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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% brown-red, good legs. Nose a bit odd, meaty again, like the T66. Lovely smooth sugar entry, heat builds a little through middle, to a soft caramel finish. very nice in the end!

W66. Red, 50% opaque. Nose was recorded as “better earlier”, but I didn’t take a note earlier. Sigh. Palate: lovely sweet start but ending bitter. That bitterness mostly mocha. Youth still in palate.

Pale brick red, 30% opaque. Surprisingly youthful on the nose showing lots of fresh sweet redcurrants. Nice texture in the mouth but not with the thickness of some of the other ports from the vintage. Still very youthful with lots of fruit and lots of liveliness; there is a lovely complexity and youthful fragrance on the palate. Really fragrant and elegant but with a wonderful balance. A long and lively finish. This is a wonderful port with a long life ahead of it. Really lovely and elegant. 93/100. Decanted 6 hours.

This was a deep pink with a hint of crimson. A juicy nose with some herby, stemmy notes. The mouth is great – it gives the Fonseca a run for its money in the soft, old plums stakes. The spice is like apple pie and cinnamon, or maybe just baked cinnamon. I liked this.