1983 Quarles Harris

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Forum rules
Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Post Reply
winesecretary
Dow 1980
Posts: 2702
Joined: 14:35 Mon 13 May 2019

1983 Quarles Harris

Post by winesecretary »

18 hour decant

A deep red, almost 85% opaque.

Reserved nose of sous-bois, like a really ripe but no longer young pinot noir.

Glycerine smoothness on the front palate. Then rich plum crumble, complete with hint of Birds' custard, on the mid palate, some nice cinnamon notes thereafter, and very dry, late. Just this side of stern.

Good port, drinking well, but probably in the last quartile of its conventional life.
Post Reply