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A few of us gathered in the B&F to do the obvious, sighted. Perhaps a photograph of the glasses will be used on the cover of The Book.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Croft (IDJ);
• 1966 Smith Woodhouse (AHB);
• 1963 Taylor (JDAW);
• 1970 Graham (PW);
• 1977 Niepoort (CPR);
• 2000 Ramos Pinto (JDAW);
• The Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

T63. Bought Sotheby’s auction #5611, 23 November 2005, lot 20 being 9 bottles of T63: £780 hammer; £917.48 invoice. Lovely red, hint cloudy, 50% opaque. Full with lots of red fruit. Heat early palate. Grade-A mature Port.

Slightly muddy in appearance, red/brown colour and notable sediment in glass. Strong flavour, slightly hot, with light sherbet edge. Good, but not great.
Rating: g/vg

Brick red appearance, 60% opaque. A lovely stewed-fruit nose with lots of gentle rhubrb giving a sweet and sour impression - very lively. Cinnamon and mace on the palate, making the mature and slightly leathery fruit much more interesting but there is a fierce heat on the late palate and the aftertaste, but the finish is very fine and slightly chewy with rounded soft toffees and caramel mixed in with the spiced fruits. 90/100. Decanted 4 hours.