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Alex invoked an emergency for Tuesday 16th August 2016, at the Boot and Flogger.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1967 Cockburn (AHB);
• 1963 Cockburn (IDJ);
• 1970 Dow (CPR);
• 1989 Barão de Vilar white colheita (JDAW);
• 1960 Croft (DRT);
• 1968 Fonseca Guimaraens (THRA);
• 2012 Reserva Duas Quintas Douro (donated by Ramos Pinto);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Deep red, in early stages of maturity; 50% opaque. At first this was very tight on the nose, perhaps suffering slightly from TCA taint. Sweet on the palate but with fruit that was flattened and a little musty. My conclusion was that this was a touch of TCA over a burly red port. Served blind this was guessed to be Gould Campbell 1977.

No-one else in the group picked up TCA on this port so it was revisited an hour later. After sitting in the glass for a little longer it became clear that this was not tainted but was very tight and closed. The additional time had allowed the wine to open up a little more to reveal a deep and voluminous rich, fruit led and tannin backed glorious glass of port, with a great fruit led finish. 93/100. Decanted 12 hours.

D70. Glorious red, 65% opaque. Nose of dark cherry. Palate of big full wonderful Port, very long, with leather, strawberry, and red cherry.

Mis-guessed to be F70.