TN: 1983 Warre Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 25 hours - From a bottle suffering from cork weevil attack. Deep red/brown in colour. Intense and dark. Stink has gone and is replaced by a nose of wet leather and stewed autumn fruits. Reminds me of the hedgerow smells when picking blackberries on a wet and cold October morning. A flash of hot spirit. Swirling just makes the heat come out more strongly. Dry entry, no sweetness or fruit - in fact, not much of anything. Nice acidic backbone to it. Lots of work in the mouth developed a nice but faint complex of prunes and marzipan. No tannins to speak of. But the aftertaste is quite something and does not go with the rest of what this wine shows. Very long and changes. Starts with stewed blueberries and molasses and slowly changes to coffee and dark chocolate....and astonishingly long - lasting well over a minute and maybe even reaching two! 86 points