1983 Dow

[jdaw1]

Tom arranged a 1983 horizontal at the Boot & Flogger.

• Review of the evening as a whole
• 1983 Noval Nacional;
• 1983 Fonseca;
• 1983 Taylor;
• 1983 Graham;
• 1983 Dow;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Quarles Harris;
• 1983 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1983 Warre;
• 1983 Berry Bros;
• 1983 Cockburn;
• 1983 Kopke;
• 1983 Offley;
• 1983 Cálem;
• 1983 Feuerheerd;
• 1983 Niepoort;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[nac]

Something not right about the nose and the palate less than good. Something bacteriological maybe?

[winesecretary]

Pale rim. Light all the way through.
Nose a bit odd.
On the palate - 'wow, that's absolutely horrid', I said.
Something wrong, Bacteriological problem is my guess.

[jdaw1]

D83. Red-brown, 35% opaque. Dry; harmless; long but not good. So less bad than others thought: this is not a recommendation.

[Justin K]

Good red colour and that was the best thing about it, rubbery not nice.

[M.Charlton]

E: Red tending to light red at the rim.
N: A strange nose which I noted as “meaty”.
P: Imagine blue cheese bended with a dash of jam.
Not nice at all.

[flash_uk]

40% opacity, mature red. Nose has red fruit but masked by something metallic. Palate a little thin and simple, red fruit.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Burnished copper colour, 50% opaque. Something wrong on the nose giving the wine a dirty and unpleasant character. Bitter and spoiled on the palate. Bacterial problem. Not rated. Decanted 3 hours.