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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.

D63, decanted 07:30. Glorious red, 50% opaque. After an issue with a dirty glass, this was soft, oleaginous, with some heat, and beautifully balanced.

Bottled by the Wine Society. A mature red colour; 40% opaque. Mace spiced fruit on the nose with a touch of cherry dust. Smooth, gentle and quite sweet with rounded sweet red cherry and red liquorice. A lovely mellow palate, which is full of fruit and complexity. The beautiful maturity shows on the lingering aftertaste - warm and full of toasted cherries. Long finish. This was a very fine bottle. 92/100.