1970 Royal Oporto

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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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1970 Royal Oporto

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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 Royal Oporto

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A bitter entry. Good weight but a very hollow finish. I have had this once before and it was much, much better than this bottle.

I am hoping that someone can remember what was branded on the cork from this bottle. It was not recognisable as anything to do with Royal Oporto.
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Niepoort 1977
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I think the cork branding was "Amandi" or similar. Dominic was not convinced that the last letter was an "i" though and did not recognise it as a word.
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1970 Royal Oporto: Nose ‟Yuck then fading away”. Taste ‟At best, tolerable. Actually, not that good”.
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