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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

A fine colour for a 1963. Spicy nose, Some actual fruit. Pleasant coffee grounds and cream notes. The nicest Burmester I have ever consumed.

A metallic copper-orange colour, 20% opaque. Pleasant nose of fruit jellies, sweet tangerine. Fragrant fruit entry, clean with a nice mid-weight fruit jelly and orange water palate. Big tangerine aftertaste with a milk chocolate finish of modest length. Gently lovely. 85/100. Decanted 9 hours.