TN: 1985 Warre Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 7 hours - Mid red colour, thinning but holding into the rim. A candied nose, a little like Turkish Delight. Slightly bitter entry, very acidic but had good redcurrant development in th emidpalate. Nicely integrated in the mouth but the finish starts off very hot before coming back into balance and lasting a long time. With time in the glass, the entry becomes smoother but the acidic harshness simply moves to the beginning of the midpalate - and even starts to develop some bananna tones! The aftertaste calms down and develops a very nice peppery bite. Around the median for drinking now but is likely to improve over the next decade as the acidity and alcohol integrate. 5-6. 89 points