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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

Properly garnet port. Quite dumb on the nose. But, as always seems to be the case with this wine, delicious. More evolved than the last bottle I participated in, but lovely wine. Got a point from me.

A deep brick red colour, 60% opaque. Gentle red fruit on the nose, bringing strawberry and raspberry with a lovely fragrance. Balanced on the palate with plenty of fruit but without the sweetness of the other 1963 Ports at the tasting; a hit of tannins on the edges of the palate. Fresh and bright before the lovely dry, red fruit finish. Fabulous Port. My second place for wine of the night. 94/100. Decanted 12 hours.