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On Wednesday 26^th November 2014 we held a vertical tasting of Martinez vintage ports from 1922-1997,
located in the brasserie room at Davy's at Woolgate

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1922 Martinez;
• 1927 Martinez;
• 1934 Martinez;
• 1948 Martinez;
• 1955 Martinez;
• 1958 Martinez;
• 1960 Martinez;
• 1963 Martinez;
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1970 Martinez;
• 1973 Martinez crusted;
• 1975 Martinez;
• 1982 Martinez;
• 1985 Martinez;
• 1987 Martinez;
• 1989 Martinez crusted;
• 1994 Martinez;
• 1997 Martinez;
• NV Andresen 40yr white;
• 1994 Churchill;
• 2007 Grifo Grande Reserva;
• 2007 Apedagas Grande Reserva;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Mz70. Glorious red, 50% opaque. Palate quite dry, red cherry behind. Small heat, and a faint ending. Pleasant, but a port of this vintage should be bigger and fuller.

40%, red brown. Nose quite sharp. Smooth in the mouth, sweet, not a huge finish...

Medium red colour, with some bricking; 50% opaque. Lovely rich redcurrant jelly on the nose, delicious and attractive. Medium bodied, full of fruit flavour on impact and on the mid-palate. The late palate is more dry with a surprising presence of tannins giving a good structural presence. Heat and acidity on the aftertaste, which take a long time to settle down but eventually deliver a big, long and slightly bitter aftertaste and finish. 92/100.