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Glenn and Kari came to London, so the obvious happened.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 2000 Bollinger Grand Année Champagne;
• Quinta Santa Eufêmia Old Reserve White;
• Sandeman Cask 33;
• Quinta do Mourão 60Y tawny;
• Warre 1972 colheita;
• Niepoort 1964 Garrefeira;
• Graham 1983;
• Taylor 1983;
• Ramos Pinto 1983;
• Warre 1982 LBV;
• Warre 1984 LBV;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Ex-cellars. Deep red, dark and brooding; opaque at the centre. Lovely nose, rich and concentrated and still so youthful, with masses of blackcurrants. Smooth and silky entry with rich fruit like a dark fruit cake, with cherries and raisins and a dark chocolate. A lovely mouthful. A flavoursome aftertaste of sweet dark cherry, dark honey and dark chocolate. A very fine port with at least another couple of decades ahead of it. Delicious port. 93/100.

RP83. Dark dark red. Palate sweet, plum fruit. Big full and sweet. Lovely, really impressive wine in an often unimpressive year. Also too young.