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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:35 Wed 12 May 2021
by Doggett
akzy wrote: ↑21:30 Wed 12 May 2021
Doggett wrote: ↑21:04 Wed 12 May 202116 next?
I presume this was typo?
Tempting to say obviously it was… but I was still looking at number patterns and was not close to getting the answer, unlike you.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:58 Wed 12 May 2021
by winesecretary
akzy has it! I am in a way quite proud that it took the heavy-duty minds here a year to sequence that one.
We could of course alter the dataset retrospectively by clubbing together to buy the expensive and probably disappointing vintages featured in the sequence...
... but that is a tasting for another day.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:49 Thu 13 May 2021
by akzy
winesecretary wrote: ↑22:58 Wed 12 May 2021
akzy has it! I am in a way quite proud that it took the heavy-duty minds here a year to sequence that one.
We could of course alter the dataset retrospectively by clubbing together to buy the expensive and probably disappointing vintages featured in the sequence...
... but that is a tasting for another day.
Quite proud that I've been referred to as a 'heavy-duty' mind. Given that I've had a recent puzzle, happy to relinquish the puzzle setting to someone else.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:58 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Tonight I am drinking the oldest bottle-aged Port I’ve had since the penultimate weekend of January. What 30%-opaque red-brown SQVP is it?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:32 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by Doggett
Graham’s Malvedos 1958
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:44 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Doggett wrote: ↑21:32 Mon 14 Feb 2022Graham’s Malvedos 1958
Not Graham. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.
Still has fair balance, but thinning. Maraschino cherry, sweetness, not much complexity, medium-light weight, good length. Needs drinking. It might be sufficiently unusual that I should save one or two for TPFers. (Indeed, no TPF tasting notes for a while.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by Alex Bridgeman
São Luiz 1970
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:11 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Not Kopke. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.
The house (of the single quinta) has a chapter in the book.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:12 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by Doggett
As you had a 1960 on the 2/2/22 it must be pre 1948 then.
Leading me to guess Fonseca Guimaraens 1942, but that is not so rare and enjoyed at 67PM not so long ago. It is my guess despite it most likely being wrong.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:19 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Doggett wrote: ↑22:12 Mon 14 Feb 2022As you had a 1960 on the 2/2/22 it must be pre 1948 then.
Leading me to guess Fonseca Guimaraens 1942, but that is not so rare and enjoyed at 67PM not so long ago. It is my guess despite it most likely being wrong.
I had a ’34 on Thu 20th Jan. On Sat 22nd Jan a splendid ’55. Vintage wrong by more than a third of a century. And the guessed name, “Fonseca Guimaraens”, isn’t a SQVP.
(Did I have a Berry Bros Selection ’60 on 2nd Feb? If so, oops. Sorry. Forgot that. Younger than nine of that evening.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:36 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by Doggett
Noval 1975
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:40 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Doggett wrote: ↑22:36 Mon 14 Feb 2022Noval 1975
You can’t guess. You must wait for somebody else to guess. Read first post of this thread.
But if somebody else had guessed that, I would have replied “Not Noval. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.”
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:49 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by MigSU
1982 Taylor's Terra Feita.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:54 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
MigSU wrote: ↑22:49 Mon 14 Feb 20221982 Taylor's Terra Feita.
Not a Taylor quinta. Not 1982. But 1980s, yes.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:19 Mon 14 Feb 2022Younger than nine of that evening.
This clue might help narrow the Vintage — assuming that I have counted correctly.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:08 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by MigSU
It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:13 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
MigSU wrote: ↑23:08 Mon 14 Feb 2022It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.
Correct year; not Dow.
With more time in the decanter it has become more acidic. There is still the cherry sweetness, but it has become more balanced and structured. Maybe, tomorrow, we could know — but we won’t.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:44 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Graham.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:11 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Kopke.
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑21:58 Mon 14 Feb 2022The house (of the single quinta) has a chapter in the book.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:40 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Noval.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:54 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not a Taylor quinta.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:19 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by MigSU
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:25 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by MigSU
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:37 Mon 14 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
MigSU wrote: ↑23:19 Mon 14 Feb 2022Damn you, Wiseman.
That is not in the spirit of this game, nor indeed, of this forum more generally. Please reconsider.
MigSU wrote: ↑23:25 Mon 14 Feb 2022Then it has to be the 1988 Smith Woodhouse Madalena. If not, then I'm storming out.
You guessed immediately previously, so you may not guess until another has done so. You must hope that the next guesser is merciful.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:02 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
It can only be Warre Cavadinha 1988.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:05 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
DRT wrote: ↑00:02 Tue 15 Feb 2022It can only be Warre Cavadinha 1988.
No.
