1970 Graham

[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]

G70 tregnum: I did not take a note, but this was proper Port.

[winesecretary]

As jdaw1, on all counts. A necessary palate cleanser, after so many indifferent (or worse) ports.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1970 Graham, from tregnum. Decanted about 11.00 and drunk at 20.00. A rich red mahogany, 70% opaque. Little on the nose although some swirling allows a bit of red berry fruit jelly to emerge; fruit which is much more vigorous than any of the other wines in this flight - making this glass a really helpful reference point. The palate is full of the rich red berry fruit expected from Graham’s but drier than I would have anticipated. Full of flavour, with a gently fiery aniseed aftertaste and long finish. This is a wine which is a class above most (all?) of the fully mature wines in flight 0. The phenomenally long finish of semi-primary black fruit packed with acidity on this wine shows just how much more time in the cellar this wine in this format could take. Absolutely delicious Port!  94/100.