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To celebrate Warre's 350th anniversary, I thought it would be appropriate to organise a vertical tasting. Given the potentially large number of bottles available I suggest this is initially limited to 2000 and earlier.

Venue - Red Room, Boot & Flogger

Attendees & confirmed bottles:

1. NAC - 1963, 1970
2. AHB
3. MPM
4. GEAG - 1960
5. TC - 1945, 1946
6. CPR - 1942
7. WPS - 1958
8. IDJ - 1947
9. DRL
10. Axel P
11. THRA - 1922, 1966, 1975
12. Anthony Symington - 1977 in Tappit Hen
13. William Symington - 1955
14. Ben Read

Bottles (bottler info etc where available):

1. 1922 (Robinson & Payne) - THRA
2. 1942 - CPR
3. 1945 - TC
4. 1946 - TC
5. 1947 - IDJ
6. 1955 - The Symingtons
7. 1958 - WPS via THRA
8. 1960 - GEAG
9. 1963 (Mayor Sworder) - NAC
10. 1966 (Mayor Sworder) - THRA
11. 1970 (Oporto?) - NAC
12. 1975 - THRA
13. 1977 (Tappit Hen) - The Symingtons

Current draft of the placemats (revisit of the design of 2 Oct 2009).

Yes please.

Yes please for CMAG and RGO

Yes please. Have 1960 (of dubious origin), 1970, 1977, 1983 [plus a range of younger ones]

Yes please, I think I could make this one. I have a 1970 VP or a wildcard of a 1974 LBV (a previous bottle from the same source was delicious).

Yes please

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Would like to join too. Also would suggest you add the 2017 as a very young great addition as it is a Warre taste that should also be present at such a tasting.

regards

WS1

Will send list of available bottles, costs and condition by email.

I’m in please!

My quick count says that it is now full. Please could somebody check that?

Yes now full. Will open up a reserve list.

List opened 13:02, full at 15:06.

Yes please

forest26 wrote: ↑16:27 Thu 23 Jan 2020Yes please

Given you're first on the reserve list, I'd suggest there's a fairly high probability you'll get bumped up. As such, probably worth letting me know potential wine availability...

Yes please. Reserve list

DaveRL wrote: ↑16:57 Thu 23 Jan 2020 Yes please. Reserve list

Done. Again, probably worth letting me know what you have.

nac wrote: ↑16:48 Thu 23 Jan 2020

forest26 wrote: ↑16:27 Thu 23 Jan 2020Yes please

Given you're first on the reserve list, I'd suggest there's a fairly high probability you'll get bumped up. As such, probably worth letting me know potential wine availability...

A quick look shows as

20, 22*, 27*, 34, 45, 46*, 47, 48, 63, 66, 70, (70 Private cellar), 77 etc.

* Only one so would prefer to keep back.

Cheers

Tony

Yes please. Reserve list

hadge wrote: ↑23:00 Thu 23 Jan 2020 Yes please. Reserve list

OK - on the list. Again, please indicate what you might offer for potential planning.

Yes please. I have: 17, 16, 97, 80, 70, 63

/2alph wrote: ↑07:34 Fri 24 Jan 2020 Yes please. I have: 17, 16, 97, 80, 70, 63

Done - thanks for the info.

I have 70, 77, 80, 85, and 94.

I have 70 (family cellar from release), 75 and 77 (last bottle), just in case some LBV 92, 03, 04 and 07.

I have 63, 70, 75 (mag ), 77, 80, 94 and 97.

I am afraid I will now need to withdraw from this wonderful tasting opportunity. All yours Mr Carter.

Doggett wrote: ↑22:02 Thu 30 Jan 2020 I am afraid I will now need to withdraw from this wonderful tasting opportunity. All yours Mr Carter.

Thanks for the update.

Tony is promoted.

As it is now almost 100% certain that we won't be able to have this tasting on the planned date, I'm proposing that it moves to Tuesday 20th October. I'll confirm this with B&F once it reopens, but suggest we go with this for now.

I'll update the header to reflect this change.

Will assume that all attendees are still available unless told otherwise.

I'll be there.

Yes please.

I hope so too.

regards

WS1

keep the date free

Following some discussions with other attendees have decided to hold off on this until we're in a position to more comfortably hold a tasting for 14 people and all are happy to attend.

May need to slide this into 2021, but will keep updating as would obviously be more appropriate to do it in the 350th anniversary year.

nac wrote: ↑10:32 Mon 07 Sep 2020Following some discussions with other attendees have decided to hold off on this until we're in a position to more comfortably hold a tasting for 14 people and all are happy to attend.

Good plan.

nac wrote: ↑10:32 Mon 07 Sep 2020May need to slide this into 2021, but will keep updating as would obviously be more appropriate to do it in the 350th anniversary year.

I suspect it will need to be next year given likelihood of current Covid progression and restrictions. I would certainly prefer to push it back in order to able to hold a deep Warre vertical as intended, even if that means it is not this year (which doesn't necessarily preclude a smaller event this year as well, but I would suggest saving the rare bottles for the full event - which might be both necessary as well as pragmatic, to achieve such a line-up).

If the 2020 Olympics can happen in 2021, then Warre’s birthday can. So I agree.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑11:43 Sun 13 Sep 2020 If the 2020 Olympics can happen in 2021, then Warre’s birthday can. So I agree.

An excellent point. 2021 it (probably) is then.

Axel P requests (via email) to be added to reserve list.

I could make the June date, but maybe able to attend a future unknown date so please add me to the reserves too.

Edit: meant to say couldn’t make the June date

Doggett wrote: ↑12:37 Fri 16 Oct 2020 I could make the June date, but maybe able to attend a future unknown date so please add me to the reserves too.

Have added you to the reserve list.

Obviously subject to future rules, but have been thinking that we might want to extend this beyond 14 people. There's already a few people on the reserve list and potentially considerably more than 14 bottles available. Let's see what happens...

Suggested date for this in now Wednesday 6th October 2021 @ B & F, Red Room.

Could all those who were previously on the attendee list please reconfirm availability.
Also, could you please reconfirm what bottles you're offering and associated prices (PM or email me).

I reconfirm availability.

Sounds good for me; will follow-up regarding bottles by email.

confirm

I've updated the top post to include a list of all the "normal" vintages from 1900 to 2000, of which there are 29.

Clearly it isn't practical/possible/affordable to get all of these, but guess we should be aiming for 15ish bottles if we are a party of 14? I propose that we extend past 2000 if we can't get enough bottles or the costs become prohibitive.

I'll update the list as people let me know what's available and start to work out the per head cost.

Thoughts?

New date sounds good for me; I will send you an e-mail re bottles

Re-confirming thanks. I have def got 1970 and 1977, and maybe 1963, will need to check on the latter.

Reconfirming-thanks.

Reconfirming - thanks

Yes please.

I reconfirm.

Can I suggest that we adopt the approach taken for the Croft Vertical held in Boston on 8th February 2008? For that tasting each person was asked to contribute one "old" bottle and one "young" bottle (of at least 21 years of age), each in good condition with good colour, high fill and no signs of leakage.

In 2008 the definition of "old" was set as 1955 or older. 13 years later a threshold of vintage 1966 or earlier might be appropriate. That would give us 14 vintages from the range 1896-1966 and 14 from 1970-2000. Even if the older vintages proved disappointing, the inclusion of relatively cheap, younger and more reliable vintages would give us all something to enjoy.

I will PM you what I can offer.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑14:48 Tue 16 Mar 2021In 2008 the definition of "old" was set as 1955 or older.

I recall ’63 being the youngest of the deemed “old”. But that might be a mis-recollection.