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We tasted 2003s, at the Boot & Flogger, on Tuesday 18th March 2025, as organised by Michael Charlton.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  1. 2003 Portal;
  2. 2003 Portal+;
  3. 2003 Niepoort;
  4. 2003 Niepoort Secundum = Fortnum & Mason;
  5. 2003 Kopke;
  6. 2003 Burmester;
  7. 2003 Cálem;
  8. 2003 Sandeman Vau;
  9. 2003 Quinta do Noval;
  10. 2003 Tesco;
  11. 2003 Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference;
  12. 2003 Cockburn;
  13. 2003 Quinta de Roriz;
  14. 2003 Gould Campbell;
  15. 2003 Warre;
  16. 2003 Dow;
  17. 2003 Graham;
  18. 2003 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  19. 2003 Fonseca;
  20. 2003 Taylor;
  21. 2003 Croft;
  22. 2003 Krohn;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and organisation.

W03 decanted at 0900. Sample suggests all is well.

So far, every 2003 from SFE that I have opened has an additional plastic shrink-sealed capsule beneath the black metal capsule.

Toffee and strawberries on the nose. Plenty of strawberries and milk chocolate on the palate, washed away by plenty of tannic grip. A little eucalyptus and pepper in the finish. V good.

Awarded 1pt towards WOTN