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A vertical of Delaforce was held in The Bung Hole on Tuesday 24th April 2012.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Aperitif:
  • 1975 Delaforce;
• Sheet One:
  • 1960 Delaforce;
  • 1963 Delaforce;
  • 1966 Delaforce;
  • 1970 Delaforce;
  • 1974 Delaforce Quinta da Côrte;
  • 1977 Delaforce;
• Sheet Two:
  • 1980 Delaforce Côrte;
  • 1982 Delaforce;
  • 1984 Delaforce Quinta da Côrte;
  • 1985 Delaforce;
  • 1987 Delaforce Quinta da Côrte;
  • 1991 Delaforce Côrte;
• Sheet Three:
  • 1992 Delaforce;
  • 1994 Delaforce;
  • 1997 Delaforce Côrte;
  • 2000 Delaforce;
  • 2003 Delaforce;
  • 2007 Delaforce;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Cork, with image whitened:

Df75, red to red-brown, 30% opaque. Nose had heat and faint eucalyptus. Good rich mouthfeel, especially early. Fair size. Rather dry, especially late palate, but actually quite good.

Yes, quite good, and a 1975. Very impressed.

Tawny coloured, with an orange / rose rim. Concentrated mandarins on the nose. Sweet impact; light-bodied but grows with patience. Concentrated, but fairly simple - and very smooth. Empty, hollow aftertaste and a long burnt sugar / apple juice finish. 84/100.

A measure redder than the 1974, otherwise a similar colour. Good eucalyptus again on the nose. In the mouth, red fruit and red currants. Hit of sugar in the mid-palate. Good porty aftertaste.

Another perfectly respectable 1975.