nac wrote: ↑20:59 Sun 06 Oct 2024 So, an unusual offer...

I have a quince tree in my garden.
Still working through the quince jam made from crop last year.
Have loads of quince now.
Any takers?

Can bring on Tuesday.

Yes please ... That would be great ... I'm bring your wax along as well ......

Yes please to quinces

Planning to open the Blenheim Dow 1970 around 9am and decant, then return to original bottle around 11am.

BBR Dow 1970

Warre 1970, Wine Society bottling.
Decanted 07:30.

Heads up on costs for tonight.
For 8 of the bottles tonight I know what they cost, for the others I've assumed a supply cost of £100 per bottle (which is close to the average of the 8).
If you've not been asked to supply a bottle your cost (for wines) is going to be somewhere around £110. If you are supplying a bottle then your cost will be reduced. I'll confirm what's owed later.

If the £100 is too low let me know.

Aiming to get there around 1730.

ETA tonight will be around 1830

Aiming to be there for 1830! Can’t wait!

I'll be there by 5.30 to help with setup.

Work has come between me and enjoyment! My ETA is (sadly) near 7:15 pm.

S70 WS bottling single decanted at 9am and then returned to original bottle at 11am. Bottle had been stood up for over a month and when I came to decant I noticed that the cork had fallen into the juice. Seal was ok and contents similar.

Individual shipper scorings:

Ck70 - 1st place Blenheim (30pts), 2nd place UK Stored (20pts), 3rd 2016 Release (15pts)
D70 - 1st Blenheim (32), 2nd BBR (19), 3rd UK Stored (15)
W70 - 1st Blenheim (33), 2nd Private Cellar (17), 3rd Wine Society (9)
S70 - 1st Blenheim (31), 2nd 2012 Release from Magnum (24), 3rd Wine Society (10)

So, clean sweep for the Blenheims.

Then, overall Wine of The Night:

1st S70 Blenheim (26pts)
2nd D70 Blenheim (16)
3rd W70 Blenheim (10)
4th S70 2012 Release from Magnum (6)
5th= D70 BBR & D70 UK Stored (3)
7th= Ck70 Blenheim & Ck70 2016 Release (1)

Once again, the W70 Private Cellar showed it's limitations, and the late release Ck70 also disappointed. Clear evidence that long-time storage in Porto isn't good?

Links to tasting notes headers are in the first post & repeated here. Please post your notes/thoughts.

1. Cockburn 1970 (from Blenheim Palace, Dec 2023)
2. Cockburn 1970 (Oporto bottled & stored; released 2016)
3. Cockburn 1970 (believed UK stored)
4. Dow 1970 (from Blenheim Palace, Dec 2023)
5. Dow 1970 (BBR)
6. Dow 1970 (believed UK stored; from an unopened case)
7. Warre 1970 (from Blenheim Palace, Dec 2023)
8. Warre 1970 (Wine Society bottled)
9. Warre 1970 Private Cellar (Oporto bottled & stored; released 2016)
10. Sandeman 1970 (from Blenheim Palace, Dec 2023)
11. Sandeman 1970 (Wine Society bottled)
12. Sandeman 1970 (late release, from magnum)