1978 Fonseca Guimaraens

[jdaw1]

With SushiNorth in London a few of us braved the tube strike to meet in the Bung Hole, the chosen theme being ‘Crazy 8s’.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1978 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1978 Dow Quinta do Bomfim;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1985 Churchill;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

FG78. judged as a vintage port, this failed. Cloudy orange, with a thin nose and a weak start. Put that aside. This is a tawny. Plate starts thin, then grows becoming fuller. The result is was very good tawny texture, and good sweetness. But as a VP, dead.