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A 1966 horizontal, on Tuesday 10th September 2019, at The Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
  • 1966 Croft;
  • 1966 Fonseca;
  • 1966 Taylor;
  • 1966 Sandeman;
  • 1966 Offley;
  • 1966 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1966 Dow;
  • 1966 Warre;
  • 1966 Graham;
  • 1966 Graham, 2016 release;
  • 1966 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1966 Gould Campbell;
  • 1966 Adams;
  • 1967 Cockburn (late addition, glass placed upper-right);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made and discussion in the software thread);
• Planning and arrangements.

Decanted at 09:00 on 10th Sep 2019

G66, decanted 16:15. Red-pink, 35% opaque. This was strange. at about 5pm I’d tasted from a small glass of sediment-rich residue. That had been fantastic: large red-fruited perfectly soft mature Port. But at table, in my first glass, and in a substitute, it had maraschino cherries, saccharine sweetness, heat, great length, but a lack of loveliness / depth / complexity. They were different Ports. Hmm.

Written from memory the day after the tasting as my notes have been lost. A bottle presumed to have been stored in the UK since release. While very enjoyable, this was more evolved and less concentrated with a lighter texture than the late release bottle, Not disgraced in this line-up by any means, this was one of the tier just below the top of the tasting.