Graham's 1970
Vintage Port
A great wine produced in a great year for Vintage Port.
Description
Known for its abundant rich and ripe berry flavours, good medium tannins and long finish. Graham's is one of the finest, showing all the very best characteristics of this rich Vintage.
Our Expert's Recommendation
"This wine is now beginning to reach its full maturity and is likely to be ready for drinking. As it ages further, it will begin to develop gently into a more tawny style wine. This wine has got such fantastic balance!"
Press Comments
"Dark ruby without much sign of age at the rim. Very sweet, plummy, super-‘smooth’ nose. Sweetness is the hallmark with some floral hint. Still very lively and lots of tannin still hidden under all that sumptuously ripe fruit. Very vigorous. Fresh, perfumed finish."
“Always in my top 4 of the ’70 vintage, this had the deepest darkest extraction of all four Ports in this flight. Decanted for 8 hours and well done. Some tobacco, spice, figs and treacle aromas provide the goods. The strong suite of this bottle was the exceptional balance, although it is not quite as great as ex-cellars bottles I’ve had. Vibrant, rich, youthful and almost syrupy in profile. Nonetheless, delicious and with a long life ahead, though it drinks beautifully today, it will reach maturity in ten to fifteen more years. What separates this from greater bottles of Graham’s 1970 is the length of the finish and overall complexity”.
“1970 produced some truly great wines which are only just ready to broach. Dow and Graham fall into this category and must rank among the 20th century’s great vintage ports”.
"Fullish colour, just about mature. full, firm nose. Still undeveloped. Still a bit closed. The complete wine. Fullish, just about ready. Real depth. Excellent depth. Excellent complex fruit. Delicious."
"What more could someone want in a Port ?"
Additional Information
For more information about Graham's, please visit
http://www.grahams-port.com
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