6 magnums per 6 magnums
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SUBSTANTIAL PARCELS OF GOOD-QUALITY PORT RANGING FROM 1977 TO THE RECENT 1997 VINTAGES
Lying in Gloucestershire at Christie's designated warehouse, (Octavian)
Offered in original wooden cases
Dow--Vintage 1977
Parcel: lots 167 to 172
Tasting note: In 1979 crisp, ruby purple; spirity, beef-tea nose; sweet, full yet fleshy. Loads of all the appropriate component parts. Over two dozen well-spaced notes later illustrating the beginning of colour loss in mid-1980s, though still ruby, intense, translucent. The nose endlessly fascinating with sweet, fig-like fruit, a squeeze of tangerine, cognac-like spirit, tight-knit but developing fragrance. A decade later rich, intense, almost explosively assertive, with the grip of a good vintage and long lean dry finish. Attractive bottles in the late 1990s and, most recently, a very fragrantly scented magnum almost eau de cologne (we were informed that this very distinctive herbal nose is common to all 77s). Unusual, high-toned, delicious. MB (1998)
See als lots 161.
6 magnums per 6 magnums
Lying in Gloucestershire at Christie's designated warehouse, (Octavian)
Offered in original wooden cases
Dow--Vintage 1977
Parcel: lots 167 to 172
Tasting note: In 1979 crisp, ruby purple; spirity, beef-tea nose; sweet, full yet fleshy. Loads of all the appropriate component parts. Over two dozen well-spaced notes later illustrating the beginning of colour loss in mid-1980s, though still ruby, intense, translucent. The nose endlessly fascinating with sweet, fig-like fruit, a squeeze of tangerine, cognac-like spirit, tight-knit but developing fragrance. A decade later rich, intense, almost explosively assertive, with the grip of a good vintage and long lean dry finish. Attractive bottles in the late 1990s and, most recently, a very fragrantly scented magnum almost eau de cologne (we were informed that this very distinctive herbal nose is common to all 77s). Unusual, high-toned, delicious. MB (1998)
See als lots 161.
6 magnums per 6 magnums
Special notice
ParcelWineVAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.