1966 Avery

[jdaw1]

Neil arranged that we taste 1966s at sixty, at the Boot & flogger, on Tuesday 17^th March 2026.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• TNs:
  • 1966 Taylor;
  • 1966 Fonseca (PW);
  • 1966 Fonseca (AHB);
  • 1966 Croft;
  • 1966 Gould Campbell;
  • 1966 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1966 Dow;
  • 1966 Graham;
  • 1966 Warre;
  • 1966 Ferreira;
  • 1966 Sandeman;
  • 1966 Avery;
  • 1966 Constantino;
  • 1966 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1966 Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[winesecretary]

Double decanted at 0740 on 17/3.

Huge quantities of lumpy sediment, as much as I've ever seen in a port.

Cork largely crumbled on extraction.

Port had good colour, but QA sample was a bit more equivocal. Let's see.

[winesecretary]

Nice colour for sixty years, with an orange rim. The palate had opened out after the morning double-decanting, and had become a rich, rounded dark fruited port with a hint of the Taylor heat on the finish. My only bottle, but I'll look out for more.