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Tony Carter arranged, and donated some of the bottles for, a splendid horizontal of 1967s at The Boot & Flogger. When the arranging started, Thursday 8th June 2017 seemed like an ordinary Thursday, but it became an election night.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1967 Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• 1967 Quinta do Noval;
• 1967 Butler Nephew;
• 1967 Dow;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1967 Sandeman;
• 1967 Messias Quinta do Cachão;
• 1967 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas, BBR bottled in 1969;
• 1967 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas, Oporto bottled in 1970;
• 1967 Taylor crusted (1967 being bottling date);
• 1967 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1967 Krohn;
• 1967 Croft Quinta da Roêda;
• 1967 Messias Quinta do Cachão colheita;
• 1967 Kopke colheita;
• 1967 Taylor colheita;
• 1967 Barros colheita;
• Review of the post-tasting election Port;
• The placemats;
• Planing and arrangements.

S67. Pink-red, 30% opaque. Faint nose. palate of artificial sweeetner. Heat, almost strawberry — a candy fake strawberry? — light at end, but still long.

S67
Eye: ruby red, clear
Nose: modarate aroma intensity, no alcohol, Bit "fart" as a defect
Mouth: medium light body, no tannins, short finish with bitter aftertaste
Score: 87+

40% opacity, red, amber rim. Lovely smooth entry, great balance and structure - silky. Chewy port. Dryness in the finish. Dried fruit flavours - cherries, cranberries. Liked this.

Deep bronzed red. Delicious nose of rhubarb and cranberry. Wonderful and smooth on entry, bringing delicious slightly jellied fruit flavours. The fruit grows dramatically on the palate, joyous and lively with the ghosts of tannins past still drifting around in the mouth. Great balance. The aftertaste is huge and aromatic and slightly peppery and leads straight into a great finish of pepper and cranberry. This is a very fine bottle of port. 92/100. Decanted 6 hours.