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A tasting of 1980s, on Wednesday 20th October 2021, at the Boot & Flogger, arranged George G.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1980 Fonseca;
• 1980 Taylor;
• 1980 Croft Quinta da Roêda;
• 1980 Sandeman;
• 1980 Offley;
• 1980 Burmester;
• 1980 Dow;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1980 Warre;
• 1980 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1980 Gould Campbell;
• 1980 Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• 1980 Niepoort;
• 1980 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• Placemats (mentioned in issue 151; a revisit of the design of 02Mar2012);
• Planning and arrangements.

One of six bottles acquired from Seckford in June 2021.

Level into neck, no obvious seepage.
Cork came out more or less whole. Very heavy sediment.
Double decanted and Vac-u-Vined at 0700 on morning of tasting.
Passed QA tasting.

Middling garnet hue. Smooth. Delicious black cherry wine for drinking now.

My WOTN. Relatively dark compared to others. A smooth port with cherry bakewell delight and long length. Really lovely and drinking great.

Reddish in the middle. Nose is attractive but subtle. In the mouth, very limited fruit. Slightly orangey. Little acidic. No tannins. Short aftertaste. Fine.

Pale red, slightly red/orange rim. The nose seemed a little subdued for my liking. The palate picked up a bit, with red cherries and maybe some orange blossom. I found the rather smooth aftertaste to be over too quickly, though.