Clue: the standard abbreviation for this quinta is “SWM”.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:15 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
Or perhaps Fonseca Guimaraens 1988, albeit not a SQVP.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:16 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
Oh, I've got it! Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:17 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
Roriz 1888?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:18 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
Is it my question now?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:19 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
DRT wrote: ↑00:15 Tue 15 Feb 2022Or perhaps Fonseca Guimaraens 1988, albeit not a SQVP.
You can’t guess. And not a Fonseca SQVP.
DRT wrote: ↑00:16 Tue 15 Feb 2022 Oh, I've got it! Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988
You still can’t guess. But good use of the clues:
jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:13 Mon 14 Feb 2022MigSU wrote: ↑23:08 Mon 14 Feb 2022It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.
Correct year
jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:05 Tue 15 Feb 2022Clue: the standard abbreviation for this quinta is “SWM”.
DRT wrote: ↑00:17 Tue 15 Feb 2022Roriz 1888?
You still can’t guess. And the book lacks evidence of a Kopke Roriz 1888. Have you proper evidence, or are you guessing?
DRT wrote: ↑00:18 Tue 15 Feb 2022Is it my question now?
Almost, but not quite.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:27 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:19 Tue 15 Feb 2022
DRT wrote: ↑00:17 Tue 15 Feb 2022Roriz 1888?
You still can’t guess. And the book lacks evidence of a Kopke Roriz 1888. Have you proper evidence, or are you guessing?
The KR1888 is the only one I have had that was 30% opaque, the others being 25-28%.
Is it Cruz 1988?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:27 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
DRT wrote: ↑00:27 Tue 15 Feb 2022Is it Cruz 1988?
You made the most recent valid guess — WC88 — so still can’t guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:09 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:37 Mon 14 Feb 2022MigSU wrote: ↑23:25 Mon 14 Feb 2022Then it has to be the 1988 Smith Woodhouse Madalena. If not, then I'm storming out.
You guessed immediately previously, so you may not guess until another has done so. You must hope that the next guesser is merciful.
Despite the illegal guess, it goes to MigSU. MigSU’s question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:53 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by MigSU
I have deleted that post and have turned myself in to the authorities.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:23 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by MigSU
Guess which VP I'm having.
Clues:
- 1670
- Mugabe; Gibraltar; Tito.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:22 Tue 15 Feb 2022
by jdaw1
Warre 1980.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:35 Wed 16 Feb 2022
by MigSU
jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:22 Tue 15 Feb 2022Warre 1980.
Too easy
The Port was very good, though.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:23 Thu 10 Mar 2022
by nac
Next question?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:57 Tue 15 Mar 2022
by jdaw1
This evening, a decanter of dirty bacterial Port went down the sink. Name shipper and vintage.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:24 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by M.Charlton
Ps98.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:03 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by flash_uk
Ck83
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:33 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by winesecretary
Cr82
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:26 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by PhilW
W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:03 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by Glenn E.
Ni77
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:29 Wed 16 Mar 2022
by akzy
PhilW wrote: ↑16:26 Wed 16 Mar 2022
W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.
The W85 was excellent.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:31 Thu 17 Mar 2022
by nac
TTD 2000
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:34 Thu 17 Mar 2022
by PhilW
akzy wrote: ↑23:29 Wed 16 Mar 2022
PhilW wrote: ↑16:26 Wed 16 Mar 2022
W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.
The W85 was excellent.
Well, I was thinking it must have been either the F85 or W85 being the bottles being opened for the '85 horizontal, and that it was so bad that a different bottle was subsequently decanted after the duffer. However, if W85 is wrong, I absolutely refuse to believe it could have been an F85 (denial is not just a river in Egypt) and will go for my most-experienced-bacterial-vp of D63 for my next guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 06:41 Mon 30 May 2022
by PhilW
jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:57 Tue 15 Mar 2022
This evening, a decanter of dirty bacterial Port went down the sink. Name shipper and vintage.
Seizing ancient powers; Julian still to let us know the answer to his question if possible sometime, but the guesses have gone unanswered for long enough, so a new question:
What have I recently bought, that I don't really need? (that I don't really need)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:21 Mon 30 May 2022
by Doggett
Some port?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:39 Mon 30 May 2022
by PhilW
Doggett wrote: ↑12:21 Mon 30 May 2022Some port?
Nope. (I've bought very little port this year to date, primarily for reasons mentioned at the last tasting; neither relate to the answer to this question).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:47 Mon 30 May 2022
by MigSU
A car?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:08 Mon 30 May 2022
by Doggett
A paddle board?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:28 Mon 30 May 2022
by Alex Bridgeman
A wine storage cabinet? No, wait, another wine storage cabinet?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:08 Mon 30 May 2022
by PhilW
MigSU wrote: ↑16:47 Mon 30 May 2022A car?
Doggett wrote: ↑17:08 Mon 30 May 2022A paddle board?
No (to both - though I like Simon's broad thinking!). The answer is not unrelated to port.
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑17:28 Mon 30 May 2022A wine storage cabinet? No, wait, another wine storage cabinet?
No.