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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.

G63, decanted 08:00. Brown, 30% opaque. Palate dry, and touched by varnish. Long, but very dry.

25% opacity, red orange. Smooth, soft, nice balance, concentrated oranges.

Pale bronze in colour, 20% opaque. Another Port with a slightly soapy nose, showing very little else. The texture on the palate is lovely, thick and rounded. Slow to deliver its flavours, but the intensity of the mid-palate is huge and the late palate has fabulous complexity with lots of dried and concentrated fruit. An amazing aftertaste that is so intense and full of flavour precedes a finish which morphs from one layer of flavour to the next. Such a shame this is so closed on the nose. 90/100.

The varying tasting notes would suggest to me inadequately rinsed glasses in some cases.