1963 Berry Brothers

[jdaw1]

To celebrate the Quinquagenary of AHB, he arranged a horizontal of 1963s in Wokingham at The Cantley House Hotel (evenings of Friday 11^th and Saturday 12^th October 2013) and The Walter Arms (lunch on Saturday 12^th), and two evening Champagne tastings for our better halves. Sadly the venue was not able to accommodate all he would have liked to have invited. Diaries had been blocked since early 2012, and bottles had been gathered for most of a decade before that. A splendid weekend indeed.

Partial links:
• Review of the event as a whole, which starts with a full set of links;
• Placemats (and parameters by which constructed).

On the placemats BBR had special attention.

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• Observe the long definition of the ‟Bros” part of BBR, all just to get a dot under a smaller ‘s’. Perhaps it was gratuitous. The code was copied from one of the more obscure manual pages.

[jdaw1]

[jdaw1]

[jdaw1]

Some links:
• Review which includes links to the Champagnes; Placemats and their Parameters;
• Fri evening 1963s: VS QH GC Ck G | Kh Pç Mg Av F | RV Rs S Dl Cn;
• Sat aftern’n 1963s: Sb RVi RCV Ad RO | Dm BBR T Cr Ni | Mk Fd O Mz;
• Sat evening 1963s: MC W D N NN | A B&I Df PS Cv | GB Cá CáF B Fr;
• Others: 1863 Burmester, 1977 Warre (tappitt hen), Martinez Crusted bottled 1973, 1966 Château Batailley (magnum).

[jdaw1]

BBR63, allegedly Taylor. Red to brown at edge, 40% opaque. Nose nasty. Untasted, partly because others said that the taste was the same as the nose.

[DRT]

Oxidised nose. On the recommendation of JDAW this was not tasted.

[uncle tom]

Looked better than it tasted - no major defects, just didn't wow me..

[WS1]

cloudy dark ruby red, colour show signs of age and handicap; slightly maderised smell; not bad smell but noticeably slightly foul smell of various fruits; slightly oxidised, but still enjoyable; nice fruit composition.

[AHB]

Deep orange colour, 50% opaque. Oxidised nose, rather smelly. Sweeteness on entry but little flavour. Some butterscotch and orange peel comes through on the mid-palate and delivers decent flavours and complexity. Sugary aftertaste and finish, with lots of acidity delivering a bitter grapefruit. This is drinkable, but well past its best. 82/100. Drunk 11-Oct-13. Decanted 3½ hours.