1983 Offley

[Alex Bridgeman]

1983 Offley Boa Vista
Deep red with a narrow rim and an opaque centre. Not mature but no youthful purple. Little on the nose other than some faint floral, purple bramble fruit. A lovely fruit-led palate, silky fruit with some soft tannins showing under the sweet strawberry fruit. Mature on the palate, but still with a lot of ageing potential ahead of it. Lovely sweet raspberry jelly finish and a gentle length. Served blind this was guessed to be Warre 1994. 92/100. 27-Oct-15. 10 hour decant.

[jdaw1]

On Tuesday 27th October a group of us gathered at the Boot & Flogger and shared some fine ports. Details of the organisation can be found here.

The ports drunk were:

• Croft 1955
• Dow 1983
• Martinez 1960
• Martinez 1967
• Offley Boa Vista 1983
• Quinta da Roeda 1987
• Quinta de la Rosa 1991
• Warre 1955

Also Review thread; and Placemats.


O83, originally ‘AJM’. Dark dark red, 90% opaque. Concise palate note: “Plum/prune. Heat.”