For The Love Of Port

Excellent! Lamont has already posted his review... I'll get to mine ASAP.

I thought all of the Ports showed well. The 1980 was the monster I was expecting - it stands out in the pictures because it looks completely out of order in the age lineup. I had it as the 2nd or 3rd darkest, behind only the 2003 and about the same as the 2000 and 2007. The 2007 was served pop-n-pour by request of several attendees, and I think that hurt its ranking. It should have had 2 days decant time to really shine. A couple of others were under-decanted by a little bit but I don't think they were affected as much as the '07.

The concensus picked the 1970 as the POTN followed by the 1980 and then the 1960. I wasn't as impressed by the 1960 (or the '63 or '66 for that matter) and had the 1994 in second with the 1980 in third essentially tied with the 2007. My scores on the night ranged from 90 to 94, mostly in the 90-91 range.

We're already planning next year's event!

Here are a couple of pictures from the event that will show you the wide variety of colors we had, as well as just how out-of-place the 1980 looked in the lineup!

In both pictures, the left side is the younger Ports while the right side is the older Ports. The crazy darkness of the 1980 is a little more visible in the second picture where you can clearly see that the only darker Port is the 2003! Simply amazing.

Right group, starting at the top, going clockwise: 1960, 1963, 1980, 1983, 1977, 1960, 1970 in the middle
Left group, starting at the top, going clockwise: 1985, 1994, 2003, 2007, 2000, 1991, 1997 in the middle