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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.

W60, decanted 17:00. Red-brown, 40% opaque. Palate big and still sweet. Dry mid-palate, but still a hint of red fruit.

30% opacity, red-orange. Dried fruits and caramels on the nose. Smooth entry, very gentle heat towards the finish, sweet, dried cranberries.

UK bottled by an unknown bottler. The colour of polished redwood, mature and attractive; 30% opaque. A lovely nose of perfumed redcurrant and sandalwood. Full of fruit on the palate, mature and spiced with wonderful complexity. The palate is really lovely, with an elegance and balance that is so Warre. Superb aftertaste with a wonderful explosion of mature fruit, full of dried citrus zest, and a long finish of infinite flavours. A wonderful wine to sip and contemplate the world. 92/100.