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A horizontal of 1983 (‟83@30”) at The Bung Hole.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1983 Feuerheerd;
• 1983 Niepoort;
• 1983 Kopke Quinta St. Luiz;
• 1983 Offley Boa Vista;
• 1983 Churchill Quinta da Água Alta;
• 1983 Cockburn;
• 1983 Warre;
• 1983 Dow;
• 1983 Wine Society;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Fonseca;
• 1983 Taylor;
• 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda;
• 1983 Real Vinicola;
• 2006 Vesuvio (magnum);
• Placemats (made by Daniel);
• Planning and arrangements.

Ck83.

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=66926#p66926]Here[/url] idj123 wrote:Houston, we have a problem! Just tried to open and decant the G70 before going into work and no purchase-the seal seemed intact but the cork's obviously dropped into the wine. Bit of bottle stink and so I'm taking no chances and switching to a Ck70, if that's ok-although not much time to stand it beforehand? Appreciate that this will likely mess up the placemats-sorry!

Ian

So the juice that was in the Dalva bottle, and that was on the Graham circle, was actually Cockburn. How could that be confusing?

Also, amazingly, not corked. Though I failed to note anything more than that.

Deep brown, 40%. Sharp nose. Very bitter. I did not like.

Red-brown at the core, 70% opaque. Limited showing on the nose, a little rhubarb sweetened with brown sugar. Cleaner entry, quite high acidity bringing elegant mid-palate fruit that fills the mouth. Lots of dry tanning bringing a nice structure. Lively and fragrant on the mid-palate, lovely cedarwood sawdust mixed in with the soft and sweet fruit. The aftertaste is of sweet fruit, long and lingering. Mace and cloves show on the aftertaste before a long finish of great length. 87/100.