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From the LBV Old and New - part 2 tasting:

• 1965 Taylor LBV
• 1967 Taylor LBV
• 1969 Taylor LBV
• 1979 Taylor LBV
• 1975 Niepoort LBV
• 1997 Krohn LBV
• 1995 Warre LBV
• 1999 Warre LBV
• 2005 Andreson LBV

The cheapest bottle on show, having been bought for £5 from Asda a few years ago. So, unsurprisingly, wine of the night. A dark, thick looking wine with a slightly medicinal nose but not over-powering. Chewy dark fruits in the mouth, especially cherries. Far too young but genuinely enjoyable - better than many a VP.

Dark red. Red cherry nose. Very smooth entry with dark fruits, good tannins and not ready to drink. Needs at least 5 years.

My WOTN.

Almost opaque, but not quite; a lovely deep red. Quite empty on the nose, but swirling releases some astringent blackcurrant. Empty initial impact on the mouth, but this grows into very fruity and surprsingly tannic blackcurrant beast. The blackcurrants dominate the aftertaste and fade to reveal sweet, dark chocolate. 86/100.