1970 Dow
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Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
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- Location: Berkshire, UK
1970 Dow vintage port
Slightly nettley nose, with lots of sweet plums. Medium bodied; sweet and with some tannins still showing. Fruit is restrained, and showing lovely mature secondary fruit flavours. Lively in the mouth with good development. The finish is full of redcurrants, slightly unripe but sweetened and flavoursome. 90/100. Drunk with no decanting on 15 July 2010.
Last edited by Alex Bridgeman on 13:02 Thu 05 Aug 2010, edited 1 time in total.
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Chris Doty
- Graham’s Malvedos 1996
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- Joined: 11:30 Fri 29 Jan 2010
Re: 1970 Dow vintage port
This was a very nice wine indeed. Again, a bit of heat and spice, but felt there was more fruit, rounder and clearly sweeter than the others, though not very deep/complex. 88pts
I almost sprained my wrist patting myself on the back for having guessed this correctly. Many thanks to Wolfgang for offering up the second bottle!
I almost sprained my wrist patting myself on the back for having guessed this correctly. Many thanks to Wolfgang for offering up the second bottle!