1963 Offley

[jdaw1]

1963 Offley Boa Vista
At the generous instigation of Alex B.: “Please, no-one bring anything except where I have asked for help. This is supposed to be a cellar reduction party so I am happy to supply various bottles for us to share. A handful of people know some of what will be brought, but I'll serve all bottles blind.”

So we went to a Helen-less Bung Hole to meet Amy — who had just left for the day. (No problem: we met her two days later.)

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1985 Graham (1);
• 1963 Offley magnum (2);
• 1985 Fonseca (3);
• 1985 Taylor (4);
• 1972 Offley (5);
• 1970 Graham magnum (6);
• 1985 Churchill (7);
• 1995 Quinta do Noval (11);
• Cockburn Fine Old Ruby believed to have been bottled in the 1940s (12);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

O63, magnum. Brick red to red, 40% opaque. Nose had strawberries. Good mature port, but slightly unbalanced, the acidity showing too prominently.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Another of the magnums bought by Tom Archer from the Sworders sale of July 2014. Mature brick-red with a watery rim. Gentle pepper on the nose, mature but slightly oxidised and with a bit of alcohol showing. Nice texture, lovely flavour with very pleasant mature fruit. Grows beautifully on the palate, mature and extremely pleasant. Lovely spicy finish, delicious and lingering. This is a really nice port on the palate - elegant and very mouth-filling. Nice port. Served blind this was guessed to be Dow 1960. 89/100. Drunk 26-Aug-14. 4 hour decant.