1970 Royal Oporto

[jdaw1]

In honour of the visit of Ronnie Roots, a few regulars gathered in The Bung Hole to sample some 1970 ports.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1970 Dow;
• 1970 Fonseca;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1970 Sandeman;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Warre;
• 1970 Cockburn;
• 1970 Offley Boa Vista;
• 1970 Royal Oporto;
• 1970 Royal Oporto Carvalhas;
• Placemats;
• Planning and organisation.

[jdaw1]

I really don’t like the uneven heights of the digits in “1970” — presumably mis-typset lower-case digits.

[AHB]

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.

[RonnieRoots]

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.

[jdaw1]

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.