1955 Factory House Blend

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1955 Adam;
• 1955 Buckingham Palace Factory House Blend;
• 1955 Cockburn;
• 1955 Dow;
• 1955 Ferreira;
• 1955 Fonseca;
• 1955 González Byass;
• 1955 Graham;
• 1955 Mackenzie;
• 1955 Martinez;
• 1955 Niepoort;
• 1955 Quinta do Noval;
• 1955 Offley;
• 1955 Sandeman;
• 1955 Taylor;
• 1955 Warre;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Edit: and, with dinner,

• 1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville in magnum.

[jdaw1]

BPFHB55: 40% opacity, lovely red. Nose is grapefruit. And I wrote ‟corked?”. DRT ‟corked”; CRS ‟dishclothy”. Tasted weird, and of vanilla.

[DRT]

My note says "Corked". It was fairly mild on the nose but completely horrible on the palate.

[jdaw1]

Bottle and label of the 1955 Buckingham Palace Factory House Blend:

[Alex Bridgeman]

Good colour, mature red/brown, 50% opaque. Mildly corked on the nose, over what would have been a pleasant fruitiness. Flattened in the mout, showing the mild corkiness; good body and structure and a surprising amount of fruit given the obvious TCA. Bitter and woody on the aftertaste. Not rated.

[Chris Doty]

So...a bit of 'typical port smell' on the nose, but then in the mouth...this tastes like a donkey punch. Really out of control flavor profile, and a finish that tastes like an 18-wheeler (do you have those in Europe?) doing a jackknife on the interstate highway leading to a 14 car pile-up. Corked? I guess this is corked, but it is the most vibrant and untamed form of corkiness I have ever experienced. FLAWED (Not Rated)

[Glenn E.]

Color: Third darkest along with the Warre. Dark red or garnet.
Nose: Perfumed alcohol, allegedly corked. Some secondary fruits.
Palate: A little bland and edgy, some Christmas spices.
Finish: A bit harsh. Warm and long, though.

Score: 87 points. While others claimed it was corked, I couldn't tell and thought it was reasonably nice if a bit past its prime.