1 dozen bottles per dozen
Details
Lying in Gloucestershire at Christie's designated warehouse, (Octavian)
Fonseca--Vintage 1963
Embossed wax capsules, some chipped. Two showing signs of seepage. Levels base of neck or better
Tasting note: From start (June 1965) to finish a consistently beautiful wine. One of the top 63s, and one of the best-ever Fonsecas. Half a dozen notes in the 1990s, but in the mid-decade losing colour though still lovely, and a fragrant, elegant Oporto-bottling in 1998 surviving Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Praline (oh dear! Why do these American gourmets do this?). Most recently, medium-deep, richly coloured; cinnamon and cress fragrance; still sweet, fairly assertive, tall, shapely, lissome. MB (1998)
1 dozen bottles per dozen
Fonseca--Vintage 1963
Embossed wax capsules, some chipped. Two showing signs of seepage. Levels base of neck or better
Tasting note: From start (June 1965) to finish a consistently beautiful wine. One of the top 63s, and one of the best-ever Fonsecas. Half a dozen notes in the 1990s, but in the mid-decade losing colour though still lovely, and a fragrant, elegant Oporto-bottling in 1998 surviving Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Praline (oh dear! Why do these American gourmets do this?). Most recently, medium-deep, richly coloured; cinnamon and cress fragrance; still sweet, fairly assertive, tall, shapely, lissome. MB (1998)
1 dozen bottles per dozen
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