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On Monday 9^th February 2015, in the Green Room at the Boot & Flogger, we tasted Port with a theme of ‘Seventies’.

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1963 Croft (‘$’);
• 1976 Graham Malvedos (AHB);
• 1970 Taylor (MPM);
• 1977 Graham (JDAW);
• 1970 Cockburn (IDJ);
• 1970 Graham (CPR);
• 1977 Graham (RDA);
• 1970 Cockburn (DRT);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Cr63 (‘$’). Mid-red, 30% opaque. Palate of lovely red fruit, mostly raspberry. Mature. Slightly hot. Lovely mature port.

Mature appearance, modest colour; 50% opaque. Slightly earthy on the nose, with some redcurrant and cranberry. Not particularly attractive but perhaps suffering from having been opened only a short time before being consumed. Smooth but light on the palate, fragrant and elegant. Air adds to the delicacy and fragrance of the port. Hot aftertaste, but brings a lingering and fragrant cranberry finish. Good length. Served blind that was guessed to be Warre 1970. 91/100. Decanted 45 minutes.