1970 Thienpoint

[jdaw1]

The Horizontal of 1970s, definite article, was held over two days and five flights, Thursday 2^nd and Friday 3^rd October 2025, at the Boot & Flogger, as organised by Mike who was assisted by Julian.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Bottle pictures;
• Planning, flight 0, Thu 2^nd Oct 2025;
• Planning, flights 1–4, Fri 3^rd Oct 2025;
• Placemats;
• Flight 0 (Thu 2^nd Oct 2025):
  • Andresen;
  • Hutcheson;
  • Martins (Hutcheson);
  • Dalva (C. da Silva);
  • Dalva;
  • Borges;
  • Barros;
  • Cabral;
  • Diez Hermanos;
  • Feist;
  • Osborne;
  • Santos Júnior;
  • Dolamore;
  • Hunt Roope (Tuke Holdsworth);
  • Maia;
  • Pousada;
  • Thienpoint (Butler Nephew);
  • Mackenzie;
  • Messias Quinta do Cachão;
  • Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas;
  • Graham tregnum.

[jdaw1]

Thienpoint (Butler Nephew) 1970: dark red, 70% opaque; sweet and soft, this has presence, with mint and sugar and milk chocolate and honey. I gave two points to both this and the Dolamore, but many favoured this BN and weren’t necessarily wrong.

[winesecretary]

A genuine decent red port colour. Richly fruited palate. Good drinking.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1970 Thienpoint, made for the Belgian supermarket by Butler Nephew. Bottled in Belgium. One of the darkest of the wines in flight 0 at about 70% opaque. Swirling releases some attractive dark berry fruit on the nose but the palate is a little more subdued that expected from the nose. Less evolved on the palate than most of this flight (flight 0) the wine shows more blackthorn and juniper with a lovely dryness on the fruit. Rather bright and lovely, with a delicious lingering blackcurrant and blackthorn finish. Great length. 88/100. A genuinely nice Port rather than one I would like but most would consider too old.