1983 Offley
Posted: 19:17 Sat 06 Sep 2008
First the pictures...
Decanted through a coffee filter with almost no sediment. The colour in the picture above is a very good representation.
On Decanting
A little spirit and wood on the nose but a hint of black fruit beneath is promising for later. Medium weight and smooth entry. My initial thought is dark chocolate and cherry. Quite hot but my experience of this wine tells me to ignore that at this point as it should integrate nicely later tonight. This has a nice big chunky tannic backbone to it whch pulls the cheeks together in the finish. Nice stuff. More later.
Decanted through a coffee filter with almost no sediment. The colour in the picture above is a very good representation.
On Decanting
A little spirit and wood on the nose but a hint of black fruit beneath is promising for later. Medium weight and smooth entry. My initial thought is dark chocolate and cherry. Quite hot but my experience of this wine tells me to ignore that at this point as it should integrate nicely later tonight. This has a nice big chunky tannic backbone to it whch pulls the cheeks together in the finish. Nice stuff. More later.