1970 Cabral

[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.

[nac]

The first of two bottles purchased from VWP in January 2022.

Just spotted that there's a tasting note in the Michael Broadbent's "The Great Vintage Wine Book" (the original 1980 version):

Cabral
Bottled 1973: fully mature looking; raisiny aroma; quite pleasant but little to it.
Tasted July 1979 ** (out of *****) Drink now to 1985.

[Justin K]

The first of two bottles purchased from VWP in January 2022.

Just spotted that there's a tasting note in the Michael Broadbent's "The Great Vintage Wine Book" (the original 1980 version):

Cabral
Bottled 1973: fully mature looking; raisiny aroma; quite pleasant but little to it.
Tasted July 1979 ** (out of *****) Drink now to 1985.

Michael and I are in complete agreement.it was by no means the worst on the night but I didn’t take a sample home!

[jdaw1]

Cabral 1970: orange, 15% opaque; nose described only as “no”; palate as “very varnishy, but less bad than the nose.”

[winesecretary]

Nice clear pale red. Mute nose. Palate warm and increasingly acrid.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1970 Cabral. Very pale appearance, only 10% opaque. A little redcurrant cordial on the nose. The palate is better with the slightly sour berry flavour that continues rather nicely into the finish. If the nose was a little more developed, this would be rather a nice wine. 86/100. Double decanted 9 hours.