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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.

SW70. Red-pink, 60% opaque. Palate magnificent: black pepper; sweet; large; wonderful. But the late palate was a touch light.

45% opacity, mature red. Red fruit on the nose. Full, rich mouthfeel, gentle heat in the finish. Peppery, strawberry.

A lovely mature red colour, 50% opaque. Big on the nose with lots of spiced dried fruit, a nose that is really well developed. Poised entry, youthful and very vigorous; full of tannins and red fruit. The fruit is lovely, but too youthful to have developed the complexity it will show one day. A wonderful birch sap tone to the aftertaste and a slightly bitter fruit finish. This is fresh, nicely balanced - and very young. 88/100.