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Rebello Valente, and Quinta de la Rosa, on Thursday 21^st November 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Phil Wakely.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1927 Rebello Valente;
• 1942 Rebello Valente;
• 1945 Rebello Valente;
• 1947 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 Rebello Valente;
• 1960 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1963 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1966 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 de la Rosa, Quinta;
• 1972 Rebello Valente;
• 1977 Rebello Valente magnum;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

RV55. Red pink, 25% opaque. Burnt plastic, very dry mid palate, some red cherry behind. The late palate is much superior, having sweet maraschino cherry.

20% opacity, red brown. Ice cream, vanilla on the nose. Soft and smooth entry, very light heat late palate, caramel and vanilla. I gave this some points, but when I returned later, it was less impressive.

A fine mature burnished copper-red colour, 30% opaque. Slightly mineralised fruit on the nose, with sweeter fruit under the mineral layer. Medium bodied on the palate with a dry core, the fruit beginning to dry out. The mid- and late-palate shows the fruit with more clarity, the fruit growing and eventually dominating. The aftertaste highlights the elegance of the fruit and the wine, with a very good red liquorice finish. This is currently unbalanced, but many 1955 Ports are and may be going through a down phase in their evolution. Have patience, this has a lot of good points which may just need another year or two to come together again. 91/100.