Gould Campbell Vintage Port 1977

Appearance: dark purple-red, slight orange rim. Nose: attractive black fruits but with some red plum or red cherry thrown into the mix. Some spicy notes. Fruit is more open than on previous bottles of this ’77. Palate: more appealing black and red fruits, chewy mellowing medium-high tannins, good acidity and generally well-integrated. Decent length. Conclusion: clearly high quality and of a similar weight to the Dow, although the mouth-feel is slightly different. Specifically, the Gould Campbell has ‘chunkier’ fruit and is not quite as smooth as the Dow. The fruit is only just starting to open on this Port and it has quite a life ahead of it yet. more February 9, 2008

The wine that I opened to celebrate the birth of my first child. May 14, 2006