1955 Offley

[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]

The Taylor, Sandeman, Graham, Offley, Dow & Cockburn have just been selected and stood up..

..all nicely cellared bottles with good levels..

[jdaw1]

O55: 20% opaque, pink-red. Slightly bitter early-palate; more so mid-palate. Thin and alcoholic. CRS thought ‟pretty, delicate”; CMAG ‟like drinking sweet wine from the Ukraine”.

In the second flight competition (Mk, Mz, Ni, N, O, S, T, and W) scoring 3 points one second and one third place rankings.

[DRT]

A brief note which says “Soft, flabby and lacking structure”.

I thought this was the weakest of the night out of those that didn’t have an obvious flaw.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Very light in colour, a brownish-orange; 30% opaque. A bit spirity on the nose, which became worse with some swirling. Unattractive. Some sweetness in the mouth and better on the palate than on the nose, but still harsh and acidic. Acid and grapefruit dominate the aftertaste, with a bitter fresh quince tartness dominating. Not a pleasant wine. 78/100.

[Chris Doty]

Meh. Alcohol, crap sugar.

Offley unremarkable. 81 points

[Glenn E.]

Color: Medium red
Nose: Caramel
Palate: Lightly minty
Finish: Decent, some warmth, good length.

Score: 88 points.