1970 Sibio

[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 3 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Martinez;
  • Cockburn;
  • Kopke São Luiz;
  • Rebello Valente;
  • Cálem;
  • Cálem Quinta da Foz;
  • Burmester;
  • Sibio.

[jdaw1]

Sb70: orange, 15% opaque; intensely acidic — no.

Just don’t. Children: in life you make choices with consequences. Make better choices than this.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1970 Quinta do Síbio from Real Companhia Vinicola do Norte de Portugal. Slightly cloudy, dark orange appearance. Baked coffee cream on the nose. Creamed coffee on the palate with a hint of orange on the mid-palate. Dry and dusty orange peel on the late palate. A little burst of heat on the aftertaste, Werther’s Originals and orange oil on a very long finish. Sadly, the delicious finish is not enough to redeem the wine. 87/100. Double decanted 8 hours. Oporto bottled.

[winesecretary]

[Sample taken on night and consumed on 13/10/25] Cloudy appearance. Various shades from yellow to orange to brown. Smells like the effluent at the bottom of a food recycling bin after a warm week. Almost entrancingly unpleasant. Goblins might like it. Palate actually better than the nose, merely horrible.