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On Tuesday 11^th December 2018 we gathered at The Boot & Flogger for a vertical of Offley.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1910 Offley;
• 1924 Offley;
• 1927 Offley;
• 1935 Offley;
• 1950 Offley;
• 1954 Offley;
• 1955 Offley;
• 1960 Offley;
• 1962 Offley;
• 1963 Offley;
• 1966 Offley;
• 1970 Offley;
• 1972 Offley;
• 1975 Offley;
• 1977 Offley;
• 1980 Offley;
• 1983 Offley;
• 1985 Offley;
• The placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

35% opacity, mature red. Lovely sweet strawberry nose. Smooth entry, rich, syrupy, strawberries, dryness mid to late palate. Long aftertaste.

Deep rose red with very little brick tone; 40% opaque. Sweet redcurrants on the nose, gentle but not really developed. Fruit led entry, rich and fragrant that is sweet and well balanced. A good palate with lots of ripe fruit and an excellent fragrance and perfume to the palate. Hints of dryness in the palate show the tannins are still present. Lovely red fruit show throughout the palate. Big and fragrant aftertaste and a superb finish of fruit and cranberry. 90/100. Decanted 4 hours.