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The Horizontal of 1970s, definite article, was held over two days and five flights, Thursday 2^nd and Friday 3^rd October 2025, at the Boot & Flogger, as organised by Mike who was assisted by Julian.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Bottle pictures;
• Planning, flight 0, Thu 2^nd Oct 2025;
• Planning, flights 1–4, Fri 3^rd Oct 2025;
• Placemats;
• Flight 0 (Thu 2^nd Oct 2025):
  • Andresen;
  • Hutcheson;
  • Martins (Hutcheson);
  • Dalva (C. da Silva);
  • Dalva;
  • Borges;
  • Barros;
  • Cabral;
  • Diez Hermanos;
  • Feist;
  • Osborne;
  • Santos Júnior;
  • Dolamore;
  • Hunt Roope (Tuke Holdsworth);
  • Maia;
  • Pousada;
  • Thienpoint (Butler Nephew);
  • Mackenzie;
  • Messias Quinta do Cachão;
  • Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas;
  • Graham tregnum.

Diez Hermanos 1970: orange-brown, 30% opaque; palate = “oranges, Cointreau, so interesting, but not actually good.”

Reddish brown. Nose mute. Palate quite nice. Prunes. Cream. Good. Still drinking well on re-examination later. A point from me.

1970 Diez Hermanos, Oporto bottled. An attractive and bright colour in the glass, mature bronzed red that is 40% opaque. Gentle jellied fruit nose. Pleasant jellied fruit on the palate which grows nicely to a decent volume. The aftertaste is a little harsh but the overall presentation of the wine is rather nice. I would enjoy this if opened for home drinking. It’s gentle and full of jellied fruit. 87/100. Double decanted 9 hours.