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1960 Berry Brothers (Rebello Valente)
Pale orange rim. Spice on the nose. Soft warm fully resolved port on the palate. Very nice.

Consumed 2/2/22

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Berry Bros Selection (Rebello Valente);
• 1963 Berry Bros Selection (Taylor);
• 1966 Berry Bros Selection (Warre);
• 1970 Berry Bros Selection (Warre);
• 1975 Berry Bros Selection (Quarles Harris);
• 1977 Berry Bros Selection (Quarles Harris);
• 1980 Berry Bros Selection (Warre);
• 1983 Berry Bros Selection (Warre);
• 1985 Berry Bros Selection (Smith Woodhouse);
• 1991 Berry Bros Selection (Smith Woodhouse);
• 1994 Berry Bros Selection (Smith Woodhouse);
• 1997 Berry Bros Selection (Warre);
• 2000 Berry Bros Selection (Smith Woodhouse);
• 2003 Berry Bros Selection (Quinta de la Rosa);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Shipped by Rebello Valente. A lovely evolved colour, pale; 10% opaque. A beautiful nose of mature, sweet and spiced fruit. A wine which is just divine to smell and sniff. A little dry on entry, a touch woody and very spirity. Bitter dried cranberry finish, with a good — no, stunning — length. A little too old, or perhaps a touch under-decanted. 85/100. 02-Feb-22. Decanted 3 hours.

30% opacity, amber with a rose tint, clear. Nose is delicate, floral then apricot, then a slight rubbery astringency. In the mouth, delicate and elegant, on a plateau, possibly starting a fade. Mandarin orange, elegant balance.