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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.

For the NN70, some did and some didn’t, as indicated by a variation within the placemats:

(See, in placemats manual, GlassesCirclesFadingFactor and GlassesCrossedOut.)

NN70: cloudy, red-red-orange, 50% opaque; smooth, some heat, dry, mid-palate a touch of aniseed.

1970 Quinta do Noval Nacional. Slightly cloudy appearance, but a gentle brick red colour. A very soft cocktail cherry fruit nose. Soft cocktail cherries on the palate with a gentle set of tannins providing a bit of a backbone. Floral and expressive with an impressive and very long finish. Delicious but a little disappointing. 91/100. Double decanted 3 hours. Oporto bottled.

55% opacity, dark red. Full, powerful, concentrated cranberry. Liked - 1 point.