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1. NAC
2. MPM
3. THRA
4. MSC
5. JDAW
6. IDJ
7. Nigel

• CPR
• AHB
• HTWH
• MJRM

1. Cálem - MSC
2. Churchill - NAC, JDAW
3. Dow - MSC, JDAW
4. Delaforce - NAC
5. Feist (magnum) - NAC
6. Fonseca - NAC, MSC, JDAW
7. Gould Campbell - NAC
8. Graham - IDJ, JDAW
9. Hooper - NAC, MSC
10. Hutcheson - MSC
11. Martinez - MSC, JDAW
12. Niepoort - IDJ
13. Noval - NAC
14. Royal Oporto - NAC
15. Smith Woodhouse - MPM
16. Taylor - MSC
17. Warre - NAC, MSC, JDAW

1. Churchill - NAC
2. Croft - THRA
3. Dow - MSC
4. Fonseca - JDAW
5. Graham - IDJ
6. Martinez - MSC
7. Niepoort - IDJ
8. Noval - NAC
9. Sandeman - THRA
10. Smith Woodhouse - MPM
11. Taylor - MSC
12. Warre - JDAW

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑21:48 Wed 30 Apr 2025 Not me, much as I love the vintage.

uncle tom wrote: ↑13:11 Wed 30 Apr 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Anyone needing to adopt - no problem

mcoulson wrote: ↑07:13 Thu 01 May 2025

uncle tom wrote: ↑13:11 Wed 30 Apr 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Anyone needing to adopt - no problem

Thanks for the offer Tom ..... however I happen to have snoozing peacefully Cá F Ho H Mz TW D

nac wrote: ↑12:21 Thu 01 May 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑07:13 Thu 01 May 2025

uncle tom wrote: ↑13:11 Wed 30 Apr 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Anyone needing to adopt - no problem

Thanks for the offer Tom ..... however I happen to have snoozing peacefully Cá F Ho H Mz TW D

Is TW actually SW or T & W?

nac wrote: ↑12:23 Wed 30 Apr 2025Previous edition of this tasting was in March 2022

• 09 Mar 2017: {Dow,Graham,Fonseca,Taylor,Warre} × {1980,1983,1985};
• 26 Feb 2016: 1985 Horizontal at the Columbia Yacht Club in Chicago;
• 25 Nov 2015: Horizontal of 1985s;
• 02 Apr 2013: 1983-1985 Double Horizontal;
• 19 Jan 2008: The ‘Up North’ 1985 Horizontal;
• 26–27 Dec 2007: The ‘Emergency’ 1985 Horizontal;
• 17 Mar 2007: 1985s in Sussex;
• 13 Apr 2002: In Fulham: {Dow, Graham, Taylor} × {1980, 1983, 1985}.

mcoulson wrote: ↑16:13 Fri 02 May 2025

nac wrote: ↑12:21 Thu 01 May 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑07:13 Thu 01 May 2025

uncle tom wrote: ↑13:11 Wed 30 Apr 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Anyone needing to adopt - no problem

Thanks for the offer Tom ..... however I happen to have snoozing peacefully Cá F Ho H Mz TW D

Is TW actually SW or T & W?

whoops - fat fingers and old age .... that should be Cá F Ho H Mz T W D

what a difference a space can make ....

no smith woodhouse I'm afraid but I do have T in mag if we are about to run out !

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:57 Fri 02 May 2025 I have a pathetically diminutive amount of 1985 Fonseca, and lesser quantities of Warre, Dow, Graham, Taylor, Martinez, Churchill, and even worsely nugatory supplies of Fonseca and Taylor in magnum.

These things are measured in milli-tons: I cower in embarrassment; I hang my head in shame.

idj123 wrote: ↑08:29 Sat 03 May 2025 Might have a few others to hand but so far have espied G and Ni. Although clearly a risk I would love to open the latter; it’s the oldest bought bottle in my collection dating back to c2003 when bought from a wine shop on the road just up from the quayside on the Porto shore.

nac wrote: ↑13:07 Mon 05 May 2025We are currently only seven strong, but with the choice of - at the moment - 16 shippers.

winesecretary wrote: ↑19:34 Tue 20 May 2025 I am very sorry, but pressure of work means I am not now going to be able to attend this tasting. Apologies.

1. Churchill
2. Croft
3. Dow
4. Fonseca
5. Graham
6. Martinez
7. Niepoort
8. Noval
9. Sandeman
10. Taylor
11. Warre

nac wrote: ↑08:21 Wed 21 May 2025 Also, will be submitting food orders later today, so if you haven't told me yet then need to know now.

nac wrote: ↑11:19 Wed 21 May 2025Can we find the missing ones?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:26 Thu 22 May 2025 + Guest, Graham V. (not certain, but I think he promised me, if he failed to attend, a Dow 1878).

Current draft of the placemats, with images in the the first post. As usual, somebody please check.

Who will print?

Edit: GJV is in. The placemats have been updated.

• Review thread;
• Tasting notes:
  • Fonseca 1985;
  • Taylor 1985;
  • Croft 1985;
  • Quinta do Noval 1985;
  • Sandeman 1985;
  • Graham 1985;
  • Dow 1985;
  • Warre 1985;
  • Martinez 1985;
  • Smith Woodhouse 1985;
  • Niepoort 1985;
  • Churchill 1985;
  • † = Fonseca 1985 number two;
• The placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.