Consumed on Tuesday 22nd April, The Crusting Pipe, London at The Half Bottle Offline.
Organisation thread
Review of the evening
Placemats
The Ports:
1977 Graham
1977 Graham
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: 1977 Graham
Not much on the nose - hot entry - fades to orange on the palate - some VA.
I guessed Croft 85. Not even close
I guessed Croft 85. Not even close
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: 1977 Graham
Medium red, colour showing age; 50% opaque. Very empty on the nose, showing very little; some works releases a little milky coffee and raspberries. Coffee on the impact, sweet and balanced; lots of mandarins on the palate with a kumquat bitterness. Bitter kumquat finish, that morphs into a sweet black coffee. Absolutely delicious finish - pity about the nose. Guessed to be Dow 1977. 89/100.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.