1970 Avery

[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 2 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Taylor Vargellas;
  • Taylor;
  • Fonseca;
  • Croft Quinta da Roêda;
  • Croft;
  • Avery;
  • Ferreira;
  • Sandeman;
  • Offley Boa Vista.

[jdaw1]

Av70: red-brown, 45% opaque; this is dry, balanced, mid+ weight, perfectly mature and touched with white pepper.

But other side of the table (I was ‘pink’ window side, other was ‘green’ wall side) was rubbish.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I'm not sure why JDAW thought the bottle I tasted was "rubbish". I rather liked it...

1970 Avery, from Avery of Bristol. A delightful dark bronze colour, 80% opaque. Nice fresh fruit cocktail on the nose. Silky texture with gentle tannin on a fruit core that is starting to dry out - probably due to age. The aftertaste is rich, full of spiced fruit and a touch of cedar. Late on the finish is a warming tone of red cinnamon. Lovely. 92/100. Double decanted 5 hours.

[winesecretary]

Note taken on 12/10/25 from sample kindly bottled on night. Pleasant port, perhaps somewhat elderly overall, but rather attractive darker fruit. Finish is good. Needs no more time.