Graham's, Vintage Port, 1970
Grahams 2011 fills the glass with floral, slatey and pungent dry mineral notes, alongside slightly reserved yet highly complex dark chocolate and cherry red fruit flavours. Of the 1454 pipes produced by the five Quintas that make up the Grahams blend only 131 make the final cut. This is severe selection of the highest order! The Symingtons are doing everything they can to make wines with more supple, managed tannins now and this shows thorugh in the 2011. Vibrant and graceful yet full of power, with lithe tannins, sweet mulberry fruit, redcurrant, chocolate and floral notes through a long and haunting finish. A superb Grahams.
critic reviews
Graham is another great port house, producing one of the deepest-colored and sweetest styles of vintage port. Along with Taylor and Fonseca, Graham has probably been the most consistent producer of great port in the post- World War II era. Their tawnys are quite good rather than exceptional, but their vintage ports are truly sublime and sumptuous. The 1970 is a monumental vintage port and one of the greats of the vintage. It begs to be drunk now, although it will last for at least another two decades.