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Sandeman 1963

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Following earlier discussion of Sandeman 1963, the following concurred with the consensus:
In a [url=http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?t=2736]TN for Sandeman 1963[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Decanted 15:30, sampled 18:00. Somewhere between red-brown and brown, with a very alcoholic nose. Something interesting on the nose: oranges? To taste the same prominence of the alcohol, but also marzipan and cherry-flavoured candy. Mrs W suggests that it “tastes like cherry starburst† (aside: formerly Opal Fruits, though I don’t remember a Cherry Opal Fruit—growing old eh?).

Recently the good 1985s have given me more pleasure, so on the Tom scale maybe something like 3.

Needs no more time, neither in cellar nor decanter. You should be looking for an opportunity to drink up the remainder of your collection of Sandeman 1963.
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