1948 Burmester

[jdaw1]

Luncheon on Wednesday 12^th December 2018, at Otto’s French restaurant on the Gray’s Inn Road, 1948s.

Links:
• Review;
• 1948 Graham (originally unknown);
• 1948 Burmester;
• 1948 Fonseca;
• 1948 Gonzalez Byass;
• 1948 Graham;
• 1948 Martinez;
• 1948 Sandeman;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1948 Niepoort Garrafeira;
• 1948 Unknown;
• TNs + sticky labels.

[jdaw1]

B48: brick red, 40% opaque, slightly cloudy. Very sweet palate with a slight hint of strawberry. Slight heat mid palate. I noted that it was simpler than the S48.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled 1951. Deep bronze colour, slightly cloudy and opaque as a result. Fresh green apples on the nose. Golden syrup and sweet apples on the entry, but the mid-palate is very dry and lacks fruit. The palate has a certain amount of woodiness to it that is not pleasant, the late palate dry and showing the acidity of the wine. Dry liquorice sticks and lots of heat on the finish. This is a bottle which has dried out and should have been drunk a decade or two younger. 81/100. 12-Dec-18.