1970 Graham Vintage Port

[John Danza]

• 1970 Graham Porto Vintage - Portugal, Douro, Porto (4/25/2012)
  Fully mature, the color being brown but healthy. The wine had an odd nose of moth balls mixed in with sweet plums. Perhaps the bottle was flawed, but it was still a pleasant wine with sweet plums and only a little heat from the alcohol on the palate. This one was acquired upon release and stored in excellent conditions from that time, so I can't explain the odd nose. It was good with the chocolate mousse dessert. (88 pts.)

[Andy Velebil]

Sorry to read this didn't show so well, must have been an off bottle. Normally this is still very youthful and in the short top list for VP from this vintage. IMO, I think it's holding up better than the Taylors.

[Roy Hersh]

I disagree with Andy, but it is just a matter of personal taste. I've had so many great bottles of 1970 in recent times (no less over the past couple of decades), that only the 1970 Fonseca and more so, the 1970 Nacional (which Stewart and I had two nights ago) best the Taylor. That said, for me, the Graham's is the 4th best of all 1970's and I love it too. YMMV.

[Andy Velebil]

I disagree with Andy, but it is just a matter of personal taste. I've had so many great bottles of 1970 in recent times (no less over the past couple of decades), that only the 1970 Fonseca and more so, the 1970 Nacional (which Stewart and I had two nights ago) best the Taylor. That said, for me, the Graham's is the 4th best of all 1970's and I love it too. YMMV.

I knew that would get ya going While I love the Taylor's from 1970 my experience with it is it has reached a peak and will no longer get better. Mind you, I didn't say it was in the decline but rather on a nice plateau where it should hold for a number of years still. Whereas the Graham's still has youthfulness and room to improve with more age and has not hit its drinking plateau yet. In that respect the nod has to go to Graham's.