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jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:45 Thu 10 Jan 2019From Victoria: The Queen, Julia Baird: “Queen Victoria was born, roaring, at 4:15 ᴀ.ᴍ., in the hour before dawn on May 24, 1819”.

The time convenient to us that is closest to the two hundredth anniversary of that would be the evening of Thursday 23^rd May 2019.

And we did.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• The Ports:
  • 1963 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1960 Croft;
  • 1963 Sandeman;
  • 1963 Dow;
  • 1966 Taylor;
  • 1966 Fonseca;
  • 1966 Warre;
  • 1970 Royal Oporto Carvalhas;
  • 1970 Fonseca;
  • 1970 Warre;
  • 1977 Taylor;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Cr60, decanted 17:30. Red, 30% opaque. Palate of bllack pepper and red cherry; heat mid-palate; big and luscious. Long, and holding very well.

Mature red ochre colour, 50% opaque. Very little on the nose but a nice smooth texture on the palate with sweet rose perfume and touches of cranberry. This delivers some wonderful of development of flavours with plenty of subtle layers; grows really nicely in volume on the palate to be quite delightful. Lingering redcurrant aftertaste that is fruit driven with sweet aniseed. Really lovely, but soft and gentle. 90/100.