1970 Dow's Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Dow 1970 2 hours decanter time.
Deep colour, deep centre which holds into the rim. Nose is a bit closed, but reminds me of the smell you get when you open a tin of fruit cocktail canned in light syrup. The wine tastes sweet and fills the mouth with its flavours. Lovely brown sugar flavours but still a strong, tanninc core. Fruit is ever present as a mature redcurrant and cranberry mixture. The aftertaste is warm and glowing. The alcohol kicks it off but doesn't burn. The initial flavours of brown sugar and treacle morph into a bitter coffee and then keeps going for ages. A much more impressive showing that the bottle drunk at dinner after Vesuvio, this was a bottle which is possibly still not at its peak. 93/100

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