25th September at the Bunghole
Posted: 13:17 Thu 26 Sep 2013
What was expected to be a small gathering of people getting together to share a magnum of Graham 1970 turned into a slightly larger gathering. Despite having only 3 people confirmed last week we ended up needing all 6 seats round the table - the more the merrier.
The Graham 1970 from magnum was absolutely spectacular - and was described by Wolfgang as the weakest of the magnums from this case! The Taylor '70 that Alex brought along was my second favourite of the night and was a terrific example of Taylor's refined powerhouse port. Really good and with so much promise for the future. And Julian's unusual Gonzalez Byass 1970 was really on form - lithe and elegant, this was perfect drinking port and absolutely in its peak drinking window - my third favourite of the evening. CMAG brought along a bottle of Warre 1977 which was very enjoyable, RAYC brought a bottle of Noval 1966 that was the darkest and densest version of this that I have seen for ages with many years ahead of it. And I brought a disappointing bottle of unknown, which turned out to be so smelly that it was the unanimous last place port of the night. The cork only revealed that this was a bottle of Graham's Vintage Port, bottled by Christopher & Co. Sadly the vintage could not be read but the bottle looked to be early post-war - perhaps this was a Graham 1955.
So thanks to everyone who turned up, I thoroughly enjoyed my evening and loved the ports that I drank.
The Graham 1970 from magnum was absolutely spectacular - and was described by Wolfgang as the weakest of the magnums from this case! The Taylor '70 that Alex brought along was my second favourite of the night and was a terrific example of Taylor's refined powerhouse port. Really good and with so much promise for the future. And Julian's unusual Gonzalez Byass 1970 was really on form - lithe and elegant, this was perfect drinking port and absolutely in its peak drinking window - my third favourite of the evening. CMAG brought along a bottle of Warre 1977 which was very enjoyable, RAYC brought a bottle of Noval 1966 that was the darkest and densest version of this that I have seen for ages with many years ahead of it. And I brought a disappointing bottle of unknown, which turned out to be so smelly that it was the unanimous last place port of the night. The cork only revealed that this was a bottle of Graham's Vintage Port, bottled by Christopher & Co. Sadly the vintage could not be read but the bottle looked to be early post-war - perhaps this was a Graham 1955.
So thanks to everyone who turned up, I thoroughly enjoyed my evening and loved the ports that I drank.