1997 Graham

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On Monday 16^th June 2014 a group of us gathered in The Bung Hole to evaluate the maturity of a number of the 1997 vintage.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1997 Cockburn (MPM);
• 1997 Croft Roeda (THRA);
• 1997 Dow (IDJ);
• 1997 Ferreira (IDJ);
• 1997 Fonseca (DaveRL);
• 1997 Gould Campbell (MPM);
• 1997 Graham (CPR);
• 1997 Quinta do Infantado (MPM);
• 1997 Martinez (AHB);
• 1997 Morgan (MPM);
• 1997 Quinta do Noval (CMAG);
• 1997 Offley (JDAW from Stevens Garnier);
• 1997 Quinta do Passadouro ( Kindly donated by VintageWineAndPort.co.uk);
• 1997 Ramos Pinto (IDJ);
• 1997 Sandeman (JDAW from Stevens Garnier);
• 1997 Sandeman Vau, Double Magnum (JDAW);
• 1997 Sandeman Vau, Single (JDAW from Stevens Garnier);
• 1997 Smith Woodhouse (MPM);
• 1997 Taylor (DaveRL);
• 1997 Quinta do Vesuvio (THRA);
• 1997 Warre (MPM);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

G97. Colour not noted. Nose, well, less bad than the Fonseca, but still awful. Palate had black fruit, and lots of whatever it was that ruined the nose.

[flash_uk]

70% opacity, brick red. Nose very plummy and stewed. Smooth entry, a little acidity mid palate and not much finish.