1970 Calem

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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1970 Calem

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Part of The 1970 Horizontal (the definite article being most appropriate all hail organiser Axel P), in The RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1J 7PY, on Friday 30th January 2009.

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Re: 1970 Cálem

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Very dark colour. Lovely texture in the mouth. Dark fruits, tannic with a good length and a warm tingle on the end. This was a fabulous VP and I voted it to be my second favourite of the entire tasting.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1970 Cálem

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1970 Cálem: dark red, a Fonseca colour, though an edge paler than its Cálem Quinta da Foz 1970 sibling. A lot of fruit and length, though an edge lighter and sweeter than the Foz. Less spice than the Foz, which I preferred. Rightly described by Dominic Symington as ‟bloody good wine”. Some thought Cálem the winner of the â™  flight (Cá, CáF, H, Mz); I had it second.
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