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| | Vintage | 1977 |  Label 1 of 257 
 | | Type | Red - Fortified | | Producer | Graham (web) | | Variety | Port Blend | | Designation | Vintage | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | Portugal | | Region | Douro | | SubRegion | n/a | | Appellation | Porto | | UPC Code(s) | 085000025338, 086003003637, 094799010227, 094799010456, 094799010524, 094799010616, 094799011064, 5010867400689, 5010867400702, 5010867440425, 5310868440425 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 328 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by SpenceP on 3/18/2024 & rated 95 points: Figs, caramel, milk chocolate, cherries, hints of spices, especially cinnamon, and just a touch of mint, followed by a fabulously long and intense aftertaste. This is special. No hurry. (Tasted over two hours from the Jancis Robinson glass.) (1252 views) | | | Tasted by CleverCorkage on 3/7/2024 & rated 95 points: Drinking exceptionally well but this bottle might be at its peak. Haunting pronounced aromas of cigar box, violets, fig, raisined red fruit , and a medley of sweet baking spices. Very delicate initially with fully resolved tannins and perfectly integrated alcohol (20.7% ABV), BUT picked up considerable weight and density at the two hour mark. Long persistent finish and the sweeter Graham's style that I adore. Most importantly shared with family at the end of a gathering alongside Roquefort and toasted walnut brownies. (1287 views) | | | Tasted by PDavisMarble on 3/3/2024 & rated 93 points: From magnum. Consistent with the last bottle, though more subtle and complex. The additional 10 years has helped. The raisin and fig notes remain, though the essence of candied ginger, orange zest, cinnamon and nutmeg began to emerge with more time in the glass. (1379 views) | | | Tasted by TooManyBottles19 on 3/2/2024 & rated 94 points: Double decanted three to four hours prior to drinking. No signs of leakage, cork did come apart into two pieces and some cork debris fell into the wine but it was strained out with cheesecloth as part of the decant. Shared with a wonderful woman as dessert at home after dinner out. This wine delivered, was really good.
This is a little lighter and fruiter than some of the other 1977s I have tried. But the flavors are pure and long, the finish clean. It made you want to savor each sip and take another. Which I guess all really good port does.
Calling it a 94 on an uninflated CT scale, really can't justify anything less. (1307 views) | | | Tasted by WTF My Email was Here? on 1/14/2024 & rated 95 points: Medium garnet color. Cork showed some minimal signs of seepage. Cork was soaked through.
Great body and light fruit on the palate. Still lots of ruit but nice caramel/honey notes running through. Probably a bit past peak but still drinking great. (2346 views) | | | Tasted by BernieMSY on 12/28/2023 & rated 94 points: Crumbly cork Bright garnet red, with a touch of additional bricking at the edges. Raisinated nose.
Outstanding depth, balanced sweetness. Essentially, a grape cordial. Lingering finish, nuanced and delicious. This one can easily go for two more decades or more. (1910 views) | | | Tasted by franm on 12/22/2023 & rated 91 points: cheers - delicious, very fine subdued flavors....another great port for Rudy and I....enjoyed with our usual charcuterie and french bread (1930 views) | | | Tasted by 2ndvinwine on 12/12/2023 & rated 100 points: An exceptional bottle! The only thing that would make this bottle better is more time. I could age it for another hundred years and it would be better, but the wine that is inside cannot be improved. 100/100. (2280 views) | | | Tasted by Harley1199 on 11/23/2023: By the glass. Aromas of figs, frosted fruits or baking oven. Soft on the palate but at the same time concentrated and spicy. Sweet and very long. Definitely deep. Very big. Graham, for decades always on my team.
Por copas. Aromas a higos, frutas escarchadas o horno de obrador. Suave al paladar pero al mismo tiempo concentrado y especiado. Dulce y muy largo. Definitivamente profundo. Muy grande. Graham, desde hace décadas siempre en mi equipo. (2694 views) | | | Tasted by theportguy on 10/14/2023 & rated 95 points: Sammamish Port Club - 1970's Ports (Seattle, Washington): Clear with medium purple tones. Dark fruit with just a hint of Bramble fruit. There is a really great complexity here on the palate, but at the same time it drinks like a smooth, well-integrated wine. The finish has a nice crescendo and fruit and balanced acidity. (2120 views) | | | Tasted by OenophilistMN on 9/18/2023 & rated 94 points: The bottle was kept upright for 4 days. The port was decanted through a screened funnel 4 hours before consumption. Plenty of sediment in the screen (and even a little in the bottom of the decanter when the port was gone). Crimson bowl lightening to a pinkish rim with a small clear halo. The nose was wonderful: plums, caramel and brown sugar. In the mouth: figs, more plums, butterscotch, Luxor cherries and a wonderful chocolate finish. No noticeable heat on the long finish. Port was as smooth on the tongue as could be from the moment it entered the mouth until it was swallowed. Perfect example of what Vintage Port should be. My dining companions indicated it went well with key lime pie (if they say so). (2664 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 5/14/2023 & rated 93 points: Drank over a month. Delightful, aged color, good fruit, love the finish. (3401 views) | | | Tasted by VlgJeff on 12/31/2022 & rated 92 points: A New Year's Eve Gathering at our place: Consumed (and greatly enjoyed) the other half of the bottle opened on 12/25/21. It's one year later and this bottle has been standing in a door shelf in our fridge for all that time. Remember, it was in a 375 ml screw cap bottle that was filled to the brim after the original bottle saw some 8 hours of decanter time. Only some faint evidence of "aging" during the past year as the nose and palate were just a bit less robust. An unopened bottle should continue to hold for several more years.
