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On Wednesday 9th August 2017 we gathered at The Boot & Flogger to taste some port.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1977 Fonseca (MPM I);
• 1977 Rebello Valente (CPR I: one half of a magnum);
• 1977 Rebello Valente (CPR II: another half of a magnum);
• 1970 Sandeman (DRL);
• 1983 Ramos Pinto (IDJ);
• 1970 Taylor (AHB);
• 1992 Churchill Agua Alta (SCD);
• 1970 Ramos Pinto (JDAW adopted from IDJ);
• 1977 Berry Bros & Rudd (Quarles Harris) (WPS);
• 1997 Noval (CMAG);
• 1975 Dow (TEF adopted from AHB);
• 1961 Krohn (TC);
• 1977 Smith Woodhouse (MPM II);
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

45% opacity, rich warm red. Rich, full mouthfeel, red fruits. Pleasant but not spectacular.

Good red colour, no purple but no bricking; 70% opaque. A big nose with lots of sweet red cherry fruit. Sweet on the palate, lacking a little acidity. Air improves the palate and adds some hints of peppercorn. Big and round and with a decent level of acidity, but where the acidity is mostly hidden behind the sweet ripe fruit. Vague hints of dry woody tannins remain on the afteraste, which is followed by a fragrant finish of great length. Served blind, this was guessed to be Calem 1985. 83/100. 09-Aug-17. Decanted 11 hours.

F77. Red red pink, 50% opaque. Plums and mid-weight sweetness.