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Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 12:23 Sun 07 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
Prior to this post, I had made 9993 posts.
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Coming soon are two changes of rank in quick succession.
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Perhaps the
Delaforce 1958 tasting should be pressed into the additional duty of commemorating this milestone.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 13:02 Sun 07 Oct 2012
by DRT
Let the drum-roll commence...
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 07:34 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by Alex Bridgeman
I protest!
Cruz Ruby is distinctly palatable compared to some port I have been forced to drink this year. Could we make the descritpion for 10,000 posts Santelmo White NV (from Lidl) or Santelmo Tawny NV (from Lidl) - both of which were worse than the Cruz Ruby I once drank!
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 08:11 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by DRT
AHB wrote:I protest!
Cruz Ruby is distinctly palatable compared to some port I have been forced to drink this year. Could we make the descritpion for 10,000 posts Santelmo White NV (from Lidl) or Santelmo Tawny NV (from Lidl) - both of which were worse than the Cruz Ruby I once drank!
I protest!
It should be Real Vinicola 1983.
PS: Rule 47(b) says that the first member to reach 10,000 posts has to drink seven bottles of Real Vinicola 1983.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 09:05 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by Alex Bridgeman
DRT wrote:AHB wrote:I protest!
Cruz Ruby is distinctly palatable compared to some port I have been forced to drink this year. Could we make the descritpion for 10,000 posts Santelmo White NV (from Lidl) or Santelmo Tawny NV (from Lidl) - both of which were worse than the Cruz Ruby I once drank!
I protest!
It should be Real Vinicola 1983.
PS: Rule 47(b) says that the first member to reach 10,000 posts has to drink seven bottles of Real Vinicola 1983.
Where would anyone find so many bottles of Real Vinicola 1983?
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 16:14 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
These suggestions, though splendid in their own way, deny the revisited-ness of Cruz Ruby.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 17:21 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by RAYC
Is it time to revisit the ranking system entirely?
You have reached 10k posts in TPF's first six years of life.
Extrapolating, this means there should be categories for at least up to 50k posts (Dow 1896 and N / NN 31 can then take care of all further posts).
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 19:05 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 19:07 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 19:08 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 19:15 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
The ranks from 0 (Cruz Ruby) to 40,000 (NN31).
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:43 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by DRT
I disagree with the position of Cockburn 1851. That is much, much more prestigious than any of the three Noval wines that have the highest ranks.
Anyone who disagrees can have my bottle of NN63 for a Cockburn 1851 in the same condition
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:56 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
There’s also a request that Dow 1896 be inserted, which can be done by moving 22500 to 22000, moving 25000 to 26000, and inserting a level at 24000.
Let’s see what others believe and then adjust.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:08 Mon 08 Oct 2012
by DRT
Perhaps we could include some additional attributes to give a finer grain of precision, such as...
Taylor 1970
...
Fonseca 1970
...
Taylor 1970 (Tregnum)
...
Graham 1948
...
Fonseca 1970 (Melchior)
...
etc.
?
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 02:03 Tue 09 Oct 2012
by Andy Velebil
AHB wrote:DRT wrote:
I protest!
It should be Real Vinicola 1983.
PS: Rule 47(b) says that the first member to reach 10,000 posts has to drink seven bottles of Real Vinicola 1983.
Where would anyone find so many bottles of Real Vinicola 1983?
I was going to say
http://www.winebid.com but it appears someone bought the 2 or so cases that was listed for sale for the past months....or maybe they just took it down?
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 18:56 Sat 13 Oct 2012
by jdaw1
Maybe the person who posted
this TN (‟I bought 9 bottles of Real CocaCola 1983 from Seckfords today at £13 per bottle”) might know more about it. Apparently that person’s rank is currently ‟Graham’s 1970”: maybe the RCV83 tastes like G70?
Edit:
this TN (‟Not very nice, but drinkable in an emergency. 68/100”) of AHB’s is amusing.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 23:47 Mon 01 Apr 2013
by jdaw1
Quinta do Noval Nacional 1962!
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 23:51 Mon 01 Apr 2013
by DRT
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 05:15 Sun 26 May 2013
by TLW
Goodness, and here I have just achieved a lowly "Cockburn's Special Reserve".
