1970 Dow

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flash_uk
Graham’s 1977
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1970 Dow

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Graham’s 1977
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Re: 1970 Dow

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40% oapcity, mature red. Strawberry and bubblegum on the nose. Soft and round, lovely chewy strawberry fruit. Very nice port. This bottle not so typical of the Dow dry style though, and colour not as deep as the F70, G70 and W70 also on show.
akzy
Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
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Re: 1970 Dow

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One thing of academic interest to note about this bottle was that it appeared to be in pint-sized format.
winesecretary
Fonseca 1980
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Re: 1970 Dow

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@ akzy - I have often experienced the same (mis-?)apprehension with other 1970 ports
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Re: 1970 Dow

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We compared bottles side-by-side and it certainly seemed smaller but we couldn't confirm this wasnt a glass thickness issue (I'd go with >80% sure it was not a 75cl bottle). Did anyone take the bottle home to check?
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Re: 1970 Dow

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winesecretary wrote: 19:03 Mon 05 Dec 2022 @ akzy - I have often experienced the same (mis-?)apprehension with other 1970 ports
It's the first time for me seeing for a bottle this young. Perhaps they sold them in bakers dozen to make up for it :)

Were these marketed differently by any chance?
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Re: 1970 Dow

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It's just that 1970 ports seem smaller because they are so delicious...

That said there is elsewhere on this site reference to a wine society explanation of how much of their UK bottling was done in 72 and 73 cl back in the 70s
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