1970 Warre Vintage Port

[John Danza]

• 1970 Warre Porto Vintage - Portugal, Douro, Porto (7/31/2013)
  Not as good as the last bottle. Double decanted 5 hours ahead of service. There was still a lot of alcohol heat present. I'm not sure if that was due to too much air or not enough, but I suspect the latter. Medium red color to go along with medium sweetness with a dry finish. The heat marred the quality of an otherwise really nice wine. (89 pts.)
  

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[Andy Velebil]

John,
I typically decant Warre's VP's longer than most other VP's of the same vintage. IMO and experience older vintages of Warre's can be a little slow out of the gate and show some heat and lack of complexity if not decanted long enough. Possible that was the case...or just a off bottle.

[John Danza]

I'm sure you're right Andy. The prior bottle that I had opened a few months ago had a longer decant time and the heat wasn't there. I have two more of these, so I'll give the next one more time.

[Moses Botbol]

Not one of the best of the vintage, somewhere in the middle.

[Roy Hersh]

Agreed, Moses. Good but never has been near the top of the vintage.