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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.

Pleasant but unexciting pale cloudy port.

Cloudy. Not much on the nose and palate not very nice.

30 % opacity, tan brown. End of note.

Nose: caramel and popcorn.
Palate: sharp eucalyptus and caramel on the palate. A little popcorn. Tastes more like a tawny, but not an enjoyable one.

Ducal 1977, from Douro Wine Shippers & Growers Association. Rose-gold colour, 20% opaque but full of sediment. Very little on the nose, just a hint of preserved cherry. Generous acidity on the palate, gentle tannins but rather dry. Apricot and white cherry aftertaste and finish. Fresh, inoffensive and while not a wine I’d ask to have refilled, I did finish the glass. 86/100. Decanted 6.5 hours. (As was the Morano at this tasting, also from Douro Wine Shippers & Growers.)