1983 Warre's Vintage Port

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John Sel
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1983 Warre's Vintage Port

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Bright dark red with a band of paleness at the rim where there is clear attenuation. At 8 hours: gently persistent on the nose where there is some characteristic florality alongside notes of dark fruit, molasses and eucalyptus. On the palate, age has fined down the once vigorous fruit leaving a core of mature dark fruit flavour supported by gentle tannin and acidity, while the alcohol is barely perceptible. Now fully mature, it has achieved a kind of weightless intensity of flavour bathed in glycerol richness. Overall a delightfully harmonious wine which tiptoes across the palate with charming lightness. Unchanged the following day. My last bottle, possibly 10 years or so since the previous one. Worth waiting for. 92 points.
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