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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

Beautiful light garnet. Smells like the real thing. Beautiful purity of red fruit on the palate and perfect balance. A great bottle of a great port. Third best Noval I've ever had, after the Noval 1931 and the Nacional 1960. A great bottle of Noval is truly a lovesome thing.

Bottled by Army & Navy. Mature copper-red colour, 30% opaque. Lovely fruit on the nose; dried vine fruit and dried cranberries. This changes to a sweet redcurrant on the palate, gently spiced with a little exotic mace. The sweet red fruit dominates the aftertaste and the good length finish. Lovely, without being remarkable. 88/100. Decanted 10 hours.