Julian organised this tasting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first tasting which used placemats made by the software.
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1970 Dow
Re: 1970 Dow
40% oapcity, mature red. Strawberry and bubblegum on the nose. Soft and round, lovely chewy strawberry fruit. Very nice port. This bottle not so typical of the Dow dry style though, and colour not as deep as the F70, G70 and W70 also on show.
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Re: 1970 Dow
One thing of academic interest to note about this bottle was that it appeared to be in pint-sized format.
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Re: 1970 Dow
@ akzy - I have often experienced the same (mis-?)apprehension with other 1970 ports
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Re: 1970 Dow
We compared bottles side-by-side and it certainly seemed smaller but we couldn't confirm this wasnt a glass thickness issue (I'd go with >80% sure it was not a 75cl bottle). Did anyone take the bottle home to check?
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Re: 1970 Dow
It's the first time for me seeing for a bottle this young. Perhaps they sold them in bakers dozen to make up for itwinesecretary wrote: ↑19:03 Mon 05 Dec 2022 @ akzy - I have often experienced the same (mis-?)apprehension with other 1970 ports
Were these marketed differently by any chance?
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Re: 1970 Dow
It's just that 1970 ports seem smaller because they are so delicious...
That said there is elsewhere on this site reference to a wine society explanation of how much of their UK bottling was done in 72 and 73 cl back in the 70s
That said there is elsewhere on this site reference to a wine society explanation of how much of their UK bottling was done in 72 and 73 cl back in the 70s