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Tasted at the 1963 Horizontal on 18 July 2023.

The wines appearing at the tasting were:
1963 Adam, with a cork branded "Carvalhas 1963"
1963 Borges
1963 Burmester
1963 Cockburn
1963 Constantino
1963 Croft
1963 Fonseca
1963 Graham
1963 Martinez
1963 Quinta do Noval, bottled by Army & Navy Stores
1963 Ramos Pinto
1963 Warre
1977 Fonseca, appearing as a mystery bottle poured and tasted blind

Marmalade rimmed, orange-red wine. Restrained nose of oranges and star anise with a bit of coffee. Sweet entry, milk chocolate, fully resolved. Pleasant but not really 'port'.

Cork branded Carvalhas 1963. Adams is a brand name used by Royal Oporto for the UK market in the '50s and '60s.

Double decanted for 10 hours. A mature copper-orange colour, 20% opaque. Subdued on the nose, showing a little candied citrus fruit. Fragrant on the palate, sweet - slightly honeyed - fruit, perhaps a little lime. The mid-palate develops nicely in volume but is a little one-dimensional. A gentle aftertaste and finish of sticky honey and lemon. A lovely Port, albeit rather straightforward. 85/100. Decanted 10 hours.