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On Wednesday 9th August 2017 we gathered at The Boot & Flogger to taste some port.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1977 Fonseca (MPM I);
• 1977 Rebello Valente (CPR I: one half of a magnum);
• 1977 Rebello Valente (CPR II: another half of a magnum);
• 1970 Sandeman (DRL);
• 1983 Ramos Pinto (IDJ);
• 1970 Taylor (AHB);
• 1992 Churchill Agua Alta (SCD);
• 1970 Ramos Pinto (JDAW adopted from IDJ);
• 1977 Berry Bros & Rudd (Quarles Harris) (WPS);
• 1997 Noval (CMAG);
• 1975 Dow (TEF adopted from AHB);
• 1961 Krohn (TC);
• 1977 Smith Woodhouse (MPM II);
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

80% opacity, dark, dark red. Muted nose, dark fruits. Tannic in the mouth, young, good fruit. I guessed V95.

From Churchill. Deep red with a medium rim and an opque centre. Delicious nose, full of sweet fruit - everything you would want in a port reaching early maturity. An impression of dirty fruit on the palate, lots of tannin and lots of powerful acidity. The texture is slightly chalky with the tannins fine grained and giving a youthful and big mouthful of concentrated bramble fruit. Lots of flower perfume fragrance on the late palate leads to a massive aftertaste and a big, black chocolate and black licorice finish. This is a huge port that needs more time. Served blind this was guessed to be Fonseca 1992. 90/100. 09-Aug-17. Decanted 12½ hours.

ChAA92. Dark dark red, 70%. Palate I noted only “Perfumed”.