1970 Graham

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It really was an emergency.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole
• 1985 Graham
• 1970 Graham
• 1985 Martinez
• 1976 Fonseca Guimaraens
• 1977 Fonseca
• 1977 Taylor
• 2020 Churchill (off theme)
• Planning and arrangements
• Placemats

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50% opacity, dark red, pink rim. Strawberries on the nose. Rich, round and chewy, strawberries, nice balance.

[Alex Bridgeman]

A lovely mature red colour, pure in tone; 80% opaque. Fragrant nose, floral and perfumed, filling the nose with fragrance. Smooth entry with generous redcurrant and lots of spice. Perhaps a little spikey, the fruit being generous but the alcohol protruding a little (a problem which was fixed by cooling the glass in an ice bucket for a few minutes). A lovely finish, bitter cranberry with hints of blueberry, generous and long. A nice glass of wine, but not spectacular. 91/100. Decanted 4½ hours.