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Monday 24th April 2023, in the Boot & Flooger, the theme having shifted from “Bring a Bottle” to a reprise of a tasting thirty years before.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1963 Taylor;
• 1963 Graham;
• 1963 Martinez;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1970 Cockburn;
• 1970 Noval;
• 1970 Dow;
• 1970 Gould Campbell;
• 1970 Unknown;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1992 Graham Malvedos;
• 2011 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort);
• 1975 Chiltern Valley Syrah= †;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

T70. Palate of plastic candy: not good.

30% opacity, mature red-orange. Sweet sugary nose, caramel but also hints of something more astringent. Smooth, chewy fruit, apricot, mid-weight, short finish.

Bottled by Grants of St James. A lovely mature bronze colour. Lively and fresh on the nose, full of fruit; fruit which delivers a lovely palate with just a little heat showing. Bruised apple, golden sultana merge together on the tongue to give a lovely mouthful of dried fruit. A warm aftertaste, infused with menthol and leading to a little dried red fruit and a fresh cranberry finish. 93/100.