Tue 15 Dec 2015, B&F, 1975 Horizontal

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Tuesday 15^th December 2015, at the Boot & Flogger, a horizontal of 1975s.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1957 Niepoort colheita;
• 1975 Niepoort colheita;
• 1975 Niepoort;
• 1975 Delaforce;
• 1975 Cálem;
• 1975 Quinta do Noval;
• 1975 Offley;
• 1975 Sandeman;
• 1975 Cockburn;
• 1975 Gould Campbell;
• 1975 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1975 Quarles Harris;
• 1975 Dow;
• 1975 Graham;
• 1975 Warre;
• 1975 Croft;
• 1975 Fonseca;
• 1975 Taylor;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[ProfS]

Gentlemen, it was a pleasure.

Thank you for accommodating a newbe! Learnt a lot and (drank a lot!).

Wishing you and your better halves a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Peace, ProfS

[flash_uk]

Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable evening and great to meet Steve at his first tasting. The 75s were interesting - none stellar, though few if any had any real faults, many were quite acidic but with long aftertastes of dried fruit, with the fruit fading or faded in most cases. Taylor was my WOTN though for the group Croft prevailed as WOTN. I won't be racing to stock up on 75.

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Nearing the end of the evening:

[Doggett]

Huge thanks to Tom for a great horizontal of the 75s. Thanks too for all the bottles supplied by Tom... and also to Ian, Tony, and Wolfgang for their bottles too. I enjoyed the 75s more than the recent 85 horizontal, but I think the 85s in 10 to 15 yrs will show some great ports. A well deserved WOTN for the Croft 75 which was stunning and lived up to its source of previous Royal cellaring. Finally it was an honour and a pleasure to meet Dirk and Marco, and huge thanks to them for joining us, the colheita and claret and for sharing lots of wisdom. Another great tasting at the Boot & Flogger who did a wonderful job accommodating is in the crazy Christmas party season!

Simon

[Alex Bridgeman]

Shame on you who attended!

The only tasting notes to be seen are the one word notes that I took while decanting some of the bottles plus Simon's one line note on his favourite port. Where are the notes which will help us and others in the future to decide whether to buy 1975 vintage ports and, if so, which ones?

[DRT]

Shame on you who attended!

The only tasting notes to be seen are the one word notes that I took while decanting some of the bottles plus Simon's one line note on his favourite port. Where are the notes which will help us and others in the future to decide whether to buy 1975 vintage ports and, if so, which ones?

Perhaps the lack of notes answers that question?

[Alex Bridgeman]

Shame on you who attended!

The only tasting notes to be seen are the one word notes that I took while decanting some of the bottles plus Simon's one line note on his favourite port. Where are the notes which will help us and others in the future to decide whether to buy 1975 vintage ports and, if so, which ones?

Perhaps the lack of notes answers that question?

Not if someone not currently a member of TPF is looking in 4 years time thinking of buying something for a loved one's 45th birthday present.

It would be better if the links created by JDAW had proper tasting notes on them rather than being a source of disappointment to potential future readers.

[Doggett]

Shame on you who attended!

The only tasting notes to be seen are the one word notes that I took while decanting some of the bottles plus Simon's one line note on his favourite port. Where are the notes which will help us and others in the future to decide whether to buy 1975 vintage ports and, if so, which ones?

Apologies for the delay in posting my notes. Life was hectic before Christmas and I only got back from being away for the festive family madness yesterday. Anyway, no further excuses. I shall be posting notes later or tomorrow. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas with some fine port, and that more of the same is planned to celebrate the New Year!

Simon