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Bottled by Tanners. Darkest of the wines of the night; rich and red in colour, about 60% opaque. Slightly muted on the nose, mostly showing secondary redcurrants with a bit of spice. Lovely rich texture in the mouth, medium- to full-bodied, with a big acidic core through the heart of a huge mandarin flavour. A touch of bitterness in the mandarin. A big aftertaste, with a full finish of red boiled sweets that brought a slight medicinal tone. Lovely port, probably drinking as well as it ever will. 91/100. Drunk 27 September 2010.

In The Douro Valley with Friends, Harvest 2010:

• Friday 24 September 2010
  • 1992 Vesuvio reserve colheita;
  • 1960 Fonseca (α alpha);
  • 1963 Graham (β beta);
  • 1963 Taylor (γ gamma);
  • 1977 Graham (tregnum) (δ delta);
• Saturday 25 September 2010
  • 1970 Niepoort (η eta);
  • 1977 Gould Campbell (θ theta);
  • 1970 Warre (ι iota);
  • 1960 Dow (κ kappa);
  • 1970 Dow (λ lambda);
  • 1958 Warre (μ mu);
  • 1934 Warre (ν nu);
• Sunday 26 September 2010
  • 1963 Fonseca (Ï„ tau);
  • 1966 Fonseca (Ï… upsilon);
  • 1970 Fonseca (φ phi);
  • 1977 Fonseca (χ chi);
  • 1994 Vesuvio (ψ psi);
• Monday 27 September 2010, afternoon
  • 1992 Quevedo colheita (а a);
  • 1994 Quevedo colheita (б be);
  • 1996 Quevedo colheita (в ve);
  • 2000 Quevedo colheita (г ge);
  • 2004 Quevedo LBV (д de);
  • 2008 Quevedo Quinta Vale D’Agodinho (е ie);
  • 1970 Offley Boa Vista;
• Monday 27 September 2010, evening
  • 1970 Gould Campbell;
  • 1963 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1967 Martinez;
  • 1983 Quinta do Noval Nacional (#1);
  • 1983 Quinta do Noval Nacional (#2);
  • 1968 Quinta do Noval colheita;
  • 1965 Quinta do Noval Crusted;
  • 1963 Cockburn;
  • 1970 Taylor.

GC70: second darkest at the table. Nose subdued, with dark plum. Boiled sweets / cough mixture. Very sweet and delicious. In the mouth very sweet. Big flavour of plums. Black Maynards wine gums. Lovely.

Later slightly hollow, though still lovely. Much liked by me.