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Monday 24th April 2023, in the Boot & Flooger, the theme having shifted from “Bring a Bottle” to a reprise of a tasting thirty years before.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1963 Taylor;
• 1963 Graham;
• 1963 Martinez;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1970 Cockburn;
• 1970 Noval;
• 1970 Dow;
• 1970 Gould Campbell;
• 1970 Unknown;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1992 Graham Malvedos;
• 2011 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort);
• 1975 Chiltern Valley Syrah= †;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

T63. Glorious red, 40% opaque. White spice, cherries, heat. Liked.

30% opacity, mature red, orange rim. Dried cranberries, tobacco, caramel (faint). Dry, fruit drying out, some caramels and dusty cranberries.

Bottled in the UK by an unknown bottler. Opened at 09.00, decanted at 14.20 and tasted at 18.20. Mid-shoulder fill but with a good colour.

Bronze red colour, 30% opaque. A little oxidised on the nose, causing the alcohol to stand out quite noticeably. Menthol lights up the palate, which shows only a little fruit and a lot of brandy and fire. Hot aftertaste, with a little cinnamon and cedar on the finish. Long past its best. 83/100. Decanted 4 hours.