1977 Ferreira
1977 Ferreira
1977 Ferreira: decanted 14:40. Fully-mature brown, and a hint paler than the Warre 1977 decanted immediately before. The taste is delicate, sweet, and dominated by an excellent thing that I shall call ‘pungent raison’. Very strong. And there might be a hint of pineapple behind that.
Re: 1977 Ferreira
At D+2hr little changed. Nicely mouth-filling with a powerful sweetness, and more of that pungent raison.
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Alex Bridgeman
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Re: 1977 Ferreira
Is that similar to a smelly reason for being? (As in "pungent raison d'être".) I do believe that you may be acclimatising to Paris a little prematurely.jdaw1 wrote:...pungent raison...
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SushiNorth
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Re: 1977 Ferreira
Light red, this intriguing wine was floral and a littly "gummy"/toffe/candy in the nose. It has a very nice mouthfeel, with lots of licorice, its acidic but the tail keeps going for a while. 88
JoshDrinksPort
Port wine should perhaps be added -- A Trollope
Port wine should perhaps be added -- A TrollopeRe: 1977 Ferreira
Links:
- Review of the evening as a whole;
- 1977 Croft;
- 1977 Warre;
- 1977 Delaforce;
- 1977 Guedes;
- 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
- 1977 Ferreira;
- Planning and arrangements;
- Placemats, as made by SushiNorth.
Re: 1977 Ferreira
A mature brown colour. Ferreira seems to lose red and gain brown faster than other prominent port houses: do others agree with this observation? Nosing and tasting of raisins, and a lovely unctuous rich mouthfeel. Others said ‟candy”, and I could just about imagine that the candy was the taste part of the mouthfeel. They might be related.