This port was enjoyed by those who chose the all-chocolate Buche de Noel for dessert. (3754 views) | | | Tasted by talbot61 on 12/27/2022 & rated 94 points: Delicious. Relatively light body but full intensity and balance, and a range of tasty flavors -- fig and plum pudding and clove and nutmeg. Mature, with no sign of old age. This doesn't have the enormous depth of the greatest vintage ports (Taylor or Noval 1963), but that is setting a very high bar. (3185 views) | | | Tasted by AudunG on 12/24/2022 & rated 90 points: Aromas of prunes and raisind, nuts and some wood. Rather slender and almost tawny like on the palate. Still plenty of fruit left. (3120 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 12/14/2022 & rated 92 points: Transparent light garnet red. In the bouquet raisins and sweet red berries. On the palate dried fruits and chocolate. Beautifully complex and mature with a good balance between acidity and sweetness. (3069 views) | | | Tasted by mowtod on 11/25/2022 & rated 79 points: Thin sweet with little character but pleasant (2573 views) | | | Tasted by yonster24 on 11/15/2022: Had this with Brian G. No official notes but this was in an absolute perfect spot. Drop dead gorgeous bottle of wine. This isn't getting any better, but will hold here for a quite a few more years. Wish I had taken more detailed notes, but regardless...this was absolutely fantastic. (2157 views) | | | Tasted by Shrewsram on 11/11/2022 & rated 92 points: We had a bottle to recork/wax... the seal was damaged and it looked like a a hole too. Upon taking the capsule off, the cork was found in the wine! So the bottle was opened for interest and inspection:
Decanted 10/11/2022
Tawny, cola-like appearance. Mellow nose of old wood, sense of softness, notes of brown sugar, dried old kirsch, raisin/tobacco, cola, a sandiness… and the spirit very easy-going.
Full and sweet attack, there was some pocketed spice and fire, a flash of acidity and tang. Overall mellow, a honeyed sweetness throughout with some (not liquorice...)cassia bark? Resolved tannins but a sense of powerful structure, this was long, rounded, juicy and sweet. Delicious and a surprise considering the 'closure'. (2231 views) | | | Tasted by jc510 on 11/3/2022: amazing port, still good after being open for a few months. (2318 views) | | | Tasted by HODL on 10/6/2022 & rated 95 points: This wine was phenomenal.
Decanted for at least 3 hours at dinner before trying it.
Still vibrant fruit left in this, although many dried and stewed fruit characteristics..So basically so many versions of cherry, and also chocolate covered as well..
Leather and prune and raisin. There was a lot of complexity to this, I just can’t remember all of it..
I enjoyed this drinking experience more than the 2000 Dalle valle we had during dinner (1835 views) | | | Tasted by theportguy on 9/23/2022 & rated 93 points: 2022 Port Harvest Tour; 9/22/2022-10/2/2022 (Porto, Portugal): Deep garnet color with a subtle red rim. Aromas of dried figs, raisins, and a touch of cedarwood invite you in. On the palate, it's a well-balanced wine, featuring velvety dark fruit flavors, a hint of chocolate, and smoothly integrated tannins. The long finish has notes of tobacco and a touch of orange zest. (1755 views) | | | Tasted by Alex Barbera on 9/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Bissi Kork (2900 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 9/17/2022: Chardonnay tasting (@Private location, Stuttgart): Glass: Zalto Burgundy
Popped and poured. Presumably not a perfect bottle. At least some mushrooms, probably a hint of TCA. Not too sweet, good structure. Not rated. (2559 views) | | | Tasted by jmcelroy on 9/14/2022 & rated 97 points: Bottle showed signs of leakage and cork was very spongy after extraction with a Durand cork screw. However wine was perfectly sound with wonderful fruit and some spice balanced with alcohol and sweetness and a long finish. Very enjoyable and look forward to drinking over the next few days. (2376 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Graham Porto Vintage) Dark pinkish color; raspberry jam, light soap nose with a hint of roses; lovely, raspberry, cherry palate, not overly sweet; long finish 93+ pts. 93 points |
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| Graham Producer website1977 Graham Porto Vintage1977
"Concentrated, Long-Lasting and Complex"
Declared by all the major Port houses, 1977 is a classic vintage. Marked by well structured, balanced wines with strong tannins, the wines from 1977 have great elegance and staying power. The best of them have the tannin and structure to age for decades.Graham Porto VintageIn the earlier part of the 20th century, this wine was bottled with different labels. Within the same vintage and the same wine, it would be labeled "Vintage" and "Finest Reserve" depending on where it was released and who the distributing agent was.
For consistency's sake, we have opted to use only the "Vintage" name for this wine. That is what Graham has settled on going forward. Searching for "Graham's Finest Reserve" will lead to this entry.Port BlendOver a hundred varieties of grapes (castas) are sanctioned for port production, although only five (Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Francesa, and Touriga Nacional) are widely cultivated and used.
- Mayson (1999), Port and the Douro, p. 93
Portugal ViniPortugal (Associação Interprofissional para a Promoção dos Vinhos Portugueses/Portuguese Wine Trade Association)Douro Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e PortoPorto For The Love of Port is an essential site on the wines of Porto and Madeira. Co-subscribers can automatically integrate their reviews here as well. Also, read more about the HistoryOfPort. |
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