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Axel proposed a “Small 1966 Horizontal” to be held on Tuesday 22^nd April 2014 at The Bung Hole, and we obeyed.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1966 Souza colheita bottled 1992;
• 1966 Constantino;
• 1966 Croft;
• 1966 Delaforce;
• 1966 Dow;
• 1966 Fonseca;
• 1966 Gould Campbell;
• 1966 Graham;
• 1966 Niepoort;
• 1966 Quinta do Noval;
• 1966 Offley;
• 1966 Quarles Harris;
• 1966 Rebello Valente;
• 1966 Sandeman;
• 1966 Taylor;
• 1966 Warre;
• 1966 Niepoort colheita bottled 1985;
• Niepoort Crusted;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

30% opacity lovely orange brown, great legs. Not much on the nose, some caramel? Wonderful structure, velvety, fruit from start to mid, oranges. Heat builds a little at the end to a very graceful finish and a long aftertaste.

+1hrs: in the nose, caramel for sure.

G66. Glorious red, 60% opaque. Nose of great berries — blackcurrant? Or was I tasting the label? Palate thick and sticky. Rich sweetness. But fruit has faded. Heat mid- and late-palate.

Mature red appearance, 30% opaque and a bricking edge. Soft on the nose, but attractive and with soft, sweet preserved fruit that comes across as very attractive. Sweet and very well balanced on the palate with good concentration and lovely thickness. Great fruit and delicious acidity combine to give a great palate. The aftertaste has terrific concentration and immense brown sugar / bitter orange marmalade of tremendous length that has a sudden burst of sweetness at the end. This is very, very fine port. 94/100. Pop 'n' pour.

This was a deep, translucent ochre. It was lightly varnishy on the nose, with not much else. Nice in the mid-palate, lightly fruity, some chewy jellied fruit, rather pleasantly dry but dies off.