1983 Ferreira Seixo

[jdaw1]

Part of the Ferreira vertical in Manhattan on Friday 17th October 2008. Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1977 Ferreira;
• 1978 Ferreira;
• 1983 Ferreira Quinta do Seixo;
• 1985 Ferreira;
• 1995 Ferreira;
• 2000 Ferreira;
• 1996 Quinta de la Rosa;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.

[jdaw1]

[jdaw1]

1983 Ferreira Quinta do Seixo: browner than the ’78, and to smell more fruit than both its older siblings. Somebody said ‟some tawny characteristics”. To taste dominated by an odd bitterness, which I found thoroughly off-putting. Not liked by me.

I had tasted the 1983 Ferreira Quinta do Seixo a few weeks earlier, and had the same unpleasantness, so this wasn’t obviously a bottle-specific problem. Not liked.

[g-man]

Milky nose backed by red berries and commented of a tawny nose which I found too.

I felt it was a stronger version of the 77 on the mouth.

reddish spirity berry, burnt sugar with an added spiciness and very apparent tannins.

I liked this as the night went on. 88.

[mosesbotbol]

Those must've been bad bottles as everyone really enjoyed the '83 the most at our Ferreira vertical.

[Andy Velebil]

I must side with jdaw1 and g-man here. When I had this with jdaw1 it was a decent, albeit simple Port with a short finish. I gave it 87-88 points and that was a bottle direct from the Ferreira cellar so no storage issue problem at all.

[mosesbotbol]

If memory serves my right, we thought 1970 and 1983 were the top two.

Maybe Sean or Fred will chime in?