1970 Warre's Vintage Port
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:00 am
Port E - 12 hours double decant time
Deep colour, holding right into the rim, Nose with an alcoholic overtone but with a lovely sweet menthol and licorice essence. Floods of sweet blackberries come into the mouth, with a light and creamy mid-palate. Lots of complexity in the development of the wine in the mouth. The aftertaste takes a while to kick in and is not massive or long lasting. Overall this is a youthful wine that is likely to develop a considerable elegance over time. Bottom of the top quartile and will improve over the next 10 years. 6/7 or 90/100.
Port E - Warre 1970; Christopher's contribution and one that sparked off an interesting conversation about whether this port is starting to really come round after a very long time of being disappointing.
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Deep colour, holding right into the rim, Nose with an alcoholic overtone but with a lovely sweet menthol and licorice essence. Floods of sweet blackberries come into the mouth, with a light and creamy mid-palate. Lots of complexity in the development of the wine in the mouth. The aftertaste takes a while to kick in and is not massive or long lasting. Overall this is a youthful wine that is likely to develop a considerable elegance over time. Bottom of the top quartile and will improve over the next 10 years. 6/7 or 90/100.
Port E - Warre 1970; Christopher's contribution and one that sparked off an interesting conversation about whether this port is starting to really come round after a very long time of being disappointing.
This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Click [here] to see the original note in context.