1963 Dow

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Forum rules
Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Post Reply
User avatar
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
Posts: 23613
Joined: 15:03 Thu 21 Jun 2007
Location: London
Contact:

1963 Dow

Post by jdaw1 »

On Tuesday 11th October 2011, at the RAF Club, was held a ‘square’ tasting of {Dow, Fonseca, Graham, Taylor} × {1963, 1966, 1970, 1977}. Our honoured guest was Cynthia Jenson, official blogger to the Symingtons.

Links:Before being unblinded D63 was ‟d63”.
User avatar
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
Posts: 23613
Joined: 15:03 Thu 21 Jun 2007
Location: London
Contact:

Re: 1963 Dow

Post by jdaw1 »

d63, lated identified as D63: Red-red-brown, fading to pink at the edge, 60% opaque. Red fruit still very present, lots of heat, but, alas, a little sour late-palate. Not much sugar. Second-favourite of the flight.
User avatar
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
Posts: 14880
Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
Location: Berkshire, UK

Re: 1963 Dow

Post by Alex Bridgeman »

Deepest in colour of the 1963 flight. 50% opaque. Soapy on the nose, not attractive. Sweetest entry of the flight, but showing the most tannins and rather dry. Powerful aftertaste, initially dominated by the tannins but this leads to a long and pwerful finish that is full of cedar and tobacco. Served blind and guessed to be the Fonseca. 87/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Post Reply