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DRT’s annual medical dose of Port from his birth year was administered on Tue 26^th Mar 2019 at The Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Graham (from THRA);
• 1960 Warre (from MPM);
• 1960 Croft (from RGO);
• 1963 Graham (from SCP);
• 1963 Morgan (from CMAG);
• 1965 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas (from DRT);
• 1965 Dow Quinta do Bomfim (from AHB);
• 1966 Fonseca (from JDAW);
• 1970 Butler Nephew (from PW);
• 1970 Graham (from BMHR);
• 1970 Fonseca (from DRT);
• 1970 Smith Woodhouse (from IDJ);
• 1977 Warre (from DRL);
• 1977 Taylor (from CPR);
• 1980 Smith Woodhouse (from AKZY);
• The Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

G60, decanted 16:15. Brown-red, 35% opaque. Nose had smoke. Palate on edge of dryness, with heat mid-palate. Very long, but dry. Drink up.

25% opacity, red-orange, slightly cloudy. Smooth entry, very gentle heat towards the finish. Sweet fruit, hints of oranges, drying out a little.

Reddish brick-brown, 30% opaque. Slightly soapy tone to the redcurrant nose, which is nicely pronounced. Balanced entry, with the fruit a little dirty - perhaps a hint of weevil damage. Something quite unpleasant comes trhough on the mid-palate and dominates the late palate. A bottle to spit.

Two days later a tasting sample made it clear this was a wine which had been damaged by cork weevils.