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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.

Nose and palate both good. Liked. 5/7 and 1/2 a point.

Not sure about this on the nose.

Better on the palate. But not really nice. I would drink it out of duty or obligation rather than pleasure.

Not wrong but I have had better bottles.

BBR83. Bright red, 40% opaque. Very dusty, in a weird dry way. Not bad, but not good.

Neil was wrong.

E: A pretty red colour, tending to light brown at the rim.
N: A strange yet muted note on the nose.
P: Straightforwardly acceptable vintage Port.
I heard that this BBR was produced by W.

40% opacity, mature red. REd fruit, tea and tobacco on the nose. A bit flabby, lacking backbone, tea.