1963 Sandeman

[RAYC]

Tasted here

Lovely condition BBR bottling, uncorked at c.8.00am and double decanted at c.2.30pm for 6.30pm tasting.

Attractively medicinal but sweet nose, a mixture of cranberry dryness and orange peel bitterness on the palate, reasonably rich with hint of pepper. Distinguished mature port that I was rather pleased with (having purchased a lot of five bottles in 2015 but never tasted). Perhaps let down a tad by being slightly cloying at the finish / aftertaste, and therefore less more-ish than the very best. 91 pts seems fair

Other bottles from this lot will be drunk with appreciation over the medium term rather than kept as library stock.