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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.

ROC70: brown, 30% opaque; nose of mint; palate was “no!”.

This was truly nasty ....

Brown, pale rim. Warm palate, but not really port.

1970 Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas. Oporto bottled. A murky appearance that makes the wine look rather unattractive. A little better on the nose but on the palate the wine is very evolved to the point of being bland. There is some berry fruit on the palate, which shows better on the aftertaste and finish - lots of orange citrus jelly. Hollow, with not much to it. 82/100.