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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 1 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Quarles Harris;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Gould Campbell LBV;
  • BBR;
  • Warre;
  • Dow;
  • Graham;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Noval;
  • Noval Nacional.

W70: glorious dark red, 65% opaque; dry with dark cherries, intense white pepper mid-palate, but light at end. Liked, but too light for points.

1970 Warre. Dark brick red, darker than the BBR own selection tasted alongside. Faint but attractive spiced fruit nose. Rather lovely raspberry and bramble fruit on the palate. Elegant and beautifully balanced with a gentle, fruit-led lingering loganberry finish. This is a wine I like!  93/100. Double decanted 3 hours.

Note taken on 12/10/25 from sample kindly bottled on night. Now indistinguishable in colour from the BBR. Nose possibly slightly fruitier than the BBR. Palate has nice raspberries but is softer than the BBR. Attractive, but I prefer the BBR tonight.

50% opacity, rich red. Bramble on the nose. Lovely rich, full mouthfeel, concentrated raspberries. Liked enough for a point from me.