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The Horizontal of 1970s, definite article, was held over two days and five flights, Thursday 2^nd and Friday 3^rd October 2025, at the Boot & Flogger, as organised by Mike who was assisted by Julian.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Bottle pictures;
• Planning, flight 0, Thu 2^nd Oct 2025;
• Planning, flights 1–4, Fri 3^rd Oct 2025;
• Placemats;
• Flight 0 (Thu 2^nd Oct 2025):
  • Andresen;
  • Hutcheson;
  • Martins (Hutcheson);
  • Dalva (C. da Silva);
  • Dalva;
  • Borges;
  • Barros;
  • Cabral;
  • Diez Hermanos;
  • Feist;
  • Osborne;
  • Santos Júnior;
  • Dolamore;
  • Hunt Roope (Tuke Holdsworth);
  • Maia;
  • Pousada;
  • Thienpoint (Butler Nephew);
  • Mackenzie;
  • Messias Quinta do Cachão;
  • Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas;
  • Graham tregnum.

Dl70 (C. da Silva): red-brown, 40% opaque; palate odd, soft caramel sweetness and aniseed. Noted as “Junior”.

Good clear reddish brown. Good clean nose. Quite a bit of apricot fruit. Not bad. Finish a bit indeterminate.

1970 from C. da Silva, Oporto bottled under the C. da Silva label. More bronze red colour from most in this flight, 60% opaque. Some dried vine fruit on the nose. Showing some life on the palate with a little ripe tangerine fruit. Tinned tangerines on the mineral and metallic fruit aftertaste and finish. Lovely canned tangerine finish that persists for a decent time. 85/100.