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On Thursday 19^th December 2013 a subset of the obvious suspects gathered at The Bell in Wendens Ambo to taste old, peculiar and unknown bottles.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Sticky labels and other paperwork, and parameters by which constructed.
• Planning and arrangements.

Bottled 2013. From Quevedo.

Deep copper brown in colour. Smelly on the nose, rather nutty and dirty with the typical colheita volatile acidity dominated nose. Light brown sugar appears on the early palate, evolving into rubber on the mid-palate. The rubberiness continues right through to the finish, which shows great lenth and intensity. 84/100.

Some attractive elements but felt slightly disjointed. Some wondered whether it required a bit more time to settle following bottling process. Rating withheld pending a second try!