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1963 Offley Boa Vista
At the generous instigation of Alex B.: “Please, no-one bring anything except where I have asked for help. This is supposed to be a cellar reduction party so I am happy to supply various bottles for us to share. A handful of people know some of what will be brought, but I'll serve all bottles blind.”

So we went to a Helen-less Bung Hole to meet Amy — who had just left for the day. (No problem: we met her two days later.)

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1985 Graham (1);
• 1963 Offley magnum (2);
• 1985 Fonseca (3);
• 1985 Taylor (4);
• 1972 Offley (5);
• 1970 Graham magnum (6);
• 1985 Churchill (7);
• 1995 Quinta do Noval (11);
• Cockburn Fine Old Ruby believed to have been bottled in the 1940s (12);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

O63, magnum. Brick red to red, 40% opaque. Nose had strawberries. Good mature port, but slightly unbalanced, the acidity showing too prominently.

Another of the magnums bought by Tom Archer from the Sworders sale of July 2014. Mature brick-red with a watery rim. Gentle pepper on the nose, mature but slightly oxidised and with a bit of alcohol showing. Nice texture, lovely flavour with very pleasant mature fruit. Grows beautifully on the palate, mature and extremely pleasant. Lovely spicy finish, delicious and lingering. This is a really nice port on the palate - elegant and very mouth-filling. Nice port. Served blind this was guessed to be Dow 1960. 89/100. Drunk 26-Aug-14. 4 hour decant.