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akzy wrote: 22:30 Wed 12 May 2021
Doggett wrote: 22:04 Wed 12 May 202116 next?
I presume this was typo?
Tempting to say obviously it was… but I was still looking at number patterns and was not close to getting the answer, unlike you.
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akzy has it! I am in a way quite proud that it took the heavy-duty minds here a year to sequence that one.

We could of course alter the dataset retrospectively by clubbing together to buy the expensive and probably disappointing vintages featured in the sequence...

... but that is a tasting for another day.
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winesecretary wrote: 23:58 Wed 12 May 2021 akzy has it! I am in a way quite proud that it took the heavy-duty minds here a year to sequence that one.

We could of course alter the dataset retrospectively by clubbing together to buy the expensive and probably disappointing vintages featured in the sequence...

... but that is a tasting for another day.
Quite proud that I've been referred to as a 'heavy-duty' mind. Given that I've had a recent puzzle, happy to relinquish the puzzle setting to someone else.
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Tonight I am drinking the oldest bottle-aged Port I’ve had since the penultimate weekend of January. What 30%-opaque red-brown SQVP is it?
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Graham’s Malvedos 1958
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Doggett wrote: 22:32 Mon 14 Feb 2022Graham’s Malvedos 1958
Not Graham. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.

Still has fair balance, but thinning. Maraschino cherry, sweetness, not much complexity, medium-light weight, good length. Needs drinking. It might be sufficiently unusual that I should save one or two for TPFers. (Indeed, no TPF tasting notes for a while.)
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São Luiz 1970
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 22:58 Mon 14 Feb 2022São Luiz 1970
Not Kopke. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.

The house (of the single quinta) has a chapter in the book.
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As you had a 1960 on the 2/2/22 it must be pre 1948 then.
Leading me to guess Fonseca Guimaraens 1942, but that is not so rare and enjoyed at 67PM not so long ago. It is my guess despite it most likely being wrong.
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Doggett wrote: 23:12 Mon 14 Feb 2022As you had a 1960 on the 2/2/22 it must be pre 1948 then.
Leading me to guess Fonseca Guimaraens 1942, but that is not so rare and enjoyed at 67PM not so long ago. It is my guess despite it most likely being wrong.
I had a ’34 on Thu 20th Jan. On Sat 22nd Jan a splendid ’55. Vintage wrong by more than a third of a century. And the guessed name, “Fonseca Guimaraens”, isn’t a SQVP.

(Did I have a Berry Bros Selection ’60 on 2nd Feb? If so, oops. Sorry. Forgot that. Younger than nine of that evening.)
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Noval 1975
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Doggett wrote: 23:36 Mon 14 Feb 2022Noval 1975
You can’t guess. You must wait for somebody else to guess. Read first post of this thread.

But if somebody else had guessed that, I would have replied “Not Noval. Vintage wrong by more than a decade.”
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1982 Taylor's Terra Feita.
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MigSU wrote: 23:49 Mon 14 Feb 20221982 Taylor's Terra Feita.
Not a Taylor quinta. Not 1982. But 1980s, yes.

jdaw1 wrote: 23:19 Mon 14 Feb 2022Younger than nine of that evening.
This clue might help narrow the Vintage — assuming that I have counted correctly.
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It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.
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MigSU wrote: 00:08 Tue 15 Feb 2022It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.
Correct year; not Dow.

With more time in the decanter it has become more acidic. There is still the cherry sweetness, but it has become more balanced and structured. Maybe, tomorrow, we could know — but we won’t.

jdaw1 wrote: 22:44 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Graham.
jdaw1 wrote: 23:11 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Kopke.
Alex Bridgeman wrote: 22:58 Mon 14 Feb 2022The house (of the single quinta) has a chapter in the book.
jdaw1 wrote: 23:40 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not Noval.
jdaw1 wrote: 23:54 Mon 14 Feb 2022Not a Taylor quinta.
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MigSU wrote: 00:19 Tue 15 Feb 2022Damn you, Wiseman.
That is not in the spirit of this game, nor indeed, of this forum more generally. Please reconsider.

MigSU wrote: 00:25 Tue 15 Feb 2022Then it has to be the 1988 Smith Woodhouse Madalena. If not, then I'm storming out.
You guessed immediately previously, so you may not guess until another has done so. You must hope that the next guesser is merciful.
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It can only be Warre Cavadinha 1988.
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DRT wrote: 01:02 Tue 15 Feb 2022It can only be Warre Cavadinha 1988.
No.

Clue: the standard abbreviation for this quinta is “SWM”.
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Or perhaps Fonseca Guimaraens 1988, albeit not a SQVP.
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88) Oh, I've got it! Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988 88)
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Roriz 1888?
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Is it my question now?
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