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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.

Light in colour, very pale looking (more like a 1982 than a 1977 vintage!); 30% opaque. Not much on the nose — in fact, nothing at all! 30 minutes later this showed a little faint treacle coming through on the nose. A hint of harshness on the entry, soapy on the mid-palate, very reminiscent of the Martinez style in the 1970s. Warm aftertaste and a soapy finish. Really not very nice. 71/100. 19-Dec-17. Decanted 6 hours.

20% opacity, red /orange. Bottle number 0031. Nose had fruit and bubblegum. Silky smooth entry, sweet mid palate, candy, dusty cherries. Lovely port with a long aftertaste though not high complexity.
I think my glass seems to have been a better sample than Alex's glass!

FH77: pink-red, 30% opaque. Rough.