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Brick red, very slightly lighter in colour than the Taylor 1963 shown alongside; 30% opaque. Sweet and inviting nose, full of redcurrants and raisins and spicy mace. Very "Graham" in the mouth; sweet mixed spiced dried fruits, lots of candied cherries as well as gentle tannins and delightful structure. A beautiful aftertaste and a long finish that is full of sweet, sticky cherry. 92/100. Drunk 24 September 2010.

In The Douro Valley with Friends, Harvest 2010:

• Friday 24 September 2010
  • 1960 Fonseca (α alpha);
  • 1963 Graham (β beta);
  • 1963 Taylor (γ gamma);
  • 1977 Graham (tregnum) (δ delta);
• Saturday 25 September 2010
  • 1970 Niepoort (η eta);
  • 1977 Gould Campbell (θ theta);
  • 1970 Warre (ι iota);
  • 1960 Dow (κ kappa);
  • 1970 Dow (λ lambda);
  • 1958 Warre (μ mu);
  • 1934 Warre (ν nu);
• Sunday 26 September 2010
  • 1963 Fonseca (Ï„ tau);
  • 1966 Fonseca (Ï… upsilon);
  • 1970 Fonseca (φ phi);
  • 1977 Fonseca (χ chi);
  • 1994 Vesuvio (ψ psi);
• Monday 27 September 2010
  • 1992 Quevedo colheita (а a);
  • 1994 Quevedo colheita (б be);
  • 1996 Quevedo colheita (в ve);
  • 2000 Quevedo colheita (г ge);
  • 2004 Quevedo LBV (д de);
  • 2008 Quevedo Quinta Vale D’Agodinho (е ie);
  • 1970 Offley Boa Vista.

G63, the poor lighting restricting the description of the visuals to ‟red, mid translucency”. At D+0 very hot, and same at +15 minutes, Later with berry fruit growing, particularly like ‟hot raspberries”. I wasn’t being eloquent.

My ranking was ‟F60 > G63 > G77 > T63”.