1983 Warre

[jdaw1]

A fantastic Lunch, on Sunday 15^th February 2015, at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, Chris Doty providing the bottles blind.

This is bottle I, later revealed to be 1983 Warre.

Links:

• Review of the lunch as a whole;
• 1983 Warre (‘I’);
• 1983 Dow (‘II’);
• 1983 Cockburn (‘III’);
• 1980 Gould Campbell (half, ‘IV’);
• 1980 Gould Campbell (half, ‘V’);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

W83. At D+0, dark red, 60% opaque. Nose had dark fruit. Palate starts very light, then mid-light, and strange. Even a hint pétillant. Fully mature, but something was wrong.

Could it be a badly stored 1970?

Later, about four hours and some refreshments later, it had grown up. The pétillant had gone, the palate was fuller and richer.