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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.

Deep red with an opaque centre. Mature, but not youthful. Rich with fresh fruit on the nose. Smooth entry onto the palate wih young fruit and a generous dollop of tannins drying out the mouth. Big and rich fruit shows over the tonge, but in a way which hints at this wine being slightly closed. Dry and tannic aftertaste and a big finish full of rich, dark cherry fruit. This needs more time. Served blind it was guessed to be Dow 1994. 90/100.