1965 Fonseca Guimaraens

[jdaw1]

Within the regulation week of DRT’s 51st birthday, we (DRT, JDAW, IDJ, AHB, THRA, SCD, CPR, ARM, and TC) brought “a bottle of VP, blind or sighted” to the Boot and Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1965 Krohn (CMAG from DRT, sighted);
• 1965 Fonseca Guimaraens (DRT, blind);
• 1970 Gonzalez Byass (JDAW, blind);
• 1970 Quinta do Noval (IDJ, blind);
• Unknown, claimed to be SW47 (AHB, blind);
• 1961 Graham Malvedos (THRA, blind);
• 1965 Fonseca Guimaraens (SCD, blind);
• 1970 Graham (CPR, blind);
• 1987 Taylor Vargellas (ARM, blind);
• 1965 Krohn (TC, blind);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mature brick red in colour, nosing gently of cranberry and redcurrant jelly - full of sour fruit. Hot and peppery on the palate with lots of dried red peppercorn. Hot and alcoholic finish. Served blind. 84/100.

[jdaw1]

FG65. Red red brown, 35% opaque. Soft, lovely mature Port. Slightly lighter than mid-weight. Long.