1980 Dow

[jdaw1]

Served at the inaugural Doty Cup, on Friday 15th February 2013, in the presence of our ‟Triumphant” host, Mr. Chris Doty.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1945 Taylor (#3, Cherish Port Left);
• ???? Taylor (#4, Cherish Port Right);
• 20Y Niepoort Tawny, bottled 1975 (#8, Moist Left);
• 20Y Niepoort Tawny, bottled 2008 (#6, Moist Right);
• 1957 Fonseca Val de Mendiz, Oporto bottled 1960 (#9, Loud Left);
• 1967 Quinta do Noval (#10, Loud Right);
• 1987 Quinta do Noval (#5, Single Left);
• 1987 Quinta do Noval Nacional (#11, Single Right);
• 1985 Dow magnum (#1 and #2, Risqué Left and Ebullient Right);
• 1980 Dow magnum (#7 and #12, Risqué Right and Ebullient Left);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

D80 magnum, though served blind, twice, as both ‟Risqué Right” and ‟Ebullient Left” and as ‟#7” and ‟#12”.

Risqué Right, #7: Dark red, 80% opaque. Heat. A bit rough. Rich prune fruit. Not as heavy as colour.

Ebullient Left, #12: Dark mature red, 90% opaque. Nose of prune fruit. Taste medium-light. Prunes. Heat. Young. Later I found lavender.

[Alex Bridgeman]

From magnum. Deep red and opaque. Solid rim. Musty nose - perhaps a slight tone of TCA, but a swirl disapates the TCA so it must be something else, a dirty glass perhaps. Great palate presence and impact, a huge port on the palate. Fruity, with soft tannins and super balance. Long, long coffee and sweet gingerbread finish. Very good port. 92/100. Drunk 15-Feb-13. Decanted 3 hours.