- The bottle with the battered label
- 1963 Offley bottle s.JPG (25.46 KiB) Viewed 1250 times
Bottled by Harvey’s of Bristol; acquired from Seckfords in September 2006. Opened with tongs in order to be able to easily extract the undamaged cork.
- Capsule and cork showing bottler
- 1963 Offley corks.JPG (43.15 KiB) Viewed 1250 times
A gorgeous, mature brick-red colour, about 50% opaque. Wonderful nose of sweet candied cherries, tobacco and mace. Complex, elegant and incredibly appetising.
- Such a lovely colour
- 1963 Offley s.JPG (30.79 KiB) Viewed 1250 times
On the palate this is so elegant, richly flavoured with the preserved cherry and mace yet with a delightful dryness to the palate which just highlights the beauty of the fruit. There are so many layers of flavour to the wine that it seems such a shame to swallow it, but the complexity and delicacy of the wine just forces you to swallow.
- If only all capsules were like this
- 1963 Offley capsule 2s.JPG (42.7 KiB) Viewed 1250 times
And then, OMG, the flavours explode. The dryness of liquorice root, the gentle heat of aniseed balls, maraschino cherry and this superb tobacco dryness to the finish. A finish which I gave up timing after 3 minutes.
- More detail of the label damage
- 1963 Offley labels.JPG (39.33 KiB) Viewed 1250 times
This is truly a superb bottle of Port and one which has vastly exceeded my expectations and is one of the best bottles of 1963 Vintage Port I have ever opened. 97/100. Decanted 90 minutes. Drunk 28-Nov-2021.
