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Neil arranged a magnificent tasting to commemorate VE day, postponed by ᴄoᴠiᴅ until eventually held in the Lutyens Room at 67 Pall Mall on Wednesday 8th September 2021.

Links:

• Review of event as a whole;
• 20Y Ramos Pinto, bot. 1968;
• 1942 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1942 Sandeman;
• 1945 Sandeman;
• 1945 Ferreira;
• 1945 Martinez;
• 1945 Taylor;
• 1947 Tuke Holdsworth;
• 1948 Mackenzie;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1950 Dow;
• 1940 Diez;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats (in list of placemats);
• Placemat software issue 154, Boustrophedon flag in PackingStyles;
• Placemat software issue 155, Printer test, following failure of default value of TastingNotesColumnStrokeCode.

Fr45, decanted 13:30. Red-brown, 40% opaque. Nose of spearmint and red cherry. Palate dry, slightly hollow, with dry cherries. Maybe Portuguese-style, but lighter than my preference in VP.

Red-brown wine, deep umber rim. Pine resin on the nose. A strong showing for this port with good cherry fruit. Later, increasingly fine.

Ferreira 1945, decanted 13.15 and drunk 20.15. A lovely mature red fruit nose, sweet and fragrant. Nicely balanced palate, beautifully poised, with perfect balance between the sweet dried red fruit and the gentle pepper. Lovely aftertaste, exploding with fruit and a fabulous intensity of flavour on the long finish. A wonderful wine. 91/100.

30% opacity, copper. Fresh, lively, mint and redcurrant nose. Silky, fresh. lovely sweet redcurrants.