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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 2 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Taylor Vargellas;
  • Taylor;
  • Fonseca;
  • Croft Quinta da Roêda;
  • Croft;
  • Avery;
  • Ferreira;
  • Sandeman;
  • Offley Boa Vista.

CrR70: dark dark red, 60% opaque; light bitter hollow.

1970 Croft Roêda. Slightly cloudy appearance. A little harsh fruit on the nose. Sweet coffee on the palate, with some bruised cherry on the late palate. The acidity is slightly out of balance with the fully mature fruit. Bruised cherry finish with a bit of heat. Not unpleasant, but not a great wine. 85/100. Oporto botted. Double decanted 5 hours.

Note taken on 12/10/25 from sample kindly bottled on night. Slightly cloudy but still red-orange rather than red. Cafe creme on nose. Palate is a bit harsh.