On Thursday 21st April 2016, the night before The Big Fortified Tasting, at the Boot & Flogger, we met for a double-vertical, Dow versus Graham.
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1983 Dow
Re: 1983 Dow
50% opacity, warm red. Fruit and tannin, syrupy mouthfeel which has heat mid palate, some spice.
Re: 1983 Dow
85% opacity, deep dark red. Fruit and tannin, lacking some acidity. Very soft and smooth. Spice and tobacco. Nice port, drinking well now and will last some time and develop further I think.
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Re: 1983 Dow
Modest red in colour, 50% opaque. A lovely nose of tight fruit, sweet and attractive. Delicious fruit on entry, which persists beautifully across the palate. Air elivens the fruit, adding a lovely fragrance and revealing the balancing acidity. The tannins are subdued on the palate and provide a gentle chewiness to the aftertaste before delivering a long, long sweet fruit finish. Delicious. 91/100.
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Re: 1983 Dow
D83. Red red pink, 40% opaque. Lovely edge of maturity, with pink cherries. Very lovely.
Chris Doty was correct: who knew?
Chris Doty was correct: who knew?