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As organised by George G., on Monday 10th February 2025, Some of the usual folks gathered in the Boot & Flogger, for a horizontal of 2000s.

Woe betide! What has become of us‽ A horizontal of Port from this century^†. Yes yes, the world has other disasters afoot, but this disaster is afoot here: what has become of us‽

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 2000 Taylor;
  • 2000 Fonseca;
  • 2000 Croft;
  • 2000 Dow;
  • 2000 Warre;
  • 2000 Graham;
  • 2000 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • 2000 Martinez;
  • 2000 Cockburn;
  • 2000 Gould Campbell;
  • 2000 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 2000 Quarles Harris;
  • 2000 Sainsbury's Taste The Difference;
  • 2000 Niepoort;
  • 2000 Niepoort Secundum;
  • 2000 Sandeman;
  • 2000 Sandeman Vau;
  • 2000 Portal;
  • 2000 Osborne;
  • 2000 Quinta do Passadouro;
• The placemats;
• The food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

† Please allow, or at least forgive, the non-pedantic definition.

Double decanted at 0830.

The cork was initially stubborn, but eventually extracted nearly whole. About 5mm longer than standard.

Substantial negative points awarded for the branding positioning. The critical information of the shipper and year are horizontally branded around the cork, at the "port" end rather than the external-facing end. Three or four decades from now, someone (like us today), will be extracting one of these from an unlabelled bottle, hoping to discern the vital shipper and year information. If the cork disintigrates at the bottom as many do, the information will never be retrieved.

Cr00. Dark red, 85% opaque. Ooh: not right. Very dry, and not right.

Lighter colour, muted nose. Quite attractive violet and turkish delight nose. Pleasant but no more than that.

Cr00: Full of fine sediment. Slightly caramelised on the nose, but not too badly. Baked and burnt on the palate, coffee and lemon dominate. Lemon and lemon oil finish. Not a representative bottle, possibly stored in a warm environment? NR.