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1963 Offley
Posted: 18:29 Fri 25 Jul 2014
by jdaw1
1963 Offley Boa Vista O63, magnum, at Tom’s pub. Red-brown, 30% opaque. Nose has heat, some burnt caramel, and a hint of leather. Palate very hot, some red cherry, but starting to be dried out.
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Re: 1963 Offley
Posted: 18:41 Fri 25 Jul 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
Brick red in colour, 30% opaque. Lovely nose of roses and maraschino cherries with a strange, Sandeman-like dustiness to it. Thick texture before a powerful acidity sears the palate. A lovely fragrance to the mature raisins and dried cherries with the smoky overtone that you get from an old wood burning fireplace. Quite hot on the aftertaste, but likely to lose this heat with a little more time in the (double) decanter. From magnum. 89/100. Decanted 30 minutes. 25 July 2014.
Re: 1963 Offley
Posted: 18:58 Fri 25 Jul 2014
by jdaw1
Increasingly moreish.
Re: 1963 Offley
Posted: 22:08 Fri 25 Jul 2014
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:Increasingly moreish.
A direction of travel with a predictably disappointing end.
Re: 1963 Offley
Posted: 01:30 Sat 26 Jul 2014
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:jdaw1 wrote:Increasingly moreish.
A direction of travel with a predictably disappointing end.
Gloater
Re: 1963 Offley
Posted: 09:26 Sat 26 Jul 2014
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:O63, magnum, at Tom’s pub. Red-brown, 30% opaque. Nose has heat, some burnt caramel, and a hint of leather. Palate very hot, some red cherry, but starting to be dried out.
I subsequently learnt that this was about twenty minutes after decanting. An hour or so later it had gained body and lost heat, becoming a good but not great slightly over-mature VP.