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1977s were tasted by a strict subset of the obvious folks, on Tuesday 11^th June 2024, at the Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Martin Coulson.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 1977 Warre;
  • 1977 Dow;
  • 1977 Graham;
  • 1977 Gould Campbell;
  • 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1977 Berry’s Own Selection ≈ Quarles Harris;
  • 1977 Offley Boa Vista;
  • 1977 Ferreira;
  • 1977 Sandeman;
  • 1977 Fonseca Panascal;
  • 1977 Fonseca;
  • 1977 Taylor;
  • 1977 Croft;
  • 1977 Delaforce;
  • 1977 Morgan;
  • 1977 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1977 Niepoort;
  • 1977 Royal Oporto;
  • 1977 Morano;
  • 1977 Ducal;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Opened and double decanted at 1000 on the morning of the tasting. QA sample all fine, no TCA.

Bottle:

Watery rim. Nice, not over-emphasised, nose. Strawberry jam on palate. Good example of a lighter less extracted port.

Quite pale. Light nose. Palate better, but a touch medicinal.

Fr77, red-pink, 25% opaque. Light; some alcohol; flabby.

45% opacity, mature red-orange.
Soft entry, slightly metallic palate, chewy strawberries and cherries.
This was my bottle, which tasted better at time of decant. Perhaps Fr77 is now a candidate for pop and pour.

Nose: red fruits. Not punchy.
Palate: red cherries and quite a lot of tannic grip. Some tangerine acidity developed later. A bit simple compared to its peers. Got better in the glass later on. Ok to good.

1977 Ferreira: Light rose red colour, 30% opaque. Some sweet, slightly flabby fruit on the nose. Better balance on entry with Strawberry fruit and good acidity; tannins on the mid-palate are gentle. A little tobacco sits in the fruit on the late patate. There is a pleasant grip on the aftertaste, within the sweet redcurrant. A fantastic lingering finish. 87/100. Tasted 11-Jun-2024. Decanted 9 hours.