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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.

T77, decanted 18:30. Dark red, 60% opaque. Palate of dark fruit.

Mature red colour, 70% opaque. Very little on the nose, some faint and soft red jelly. A lovely smooth texture in the mouth, bringing sweet fruit which is full of flavour; rich and luscious with great layering of flavour. A wonderful mature redcurrant finish. This is a fabulous Port; full, rich ad wonderfully flavoursome yet with plenty of life ahead of it. (A late release bottle, ex-cellars in 2009.) 94/100.