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The 2017s were tasted on Tuesday 25th June 2019, at The Boot & Flogger.

Many thanks to the many shippers who sent bottles, and to Alex for organising.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• The 2017s:
  1. Bulas 2017;
  2. Burmester 2017;
  3. Churchill 2017;
  4. Churchill Quinta da Gricha 2017;
  5. Cockburn 2017;
  6. Quinta do Crasto 2017;
  7. Croft 2017;
  8. Croft Quinta da Roêda Sērikos 2017;
  9. Dalva 2017;
  10. Dow 2017;
  11. Fonseca 2017;
  12. Graham 2017;
  13. Graham The Stone Terraces 2017;
  14. Quinta do Javali 2017;
  15. Kopke 2017;
  16. Quinta das Lamelas 2017;
  17. Martha 2017;
  18. Maynard 2017;
  19. Maynard Organic 2017;
  20. Niepoort 2017;
  21. Quinta do Noval 2017;
  22. Quinta do Noval Nacional 2017;
  23. Pintas 2017;
  24. Poças 2017;
  25. Portal 2017;
  26. Portal Muros 2017;
  27. Quevedo 2017;
  28. Ramos Pinto 2017;
  29. Ramos Pinto Quinta de Ervamoira 2017;
  30. Quinta da Romaneira 2017;
  31. La Rosa 2017;
  32. Quinta da Sequeira 2017;
  33. Skeffington 2017;
  34. Taylor 2017;
  35. Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha 2017;
  36. Quinta do Vale Meão 2017;
  37. Quinta do Vallado 2017;
  38. Quinta do Vallado Adelaide 2017;
  39. Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  40. Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  41. Vieira de Sousa 2017;
  42. Warre 2017;
• Sticky labels and TN pages (which caused some additions to the list of Port House abbreviations).
• Planing and arrangements.

B3: Citrus. Orange? Sweet tannic, grippy fruit. Another longer term prospect. Fruit concentration with good acid grip and length. This is a serious port with long future. {Warres}

Loads of fruit here, pretty heavy and dominated by strawberry fruits. Very very sweet top notes but with a lot of grippy tannins too. Seems to have good potential, when it comes together this may be excellent. Good.

(tasted sighted) A star performer! Deep purple, expressive nose of blackcurrant, some vanilla and spice. Beautifully integrated even at this stage with a full body and silky smooth tannins. Wow! 98/100

Tasted blind. Deep in colour looking to be a well extracted wine. Slightly herbaceous nose, showing hay rather than the blackcurrant normally expected from young Port. Smooth and elegant with sweet fruit that grows on the palate. The fruit is nicely fragranced on the mid-palate with lots of ripe tannins. The finish is fruit dominated. A nice Port which is slightly uneven across the nose, palate and finish. This may settle down with a few more weeks in bottle. 87-89/100.