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Thirty years after harvest we held a small horizontal of 1985s.

• Review of the event as a whole;
• • 1985 Cálem;
  • 1985 M Gonzalez;
  • 1985 Delaforce;
  • 1985 Harvey;
  • 1985 J. H. Andresen;
  • 1985 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1985 Offley Boa Vista;
• • 1985 Churchill;
  • 1985 Sandeman;
  • 1985 Martinez;
  • 1985 Gould Campbell;
  • 1985 Quarles Harris;
  • 1985 Smith Woodhouse;
• • 1985 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1985 Taylor;
  • 1985 Fonseca;
  • 1985 Dow;
  • 1985 Graham;
  • 1985 Warre;
• Food order;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

Cá85, opened earlier in the day, re-closed, and decanted 16:00. Red-red-orange, 50% opaque. Nose a hint sour. Early palate very acidic, with red cherries behind the acidity. Long. Drinkable, but not much better than that. (Indeed, true of much of the first page.)

Cá85 Heat on the nose and the first taste, but fades quite quickly. Plummy, very pleasant if unspectacular. Slight in colour and starting to brown. 88 points

Mid-red, mature colour; 80% opaque. A slight hint of VA on the nose adding a gentle of layer of complexity to the sweet fruit. Smooth and gentle texture, mild and sweet fruit which develops pleasantly to give a balanced and rounded acidity on the mid-palate. A sweet and fragranced raspberry fruit with a good length. There is something disjointed and unsatisfying about this lightweight port. 81/100.

50% opacity orange brown, cloudy with sediment. Slightly medicinal nose. IN the mouth, a sharpness, acidity, sugary, little backbone, no tannin.