1983 Gould Campbell

[Alex Bridgeman]

Tasted at the Night Before Bastille Day tasting on July 13, 2017.

Deep red, looking rich and opulent; opaque. Spiced nose, lively and with a lovely sweet bramble fruit. Round and smooth entry, slightly lacking in fruit at first but the palate fills out beautifully with a little patience to give a mid-palate that is full of the sweet bramble promised by the nose. The dry tannins combine with the fruit to a great feel to the wine. The gentle tannins give the aftertaste a gentle coffee tone, and slowly relax to allow a deep, sweet damson finish to linger on the taste-buds. This is a nice and rather youthful port with many years ahead of it. Daniel's last contribution to a port tasting before his move to Sweden the following day! Served blind, this was guessed to be Fonseca 1985. 88/100. 13-Jul-17. Decanted 8½ hours.

[jdaw1]

On Thursday 13th July and handful of us got together to share some port.

• Review thread;
• 1963 Croft;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1963 Quinta do Noval;
• 1966 Quinta do Noval;
• Organising thread.

[jdaw1]

GC83, brought by DJ. Big and thick; young chewy Port. Plum and prune; a bit closed.