1980 Graham

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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jdaw1
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1980 Graham

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akzy
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Re: 1980 Graham

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Didn't make a note for the colour (I have lots of difficulty here anyways). As with most Ports, nose was a bit muted - nothing particular stood out. Palate was really up my street, chocolatey fudge. Lovely stuff (pos 4 for me).
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JacobH
Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
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Good colour. Red but slightly fading. Limited fruit on the nose. Attractive in the mouth, with a saturating flood of flavours that I didn’t see in the other 1980s which made it hard to unpick individual ones. Perhaps even (atypically for a Graham’s) a touch of umami? Long aftertaste. Very good.
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Mid red, reddish rim. Very muted on the nose. My notes indicated that it didn’t open up as the tasting progressed. It wasn’t as rich on the palate as I was hoping for – and the palate was a mixed bag overall. Almost no grip. I would really have liked to have tried this with a longer decant time.
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Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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A lovely deep cherry red colour, mature rich and delicious; 50% opaque. Very little on the nose, perhaps just some bitter slow. The texture on entry is wonderful, the flavours of sour cherry growing in the mouth with just a hint of tannin. Sour cherry and black wine gums on the finish, which is of decent length. This is slightly better than the average of the wines at this tasting. 85/100. Drunk 20-Oct-21. Decanted 12 hours.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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