ThePortForum.com

From tregnum. Ex-cellars. Gentle red in colour, with some paling on the rim; 60% opacity. Dusty raspberry on the nose, slightly hot. Sweet impact, but with lots of heat among the soft raspberry fruit, gentle red licorice and tight acidity. The red licorice dominates the aftertaste, but merges into the heat and raspberry finish. A fine and lovely port. 89/100. 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.

G77, from an ex-cellars tregnum. What joy a tregnum. I was so overcome with pleasure at the odd-size bottle that I failed to take any notes about the juice.

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