1960 Graham

[jdaw1]

On Thursday 3^rd January 2019, four of us gathered at The Boot & Flogger for an emergency.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1970 Dow (JDAW);
• 1960 Graham (AHB);
• 1966 Graham (CPR);
• 1997 Graham (IDJ);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

G60, decanted 18:00. Red-pink, 30% opaque. Nose had varnish. Palate had heat and grit, maraschino cherry mid-palate, and sweet late palate.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mid-shoulder fill bottle but with a good colour. Red ochre colour, cloudy but despite the cloudiness the wine was only 50% opaque. Spicy, lively and vibrant nose with a very slight oxidised tone. Some heat shows on the entry, and there is a lot of heat on the palate: spice, chilli and cracked peppercorn. Somewhere in the heat is a little bruised cherry, with a good Christmas cake complexity. Heat and peppercorn on the finish; soft bruised cherry on the finish, illuminated with chilli heat. This is a soft and mature Port with a very long finish. 88/100. Decanted ½ hour.