1980 Calem Foz

[jdaw1]

An excellent vertical of Cálem and Cálem Quinta da Foz, on 29th November 2017, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by PhilW.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1935 Cálem;
• 1958 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1960 Cálem;
• 1963 Cálem;
• 1963 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1966 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1970 Cálem;
• 1970 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1977 Cálem;
• 1980 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1983 Cálem;
• 1985 Cálem;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

CáF80, decanted 07:00. Red, 40% opaque. Dirty.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Lightly toned pale rose red, 30% opaque. Soap and cranberry nose, quite pronounced and developed. A lovely cranberry entry, fiercely acidic with dusty tannins under the sour and under-ripe fruit. Big flavours and lots of acidity with ghosts of the soapy flavours at the end of the palate. A big soap and cranberry finish of decent length although not as long as most other vintages tasted at this vertical. Sour and tart, but with such an acidic core that this will last for many decades. 82/100. 13½ hour double decant.