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On Tuesday 11th October 2017, at the Boot and Flogger we held the long-planned much-procrastinated Gould Campbell vertical, its final and most splendid organiser being IDJ.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1927 Gould Campbell;
• 1934 Gould Campbell;
• 1963 Gould Campbell;
• 1966 Gould Campbell;
• 1970 Gould Campbell;
• 1975 Gould Campbell;
• 1977 Gould Campbell;
• 1980 Gould Campbell (single);
• 1980 Gould Campbell (magnum);
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1985 Gould Campbell;
• 1991 Gould Campbell;
• 1994 Gould Campbell;
• 1997 Gould Campbell;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and organisation.

65% opacity, red-brown, amber rim. Cloudy. Plummy nose. Full mouthfeel, lively, rich sweetness, red fruit, chocolate. Lovely port, nowhere near mature. The GC80 bottle showed much younger than the GC80 magnum alongside. The bottle evolution was consistent with other GC80 bottles I have had, so I would say the magnum was showing the more unexpected evolution.

Very dark red colour, younger looking than the magnum tasted alongside this glass; 90% opaque. Nothing on the nose but lots of swirling gives some stewed red fruit. Despite the restraint on the palate the palate is lovely with lots of lively red fruit with cinnamon and dark bramble fruit. A delicious, youthful mouthful. Soft tannins show on the aftertaste giving a slightly chewy sensaton. A bit cloying on the finish, reminiscent of red jelly babies. A bit unbalanced but by no means a bad port. 86/100. Decanted 5 hours.

GC80 (single): dark dark red, 90% opaque. Mid sweetness, full, soft and round, mid-weight, better-than-mid length. Good not great.