Wine Tasting Note

Openned up a bottle tonight, but the cork was quite thoroughly moist with wine. Although, after letting it air out for an hour, it started to taste much better than when we openned it. Perhaps it was just this bottle (with its faulty cork), but the 80s and 85s are better.	Posted on Apr 21, 2001 By Roy Pereira
After a few hours of letting it breath, it became better but not the quality that you would expect from a 77 Dow's.	Posted on Apr 23, 2001 By Roy Pereira
I've had several bad bottles of this vintage Dow. The cork is always soft and moist. What's going on with this stuff? Come to think of it I can't say I've had a bottle without a moist cork. I'm under impressed. Prefer the Smith-Woodhouse.	Posted on Dec 16, 2001 By Fred Smith
My son was born in 1977, and I purchased a case of this beauty, back on 1979. I have only 4 bottles left, but I can trully say that we enjoyed every sip of the 8 already consumed. I keep my Ports in a horizontal position, nose up a little, bubble at the shoulder, 56 F. year round. Moisty corks? I find them in most of old Ports anyway.	Posted on Mar 9, 2004 By Ernani Silva
My experience is somewhat similar to the above posts with regard the cork of the '77 Dow's, although I've never had a bad bottle of the Dow's '77. I have experienced bad corks with bad port on the Taylor's '77 and a Croft '77. The three bottles of the Dow's '83 I've opened recently have all had a "Band-Aid"-like odor to the cork, and subsequently the port. It still tasted ok after decanting for an hour or two, but certainly not up to the quality and power of other Dow vintages.	Posted on May 14, 2004 By Jeff Karp