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An emergency was declared for Monday 14^th April 2025, at the Boot & Flogger.

A 1977 was proffered, so another was, so another was, and the planning attracted towards an evening of 1977s. This is good.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• • 1977 Gould Campbell;
  • 1977 Dow;
  • 1977 Warre;
  • 1977 Graham;
  • 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1977 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1977 Sandeman;
  • 1977 Fonseca;
  • 1977 Taylor;
  • 1977 Niepoort;
  • Wine Society crusted bot. 2013;
  • Croft Pink & tonic;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Dark. Promising.

Absolutely smashing nose.

Rich thick fruity port, some argued a little lighter than perfect but, to me, lovely drinking now. Narrowly, WOTN.

This was a lovely port, I can’t help feeling that the way it has been stored for the last 40 years has something to do with how nice it was.

It’s basically sat snoozing in a low temperature garage under a blanket for all those years.

My only problem with this port is that I only have two remaining bottles from this batch.

Fonseca 1977. Mature brick red, 40% opaque. Gorgeous mature fruit on the nose, sweet and ripe yet with a little redcurrant jelly. Jellied redcurrant on the palate, elegant and refined but with an underlying bitterness giving structure. Fabulous lingering redcurrant jelly with a birch sap undertone. Drier than I would expect but still a glass I am thoroughly enjoying. 91/100.