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Cliff decided that we needed a Celebration of 1955, and volunteered many many bottles. Harry organised. Others were grateful. It started at lunchtime, on Tuesday 13th June 2023, at the Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes, grouped by tasting-note pages in the placemats:
  • • 1955 Pol Roger Double Magnum;
    • 1955 Château Climens;
    • 1955 Château d’Yquem;
    • 1955 Kopke Colheita;
  • • 1955 Romanée St. Vivant Louis Latour Les Quatre Journaux;
    • 1955 Château Rauzan-Gassies;
    • 1955 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou;
    • 1955 Château Beychevelle;
    • 1955 Château Cheval Blanc;
    • 1955 Château Lafite;
  • • 1955 Offley;
    • 1955 Niepoort;
    • 1955 Theinpoint (likely Butler Nephew);
    • 1955 Mackenzie;
    • 1955 Gonzalez Byass;
    • 1955 Amandio’s Silva & Filhos;
    • 1955 Tuke Holdsworth;
    • 1955 Morgan;
  • • 1955 Rebello Valente;
    • 1955 Real Vinicola;
    • 1955 Spratley;
    • 1955 Hooper;
    • 1955 Burmester;
    • 1955 Unknown Bottled by Peatling and Cawdron;
  • • 1955 Fonseca;
    • 1955 Taylor (Newcastle Breweries);
    • 1955 Taylor (Harvey’s);
    • 1955 Croft;
    • 1955 Dow;
    • 1955 Warre;
    • 1955 Graham;
    • 1955 Gould Campbell;
  • • 1955 Smith Woodhouse;
    • 1955 Martinez;
    • 1955 Cockburn;
    • 1955 Quinta do Noval;
    • 1955 Sandeman;
    • 1955 Ferreira;
• The placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Oporto bottled, in a pote bottle. A wonderful warm glowing polished mahogany in colour, 40% opaque. Dried vine fruit on the nose, with dates and a little lemon - the whole impression being of a complex and inviting wine. A delightful and thickened texture; honey on the palate with a generous citrus zest, milk chocolate and coffee. A little heat on the aftertaste, lots of spearmint which manages the miraculous trick of slowly fading to become a muscvado and lemon juice finish. Big and impressive Port. Second best Wine of the Lunch. 93/100. Tasted 13-Jun-23. Decanted 14 hours.