1980 Ramos Pinto

[jdaw1]

On Tuesday 21^st October 2014 we gathered in Davy’s at Woolgate for a vertical of Ramos Pinto, in the presence of João Nicolau de Almeida and Mark Bingley M.W.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1909 Ramos Pinto;
• 1924 Ramos Pinto;
• 1931 Ramos Pinto;
• 1960 Ramos Pinto;
• 1964 Ramos Pinto;
• 1970 Ramos Pinto;
• 1980 Ramos Pinto;
• 1982 Ramos Pinto;
• 1983 Ramos Pinto;
• 1985 Ramos Pinto;
• 1991 Ramos Pinto;
• 1994 Ramos Pinto Quinta da Ervamoira;
• 1994 Ramos Pinto;
• 1997 Ramos Pinto;
• 2005 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

RP80, decanted 13:00. Very dark red, 90% opaque. Nose had plums — oldest of that evening’s RPs to have plums. Palate thickly sweet, plums again, and some heat.

[flash_uk]

Decanted 5½ hours. 80% opacity, dark red, purple rim. Fresh nose, but slightly vegetal. In the mouth, fruit, slightly light given the deep colour, short, tannic finish - a little simple. Perfectly nice port, but could it improve? Probably. And it doesn't feel like it will fade for a long time yet.

[djewesbury]

Deep ruby, wide pink rim, 60%. Very plummy nose for a 34 year old wine but marzipan is growing. Super soft grainy mouthfeel; then tannins (soft) and a little greenness. There was a late fieriness, but not when I returned to this later.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Very dark red, opaque centre and the rim barely transparent. A wonderful but delicate nose of complex fruit and elegant perfume - really quite lovely. Sweet soft entry, with smokey black fruit and soft charcoal tannins that deliver a nice palate presence, quite big and tingling. A lovely smokey dark aftertaste, then a long fruit and dark chocolate finish of good length. This is a nice port.

Ervamoira had been acquired for this vintage and grapes from Ervamoira were included in the blend. Ervamoira now includes block planting of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Coa, Touriga Franca, Barrocca and Roriz. 90/100. Drunk 21-Oct-14. Decanted 8 hours.