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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.

D70: glorious red, 40% opaque; big and luscious, dry cherries, very long. This is a top-rank beauty. My Wine Of The Event.

1970 Dow. Mature brick-red colour, 80% opaque. Fresh strawberry fruit on the nose. A lovely dry Dow style on the palate with expressive ripe fruit showing a nice complexity. Fresh style of fruit on the aftertaste and finish, with the extra acidity keeping the freshness nicely focused. I rather like this, but not enough to make it my Wine of the Event. 92/100. Double decanted 3 hours.

Note taken on 12/10/25 from sample kindly bottled on night. A lovely mid garnet, looks mature but not over-mature. Cranberries on nose, palate is well fruited but very much the red currant spectrum, positively fresh, port. Acidity is definite. Very much to my taste.

50% opacity, rich red. Cranberry and blackberry on the nose. Full, rich, powerful, syrupy concentrated blackberries and cranberries, slightly dry finish (!). Super port, which improved in the glass.