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George arranged, and supplied many of the bottles for, a 1985 horizontal, at the Boot & Flogger, on Wednesday 16^th March 2022.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1985 Quinta do Noval;
• 1985 Fonseca;
• 1985 Taylor;
• 1985 Dow;
• 1985 Poças;
• 1985 Feuerheerd;
• 1985 Rebello Valente;
• 1985 Ramos Pinto;
• 1985 Churchill;
• 1985 Sainsbury’s;
• 1985 Martinez;
• 1985 Gould Campbell;
• 1985 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1985 Warre;
• 1985 Graham;
• 1985 Offley;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

70% opaque. Colour all the way to the rim.

Big brooding nose. You can almost smell the tannins.

Big rich black cherry tasting port. Really lovely. Luscious. Will last 30 years.

The best wine of the vintage on this showing? Yes, it received points from 10 of 12 attendees. But no-one gave it 3 points. Hmm.

10 of 12 tasters put it on the podium, but somehow no one deemed it worthy of the Gold?

Shocking!

No other Port was deemed podium-worthy by more than 5 of 12 tasters.