1970 Dalva

[jdaw1]

AHB and DRT and RAYC tested Davy’s new location, the Steak Exchange of 2 Exchange Square EC2A 2EH, +44 20 7256 5962.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole, and of the Steak Exchange;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1970 Dalva;
• 1991 Graham;
• Placemats.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Oh dear! The cork fell into the bottle when trying to get the corkscrew to grip and the port came out a very pale orange, perhaps 5% opaque. On the nose, this smells of curacao and damp yeast. Some sweetness in the mouth, with very little flavour at first. Air releases a plastic flavour that clings to the inside of the mouth and dominates the aftertaste and finish. Sadly, the bottle is as bad as the colour led to be expected. NR.

[DRT]

My note says: "The colour of brandy. Yeasty nose, like the T45 tasted at Noval in 2009. Oranges - very tawny and very viscous - almost waxy in the mouth."

This was truly horrid at first but I did go back for a glass five hours later and found it drinkable. It will never be known whether it was the changed state of me or the wine that was the explanation for this.