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A lone bottle purchased in September 2020 from BidForWine for £1 (+postage).

Opened and double-decanted at 0800 on the morning of the Aged LBVs tasting.

T-stopper cork which was in pretty good condition. Fair amount of sediment and good colour.

Back label said "bottled 2001".

QA sample OK.

Minty brambles and damp hedgerow, very dry. By the end of the night became a muggy but pleasant drink, the brooding closed fruit showing itself a little more. Good heft to the palate.

A tasting of aged LBV ports (pre-2000), at the Boot & Flogger, on Tuesday 5th March 2024.

• Review of evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 1978 Quarles Harris LBV;
  • 1979 Warre LBV;
  • 1981 Warre LBV;
  • 1982 Warre LBV;
  • 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV;
  • 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV;
  • 1994 Fonseca LBV;
  • 1995 Delaforce LBV;
  • 1995 Reccua LBV;
  • 1997 Quinta do Noval LBV;
  • 1970 Gould Campbell LBV.

Df95 LBV. dark dark dark red, 80% opaque. Nose harmless. Palate intensely dry, of green grass. Just not right.

Inky black. Nose quite pruney. Big thick port of the 'portuguese' variety. Cloves.