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:47 Sun 24 Nov 2013
by jdaw1
Just noticed that my rank is now pre-WW2: Constantino 1927. Never had that.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 09:46 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by flash_uk
I see
someone is approaching a major milestone for the board...
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 09:55 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by djewesbury
But where does he go after Graham 48? To my mind there is nothing finer...
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 10:23 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:But where does he go after Graham 48?
Fonseca 1966.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 11:31 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by djewesbury
Oh well. You saw the peaks, at least.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 11:58 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:There’s also a request that Dow 1896 be inserted, which can be done by moving 22500 to 22000, moving 25000 to 26000, and inserting a level at 24000.
Let’s see what others believe and then adjust.
Beliefs, if any, were not reported here.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:19 Mon 11 Aug 2014
by djewesbury
I think it a shame that your decline has begun so early.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:58 Wed 13 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
AHB is currently on 7995. He is about to switch from Taylor 1970 to Graham’s 1970.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 22:00 Wed 13 Aug 2014
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:AHB is currently on 7995. He is about to switch from Taylor 1970 to Graham’s 1970.
Quite right too.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 22:07 Wed 13 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
djewesbury wrote:jdaw1 wrote:AHB is currently on 7995. He is about to switch from Taylor 1970 to Graham’s 1970.
Quite right too.
But when will I reach Taylor 1985? After all, that is currently a more enjoyable wine than Graham...
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 22:07 Wed 13 Aug 2014
by djewesbury
AHB wrote:djewesbury wrote:jdaw1 wrote:AHB is currently on 7995. He is about to switch from Taylor 1970 to Graham’s 1970.
Quite right too.
But when will I reach Taylor 1985? After all, that is currently a more enjoyable wine than Graham...
Infinite loop created.. Cannot compute..
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:45 Sat 16 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
7999 …
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:45 Sat 16 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
… became 8001.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 15:14 Tue 19 Aug 2014
by flash_uk
Congratulations Julian, now Fonseca 1966.
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 15:15 Tue 19 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
And I just crossed a threshold.
Edit: as you also saw.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 15:29 Mon 01 Sep 2014
by flash_uk
And an interesting ranking for me:
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Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 18:00 Tue 02 Sep 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
flash_uk wrote:And an interesting ranking for me:
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But not one which lasts for long
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 23:07 Tue 02 Sep 2014
by flash_uk
AHB wrote:flash_uk wrote:And an interesting ranking for me:
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But not one which lasts for long
Pure luck that I spotted the change!
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:12 Fri 02 Jan 2015
by jdaw1
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:33 Fri 02 Jan 2015
by flash_uk
Another milestone
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 16:44 Tue 24 Feb 2015
by djewesbury
Ooh! I progressed to Taylor 1970 and I didn't even notice!
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 10:54 Sun 15 Mar 2015
by flash_uk
A neat statistic...
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:42 Sun 07 Jun 2015
by jdaw1
In typing my
1945 TNs I left Croft 1945 and became Taylor 1927. Not too shabby.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 22:08 Wed 09 Dec 2015
by djewesbury
With just another 20 posts I will become Graham 1970.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 22:19 Mon 03 Oct 2016
by jdaw1
I just left the twentieth century: Cockburn 1927 → Taylor 1900.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:49 Tue 23 Jan 2018
by jdaw1
Approaching another transition:
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:50 Tue 06 Feb 2018
by jdaw1
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 09:49 Wed 07 Feb 2018
by Doggett
jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:50 Tue 06 Feb 2018
A fine landmark indeed!
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:45 Fri 21 May 2021
by jdaw1
The ranks changed since the image above. As Dow 1896 is in, presumably the change happened in response to that question.
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 20:59 Fri 21 May 2021
by JacobH
I’m curious that after the unfiltered LBVs (Noval, Niepoort & Warre) we have three rather average tawnies (Graham’s “The Tawny”, Warre 10 Otima & Cruz Tawny). Did someone let Glenn tinker with the list?
Re: Cruz Ruby Revisited
Posted: 21:00 Fri 21 May 2021
by jdaw1
For all its many imperfections, my vote is to deem it sanctified by antiquity.
