1945 Graham

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Thursday 8th May 2025 - VE Day 80th Anniversary Tasting of 1945s

Links:

• Planning and organisation
• 1945 Ramos Pinto
• 1945 Ferreira
• 1945 Constantino
• 1945 Quinta do Noval
• 1945 Sandeman
• 1945 Taylor
• 1945 Fonseca
• 1945 Croft
• 1945 Dow
• 1945 Graham
• 1945 Warre
• 1945 Delaforce
• Review
• Placemats

[winesecretary]

Pale rim. Quite dry, unusually so for a Graham. I had to work quite hard to find the strawberry.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1945 Graham, decanted 2½ hours. Bronze colour, 50% opaque. Gentle sweet red fruit jelly nose. Gorgeous on the palate with a fabulous sweetness to the spiced fruit. Rich and complex palate, singing and glorious with the finish a chorus of angels. Beautiful, mature Port. 98/100.

There was a little left in the bottle, which I took home for my trophy wall (it was the bottle I contributed to the tasting). Fascinatingly, the Graham 1945 was still drinking wonderfully the following lunchtime.