1980 Dow's Vintage Port
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Second bottle. Mid-deep garnet. Fragrant and somewhat brandied nose, with fresh herb tones and layers of rich, dried black fruit. Supple and fruity on the palate, and its tannins are well resolved. Attractive, spicy length with a juiciness. (TJ)
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Healthy crimson with a deep garnet rim. Light putty nose. Tastes like claret! Relatively dry. Great balance but not that sweet. Very stylistically dry and different. (JR)
Very dark crimson still with only a hint of age on the rim. Intense nose with a hint of mint. Complex, round and integrated with plump plummy fruit but a dry, peppery finish. A sort of Hermitage style of vintage port. A vintage unfairly overshadowed by the 1977 – although it’s a very irregular vintage with some poor examples. Lovely dry sign-off but lots of fruit as well as the tannins. A bargain! Really vigorous. (JR)
Very youthful concentrated crimson with gradated rim. Rich, savoury, licorice. Rather raw note on the nose but an interesting burnt character too. This is a super-confident wine bursting on to the palate. Very youthful and powerful. Tannins a little bit obvious but un-ignorable! (JR)