Portwine tasting of the 1970s decade
During Port Wine Day, on the 10th of September, I was invited to this masterclass. The subject was Portwine from the 1970s decade. The tasting was conducted by the highly acclaimed Technical Director from IVDP Mr. Bento Amaral. The 1970s was a decade with only few declared Vintage Port vintages. 1970, 75 and 77. Normally we only have 3 in a decade, so this set the decade in the “normal” category. We had the pleasure of tasting very different types of Port, so to declare an overall winner would not be fair. We had classic Vintage Port and Colheitas, as expected. The fun came in with a Golden White Tawny and an exceptional Garrafeira. So we ended up tasting 16 different bottles in four categories.
We were given very good impressions on the weather in the different vintages, but I did not…