1963 Dow

[jdaw1]

1963 Dow, part of a 1963 horizontal At my father’s in Sussex, on Saturday 2nd February 2008.

Links to relevant threads:

• Review of evening as a whole;
• Hedges and Butler 1963 magnum;
• Cockburn 1963;
• Croft 1963;
• Delaforce 1963;
• Dow 1963;
• Fonseca 1963;
• Graham 1963;
• Offley Boa Vista 1963;
• Taylor 1963;
• Noval 1963.

[jdaw1]

The darkest red, and nosing strongly of mint. Much much drier than the others, HEG correctly saying “almonds†. Too dry for my taste, though the dryness particularly liked by SC.

[jdaw1]

Dow 1963 bottle (hurray for moulding name and vintage into the glass).

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Dow 1963 capsule

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Dow 1963 cork

[Alex Bridgeman]

Decanted for 5 hours. Deepest colour of all the '63 ports on show at this tasting. Of all things on the nose, it came with a hint of cheese crackers! Perhaps this was an external influence because more sniffing brought out the alcohol with some mandarins and cranberries. A dry entry that fills the mouth but not with sweetness; the tannins and lots of fruit come through a little later. The aftertaste is long and lingering. A very good port and with plenty of life left in it yet. 6/6 or 93/100. Drunk on 2/2/08.