1963 Calem Foz

[jdaw1]

In a bottle of Fonseca 1963 was a question rather than a certain answer:

Are the 1963s coming into their second wind?

Recognising that this scientific question needed scientific experiment, a round dozen of us gathered to test some 1963s.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1963 Fonseca;
• 1963 Taylor;
• 1963 Croft;
• 1963 Dow;
• 1963 Graham;
• 1963 Warre;
• 1963 Cockburn;
• 1963 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• 1963 Constantino;
• 1963 Mackenzie;
• 1963 Niepoort;
• 1963 Quinta do Noval;
• 1963 Offley;
• 1963 Ramos Pinto;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

[PhilW]

This was a bit rough, nowhere near as good as the CaF63 tasted at last year's Calem vertical. This one was quite rough, and had slight toffee notes.
Rating: g

[flash_uk]

35% opacity, yellow brown, cloudy. Overripe soft fruits on the nose, melons perhaps. Sweet, flabby, no backbone.

[jdaw1]

CáF63: red-orange, 40%. Acidic; closed; grapefruit. Not good.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled by the Wine Society. A light rust-brown colour with a green edge; 25% opaque. Unpleasant and oxidised on the nose; light on the palate with oxidised flavours. A burnt biscuit finish of good length, freshened by some nice acidity. This wine has a pleasant finish but everything else is poor. 74