1983 Factory House Blend

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Croft Vintage Character;
• 1952 Burmester Colheita;
• Mundy’s Investiture Port (from AHB);
• Mundy’s Investiture Port (from BMHR);
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1970 Warre;
• 1977 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Factory House Blend;
• 1991 Quinta de la Rosa;
• 2005 Noval LBV;
• 2005 Quinta do Noval single vineyard LBV;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

British Shippers’ Association 1983, a port not worth of H. M. The Queen in whose honour it was made.

Dare dark red, 60% opaque. Smell was awful. I got some TCA in there; others thought the problem was something else. Move on.

[JacobH]

Dare dark red, 60% opaque. Smell was awful. I got some TCA in there; others thought the problem was something else. Move on.

That’s a shame; the last time someone brought this to a tasting it was rather nice (which I gather is quite unusual for these sorts of blends).

[jdaw1]

Dare dark red

I meant “Dark dark red”.

[AHB]

A blend made from the ports declared by the members of the British Port Shippers Association to commemorate the visit to Oporto of Queen Elizabeth II.

Sadly, this was spoiled and dominated both on the nose and palate by strong VA. Not rated.