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A horizontal of 1983 (‟83@30”) at The Bung Hole.

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• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1983 Feuerheerd;
• 1983 Niepoort;
• 1983 Kopke Quinta St. Luiz;
• 1983 Offley Boa Vista;
• 1983 Churchill Quinta da Água Alta;
• 1983 Cockburn;
• 1983 Warre;
• 1983 Dow;
• 1983 Wine Society;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Fonseca;
• 1983 Taylor;
• 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda;
• 1983 Real Vinicola;
• 2006 Vesuvio (magnum);
• Placemats (made by Daniel);
• Planning and arrangements.

V06. No formal note taken, but full rich fruit-heavy VP that should be left alone in the cellar for at least another decade.

Also didn't take much of a formal note, but noted that it was 100% opaque and purple. It was delicious.

Plump and fruit-laden and and an interesting counterpoint to the largely unimpressive 83s on offer.

From magnum. Deep magenta in colour, opaque. Concentrated ripe fruit on entry; the ripe tannins support huge levels of sweet blackcurrant and lavender. The tannins grow and grow, but are always in proportion to the impressive levels of fruit, which is huge and really intense. The ripe acidity shows on the aftertaste with dry blackcurrant skin tannins dominating before a long, sweet and sticky blackcurrant fruit finish. Deeply impressive. 93/100.