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The 2017s were tasted on Tuesday 25th June 2019, at The Boot & Flogger.

Many thanks to the many shippers who sent bottles, and to Alex for organising.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• The 2017s:
  1. Bulas 2017;
  2. Burmester 2017;
  3. Churchill 2017;
  4. Churchill Quinta da Gricha 2017;
  5. Cockburn 2017;
  6. Quinta do Crasto 2017;
  7. Croft 2017;
  8. Croft Quinta da Roêda Sērikos 2017;
  9. Dalva 2017;
  10. Dow 2017;
  11. Fonseca 2017;
  12. Graham 2017;
  13. Graham The Stone Terraces 2017;
  14. Quinta do Javali 2017;
  15. Kopke 2017;
  16. Quinta das Lamelas 2017;
  17. Martha 2017;
  18. Maynard 2017;
  19. Maynard Organic 2017;
  20. Niepoort 2017;
  21. Quinta do Noval 2017;
  22. Quinta do Noval Nacional 2017;
  23. Pintas 2017;
  24. Poças 2017;
  25. Portal 2017;
  26. Portal Muros 2017;
  27. Quevedo 2017;
  28. Ramos Pinto 2017;
  29. Ramos Pinto Quinta de Ervamoira 2017;
  30. Quinta da Romaneira 2017;
  31. La Rosa 2017;
  32. Quinta da Sequeira 2017;
  33. Skeffington 2017;
  34. Taylor 2017;
  35. Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha 2017;
  36. Quinta do Vale Meão 2017;
  37. Quinta do Vallado 2017;
  38. Quinta do Vallado Adelaide 2017;
  39. Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  40. Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  41. Vieira de Sousa 2017;
  42. Warre 2017;
• Sticky labels and TN pages (which caused some additions to the list of Port House abbreviations).
• Planing and arrangements.

VC17: perfectly silky softness. A little heat mid palate, black pepper, blackberry, and a texture I described (tasted blind) as “magical”. My favourite.

Disappointed when it was revealed. I was hoping this would be cheap and widely available. Instead its magical texture will be tasted only rarely — by anybody!

The following evening, I having requested the remnants of the bottle before it was revealed, smoke on the nose. Palate very spicy, pepper and jalfrezi, becoming heat later, with dark plums late in the long finish. Excellent second night; I preferred it the first night.

There will not be a third-night tasting.

D4: A slightly orangey note to the herby mixed fruit nose. A very intense concentrated palate entry. Citrus notes throughout. A deliciousness makes it difficult to split. Perfect balance with great cut and plenty of ripe tannin. Great length. Superb. My pick of the tasting. (Prior to being revealed as Capela de Vesuvio), This was the first one I sought out the next day.