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On Tuesday 26th March 2024, at The Boot & flogger, we tasted 1994s.

• Review of the evening as a whole;
  • 1994 Croft;
  • 1994 Taylor;
  • 1994 Fonseca;
  • 1994 Tesco;
  • 1994 Martinez;
  • 1994 Warre;
  • 1994 Dow;
  • 1994 Graham;
  • 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • 1994 Cockburn;
  • 1994 Kopke;
  • 1994 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1994 Burmester;
  • 1994 Cálem;
  • 1994 Royal Oporto;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats;
• Food order.

Cá94: dark dark red, 70% opaque. Soft, rich, very gentle plum fruit — just not aggressively. Liked.

60%, red, no brown. Muted nose. Quite liked the palate (but notes getting a bit brief by this point). 5/7.

Deep red in colour, 90% opaque. Vibrant blackcurrant nose, a smell which pours out of the glass - fresh and full of fruit. Icing sugar dusted redcurrant fruit fills the mouth and holds together with an attractive balance. Rich redcurrant aftertaste, a little sweet with the fruit merging with a little too much icing sugar to give a bit of a sweet and sticky finish. An attractive wine, but not as well balanced as most other wines at this 1994 horizontal. 90/100. Decanted 8 hours.

55% opacity, red. Rich bramble nose. Sweet and chewy.