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The Bung Hole, Wednesday 25th September 2013, with WS AHB JDAW AJM CMAG RAYC.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1970 Graham magnum;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Gonzalez Byass;
• 1966 Quinta do Noval;
• 1977 Warre;
• ≈1950s or 1960s Graham;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

Rusty brown colour, 30% opaque. Gentle coffee on the nose together with some dirty fruit. Medium bodied with a gentle soft texture. Lovely brown sugar fruit, accompanied by brown sugar fruit, coffee and crème brulee. Soft and elegant, a really lovely palate. Fragrant aftertaste with lots of aniseed and a tremendous length that finishes with a pile of mace infused fruit. Really persistent, This is lovely, elegant port. 92/100. Drunk 25-Sep-13. Decanted 4½ hours

GB70, decanted 3pm. Brick red, 30% opaque. Fuller than the T70. Soft, sweet, great balance and texture. Very lovely. Delicious.

I hesitated about whether to give first place to this or G70 magnum. But that was a lonely opinion. I don’t believe that I am usual biased in favour of my own port was this bias? Hmmm: hard to know.

Smells like coffee and grass. Tasted of spices, not really jammy but nevertheless tasty port