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To celebrate the Quinquagenary of AHB, he arranged a horizontal of 1963s in Wokingham at The Cantley House Hotel (evenings of Friday 11^th and Saturday 12^th October 2013) and The Walter Arms (lunch on Saturday 12^th), and two evening Champagne tastings for our better halves. Sadly the venue was not able to accommodate all he would have liked to have invited. Diaries had been blocked since early 2012, and bottles had been gathered for most of a decade before that. A splendid weekend indeed.

Partial links:
• Review of the event as a whole, which starts with a full set of links;
• Placemats (and parameters by which constructed).

Some links:
• Review which includes links to the Champagnes; Placemats and their Parameters;
• Fri evening 1963s: VS QH GC Ck G | Kh Pç Mg Av F | RV Rs S Dl Cn;
• Sat aftern’n 1963s: Sb RVi RCV Ad RO | Dm BBR T Cr Ni | Mk Fd O Mz;
• Sat evening 1963s: MC W D N NN | A B&I Df PS Cv | GB Cá CáF B Fr;
• Others: 1863 Burmester, 1977 Warre (tappitt hen), Martinez Crusted bottled 1973, 1966 Château Batailley (magnum).

Cá63. Dark red, 60% opaque. Taste rich, mocha strongly. MAW said thyme. Very interesting, and liked. Good port.

A well constructed wine, spoiled by slight oxidation.

This and the single quinta are elderberry-tastic. And not good.

dark, glorious red; fresh nose after cherry and elderberries; a bit bland on the finish; disappointing; tastes a bit "shot" and suggery, caramelised.

Deep red, rich colour; 90% opaque. Gently attractive nose of fruit and treacle. Empty entry, but big levels of fruit appear and linger on the palate with powerful tannins. Masses of coffee on the late palate. The aftertaste drops off quickly; tannins are cocoa dry and eventually fade away completely. 86/100. Drunk 12-Oct-13. Decanted 11½ hours.