In honour of the visit of Ronnie Roots, a few regulars gathered in The Bung Hole to sample some 1970 ports.
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1970 Royal Oporto
Re: 1970 Royal Oporto
I really don’t like the uneven heights of the digits in ‟1970”: presumably mis-typset ‘lower-case’ digits.
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1970 Royal Oporto
Deep orange in colour, very tawny looking. Alcohol and boiled sweets on the nose, and a swirl makes it all vanish. Sugary flavours, light brown sugar and gentle strawberry. Soft aftertaste, with a hot finish of black coffee that has a reasonable length. Lightweight port, very tertiary, one to drink up soon. 82/100. 6 hour decant.
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- RonnieRoots
- Fonseca 1980
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Re: 1970 Royal Oporto
Tawny colour, very alcoholic nose, quite unappetising. To taste very spirity, with incredibly artificial sweets, otherwise completely turned to tawny. Short finish. One to pass upon if you come across it and to drink up fast if you have it.
Re: 1970 Royal Oporto
RO70, decanted 13:00. Brown-brown-red, 30% opaque. Nose hot, and made me cough. Cough candy? To taste not a good bottle: dry small cloying, sweet at end.