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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.

G70 (CPR), decanted 07:00. Dark red, 60% opaque. Nose of dark red cherry. Palate lovely, soft, white pepper. Spiced delicious soft red Port.

Deep red with a solid core; 70% opaque. Subdued nose, slightly dirty and sharp. Hesitant on entry, slow to deliver but does gradually build up to a deep and luscious rich fruit driven mid-palate that is stunningly concentrated and supported by lovely gentle tannins. The combination delivers a big palate. Some heat lasts and persists through the early finish that is huge, spicy, very lively and massively long. Big port, but pity about the nose. Served blind this was guessed to be Taylor 1977. 90/100. Decanted 12 hours.