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A zombie / in-law invasion needed to be escaped by one of us, and another proposed that the theme be ‘Vintage Port that you would like to drink if you had not Vintage Port for 7 months’. At the Boot & Flogger, on Monday 29^th December 2025.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• TNs, Champagne:
  • 2004 Bollinger R.D. magnum (CEM);
  • 2007 Bollinger R.D. magnum (CEM);
• TNs, Claret:
  • 1970 Château La Lagune magnum (CEM);
  • 1976 Château Cheval Blanc magnum (CEM);
• TNs, Port:
  • 1955 Mystery (CEM);
  • 1945 Mystery (CEM);
  • 1935 Mystery (CEM);
  • 1955 Graham (CEM);
  • 1945 Croft (CEM);
  • 1935 Cockburn (CEM);
  • 1948 Graham (MJRM);
  • 1948 Taylor (AHB);
  • 1948 Warre (JHT);
  • 1960 Croft (AJM);
  • 1960 Butler Nephew (NAC);
  • 1963 Taylor (CPR);
  • 1963 Fonseca (MSC);
  • 1970 Fonseca (MJM);
  • 1962 Quinta do Noval Nacional (JDAW);
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

T55, glorious dark red, 60% opaque. Huge, soft, red fruit, then dry mid-palate. wrongly guessed to be Dow, actually Taylor.

Unknown 1955 VP from Cliff Mee: decanted 30 minutes; mature rose red colour, 50% opaque. Delicious sweet fruit with a sprinkle of mace on the nose. On the palate the wine has a lovely balance, a little sweet and quite youthful. A wonderfully big wine, still a touch of tannin in the fruit and plenty of acidity. A touch of tobacco on the aftertaste and a slightly excessively long, warm, menthol aftertaste and finish. Good aniseed finish. Served blind, guessed to be Taylor 1955. 90/100 but perhaps under-decanted.