1983 Kopke

[jdaw1]

Tom arranged a 1983 horizontal at the Boot & Flogger.

• Review of the evening as a whole
• 1983 Noval Nacional;
• 1983 Fonseca;
• 1983 Taylor;
• 1983 Graham;
• 1983 Dow;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Quarles Harris;
• 1983 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1983 Warre;
• 1983 Berry Bros;
• 1983 Cockburn;
• 1983 Kopke;
• 1983 Offley;
• 1983 Cálem;
• 1983 Feuerheerd;
• 1983 Niepoort;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[nac]

Nose was deeply odd and quite unpleasant. There was less VA in a bottle of nail varnish remover. Palate considerably better than the nose, but still not good.

[winesecretary]

Browning.
Over the hill, or heat damaged, on the nose.
Alas, this is not good.

[jdaw1]

K83. Brown, 30% opaque. Soft raisin, brown sugar, heat mid palate, good length. Over-mature, but liked.

[M.Charlton]

E: Mid-brown, tending to light brown at the rim.
N: Off.
P: Quite unpleasant (stewed?).

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bronze in colour with a tinge of red, 40% opaque. A wonderful russet apple smell coming out of the glass, later backed up by some sour cranberry. Light and elegant on the palate, with red apple and dusty cocoa powder; a touch of coffee on the aftertaste and finish. Light, but quite tasty and elegant. 89/100. Decanted 3½ hours.