1970 Royal Oporto Carvalhas

[jdaw1]

From Victoria: The Queen, Julia Baird: “Queen Victoria was born, roaring, at 4:15 ᴀ.ᴍ., in the hour before dawn on May 24, 1819”.

The time convenient to us that is closest to the two hundredth anniversary of that would be the evening of Thursday 23^rd May 2019.

And we did.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• The Ports:
  • 1963 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1960 Croft;
  • 1963 Sandeman;
  • 1963 Dow;
  • 1966 Taylor;
  • 1966 Fonseca;
  • 1966 Warre;
  • 1970 Royal Oporto Carvalhas;
  • 1970 Fonseca;
  • 1970 Warre;
  • 1977 Taylor;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

ROC70, decanted 16:00. Orange, 15% opaque. Nose nasty. Palate texture good, but taste non-existent.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Light red-orange colour with a golden rim, 20% opaque. Delicious nose at first but develops some very odd elements of bottle stink after sitting in the glass for some time. Sweet on the palate with light rose-hips and gentle rose sweetness. Softly flavoured Golden Syrup on the mid-palate with some nice development of flavours, although the flavours are light, sweet and gently sugary. Sweet, lovely and gentle. 87/100.