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Dale Williams
 
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Default TN: Thanksgiving wines

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(Jaybert41) writes:

>Aahhh... I was wondering if you would pull the cork on one of those Ports on
>"Turkey Day." Of the '82 and '87 Martinez I would expect the former to be a
>lighter style as you said showing "fully resolved tannins". I think '82 was
>not widely declared by major Port houses?


I think '82/'83 was a split, with more houses declaring '83. To date this is
only my second '82, though I've had lots of '83s. The '83s were indeed bigger,
but ny sample isn't big enough to know whether that was vintage character, or
reflection ofd house styles.


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