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Rebello Valente, and Quinta de la Rosa, on Thursday 21^st November 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Phil Wakely.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1927 Rebello Valente;
• 1942 Rebello Valente;
• 1945 Rebello Valente;
• 1947 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1963 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1966 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1972 Rebello Valente;
• 1977 Rebello Valente magnum;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

RV42. Orange red, 25%. Nose of burnt elastic bands (rightly says Sofia), and disconcerting. Palate light, weaker version of the burnt, and thins quickly in palate. Dry ending. Not loved.

20% opacity, mature red brown. At the outset the nose was bad - rubber bands. With 90 minutes in the glass, the nose improved substantially. In the mouth, rich, some sweetness and also a slight bitterness in the finish.

Deep burnt red colour, 50% opaque. An astonishing nose, smelling like a burning mosquito coil! Very strange. Perhaps some cinnamon drop sweets. Unpleasant palate, full of cigarette ash at first with some concentrated sweet cherry fruit. A nice texture, but an unpleasant wine. A bad bottle. Not rated.