1970 Dow Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:22 am
Tasting Note from Alex K
Chris G bought this from the Crusting Pipe's cellars as his contribution. Al-B knew what it was so Stevie and I went out to guess it. Quickly came to the conclusion that it was either Taylor's or Dow's due to the dryness at the back of the palate. I put a guess on 1985 Quinta da Vargellas as I knew they had it there. Stevie went for Dow 1983, which I disagreed with as I'd had it recently and this was much better. The youthfulness blew it for both of us.
We'd had this two years ago at Berry Brothers and Rudd, it was excellent then, it is excellent now.
Tasting Note from Alex B
A serious and heavyweight wine. I knew the Crusting Pipe wine list so it wasn’t fair for me to try to guess the wine when Christopher poured it. Stevie and Alex got the Dow part right but went for a wine from the early ‘80s rather than a 1970. This bottle was surprisingly dark and showed very well. It was full of stewed fruit on the nose and absolutely filled the mouth when sipped. The aftertaste was very respectable, full of mild milk chocolate. However, this was not as impressive as I have known in the past. 88/100 or 4/5.
Tasting Note from Stevie K
Yummy! Another youthful showing of this great VP. What a treat!
Chris G bought this from the Crusting Pipe's cellars as his contribution. Al-B knew what it was so Stevie and I went out to guess it. Quickly came to the conclusion that it was either Taylor's or Dow's due to the dryness at the back of the palate. I put a guess on 1985 Quinta da Vargellas as I knew they had it there. Stevie went for Dow 1983, which I disagreed with as I'd had it recently and this was much better. The youthfulness blew it for both of us.
We'd had this two years ago at Berry Brothers and Rudd, it was excellent then, it is excellent now.
Tasting Note from Alex B
A serious and heavyweight wine. I knew the Crusting Pipe wine list so it wasn’t fair for me to try to guess the wine when Christopher poured it. Stevie and Alex got the Dow part right but went for a wine from the early ‘80s rather than a 1970. This bottle was surprisingly dark and showed very well. It was full of stewed fruit on the nose and absolutely filled the mouth when sipped. The aftertaste was very respectable, full of mild milk chocolate. However, this was not as impressive as I have known in the past. 88/100 or 4/5.
Tasting Note from Stevie K
Yummy! Another youthful showing of this great VP. What a treat!