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Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:14 pm
by D. Martinez
Hello!
I will be offering a tasting for some friends this weekend. They are regular table wine drinkers with very basic knowledge about wine (mostly mainstream grape varietal drinkers like merlot, cab) and less knowledgeable on dessert wines.
I am planning to have a wine flight style tasting in this order:
1980 Vintage
20 Year Old Tawny
Reserve Ruby
Ruby
Do you think this order is correct. I will be recommending them to clear palate after each one before going to the next but want to make sure to start with the weakest or more fine wine.
Please let me know your recommendations.
Thanks a lot!
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:35 am
by Moses Botbol
I'd go in reverse; ending with the 1980 VP
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:58 am
by John M.
Moses Botbol wrote:I'd go in reverse; ending with the 1980 VP
+1
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:16 am
by Gary Richardson
Moses Botbol wrote:I'd go in reverse; ending with the 1980 VP
Agreed.
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:00 am
by Eric Ifune
Yes, reverse your original order.
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:55 am
by Glenn E.
Moses Botbol wrote:I'd go in reverse; ending with the 1980 VP
I agree with Moses (and the others). Save the 1980 for last, as it's likely to be the nicest Port of the tasting.
Also, I've sent you an email, please respond ASAP.
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:55 pm
by Thomas V
Sometimes I wish I lived in Seattle.
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Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:02 pm
by John M.
Thomas V wrote:Sometimes I wish I lived in Seattle.
No kidding.....great tastings, always opening a fun bottle, BBQs, coffee....
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:41 pm
by Eric Menchen
Yes, those first two will hit your palate pretty hard, but the tawny will serve as a break/refresher before getting to the 1980.
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:36 pm
by Roy Hersh
I usually love the Ferreira 1980. A really excellent wine from that vintage. I had a four or five 1980 VPs while in Portugal and they are showing really well, although we did have one off bottle of the Sandeman.
Re: Help on recommended tasting order for tasting
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:59 am
by Thomas V
Roy Hersh wrote:I usually love the Ferreira 1980. A really excellent wine from that vintage. I had a four or five 1980 VPs while in Portugal and they are showing really well, although we did have one off bottle of the Sandeman.
Can you Seattleites use telepathy since you know it was a Ferreira 1980 vintage Roy?