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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).

CáF63. Darkest of batch. Dark dark red. Heat. Mid-to-light, much lighter than colour. Still a hint of plum. Despite Spartan description, much liked by me.

The darkest wine of all the 63s, very good, but a tad fiery.

See this.

very dark black red color; caramelised, brown slightly burned sugar smell; dark cherry fruit on the palate; meaty; good length, tastes a bit after good tasting coughing sirup; suggery and candy finish; very nice port!

Deep red, very dark; 95% opaque. Gentle nose of rich Christmas cake fruit. Luscious and rich on entry, bringing very attractive concentrated ripe cherry and a bit of peppery sage. This has a great palate. Rich and concentrated cherry finish, very enjoyable. Fine vintage port. 93/100. Drunk 12-Oct-13. Decanted 11½ hours.