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On Tuesday 19th December 2017, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Charles, we tasted eighteen 1977s. It was splendid.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1977 Gould Campbell;
• 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1977 Quarles Harris;
• 1977 Graham;
• 1977 Dow;
• 1977 Warre;
• 1977 Cockburn;
• 1977 Factory House Blend;
• 1977 Morgan;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1977 Taylor;
• 1977 Croft;
• 1977 Sandeman;
• 1977 Offley;
• 1977 Ferreira;
• 1977 Niepoort;
• 1977 Kopke;
• 1977 Delaforce;
• Placemats (with embarrassing typo);
• Planning and arrangements.

Deep red with a dark rim, 90% opaque. Little showing on the nose - but perhaps the ghost of TCA? Smooth texture on the palate but then a wave of TCA turns everything mouldy. Shame. Not Rated. 19-Dec-17. Decanted 5½ hours.

70% opacity, dark red. TCA, no further note.

D77: dark red, 50% opaque. Dry, black pepper, cloying, big and closed, perhaps because of the TCA to which I am not sensitive.