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On Tuesday 16th November 2021 a horizontal of 1994s was held at the Boot & Flogger, initially arranged by JDAW, a responsibility subsequently borne by AHB.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1994 Kopke;
• 1994 Burmester;
• 1994 Cálem;
• 1994 Fonseca;
• 1994 Taylor;
• 1994 Croft;
• 1994 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1994 Gould Campbell;
• 1994 Quarles Harris;
• 1994 Dow;
• 1994 Graham;
• 1994 Warre;
• 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio;
• 1994 Quinta da Romaneira;
• 1994 Quinta de la Rosa (Churchill having been planned);
• Placemats (the making of which caused issue 87 Simplifying FlightSeparations: removal of some possibilities);
• Planning and arrangements.

I haven't seen any write-ups on the overall night nor the individual reviews. Has no one posted yet or is there something wonky with my access to the forum?

@ Mike J.W. - no-one has posted yet. In my case, apologies, but life is very full right now and I am having to schedule my pleasures. In brief, buy Fonseca, Vesuvio, Warre, Dow, but the overall standard is very high so if you have most of the others you will not be disappointed.

winesecretary wrote: ↑22:40 Sat 20 Nov 2021 @ Mike J.W. - no-one has posted yet. In my case, apologies, but life is very full right now and I am having to schedule my pleasures. In brief, buy Fonseca, Vesuvio, Warre, Dow, but the overall standard is very high so if you have most of the others you will not be disappointed.

I completely understand. I wanted to make sure there wasn't something wonky going on where I couldn't see postings. Reading the write-ups are fun and interesting. I get to live vicariously through the postings as we don't have nearly as many tastings on my side of the pond. John M. did recently host a smaller '94 vertical a few weeks back. We'll be doing a write-up on that for one of the FTLOP newsletters.

Oh and I have plenty of the Fonseca (4 cases give or take) and the Vesuvio (approximately 2 cases). The Warre and Dow, not so much, so I'll have to get on that.

Apologies to Mike and others. My thoughts were that 1994 produced some delicious wines. I was surprised and delighted by the Calem, which was (for me at least) the best of the 1994 Ports from Sogevinus. There was nothing which I disliked, and two wines in particular which I felt really needed more time (Fonseca and Dow). Given its reputation and Parker score, I was surprised how advanced and mature the Taylor was - but it made for lovely drinking on the night.

The Wine of the Night vote had Fonseca way ahead of Vesuvio, which was quite far ahead of Dow.

George, do you have a note of the bottle number of the Vesuvio 1994 which you opened for this tasting? I try to track these things but forgot to take a note of the number on the night. Thanks.

My apologies, but I only took a photo of the front label, which does not feature the bottle number.

My notes now up. They are sparse, so I invite others to add their mote so Mike J.W. has more to base his further buying decisions on.