1970 Warre's Vintage Port
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:10 pm
....and a note from Philip Harvey from 26 Aug 06
I couldn't wait and opened my bottle on Thursday. Apologies Tom for cutting in on your note - impressions as follows:
On decanting No sign of any leakage and a nice solid cork which came out all in one piece - always a good start. Like Tom's sample, masses of gloopy sediment - the level of wine in my decanter is about 1/2 an inch lower than usual. Colour is a deep dark ruby with a slight tawny hint. Some bottle stink that should blow off. A small sip showing a lot of sweetness and hot spirit.
6 hours The bottle stink has blown off as expected and a glass proper shows a pretty, almost floral wine - a bit firery still.
Needs more time to unravel.
24 hours Nice mature bouquet now - a bit gamey even. Rich sweet plummy flavours and a texture as smooth as our week old baby's bottom. This would be a really lovely glass of port but for that finish which is just a bit too hot to make the balance really top notch.
48 hours Fading now, except for that finish which is as firery as when it was first decanted and which it still prickling my tongue well after the last swallow.
Overall, I agree with Tom that this is very good port but for me, it lacks that wow factor that would put it in the top drawer - the main culprit being the hot finish which never seemed to blow off, even after two days. Nice wine, I enjoyed it but I won't worry that I just drunk my last bottle.
Disclaimer: Copied here by the same OCD nutter who copied Tom's note
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I couldn't wait and opened my bottle on Thursday. Apologies Tom for cutting in on your note - impressions as follows:
On decanting No sign of any leakage and a nice solid cork which came out all in one piece - always a good start. Like Tom's sample, masses of gloopy sediment - the level of wine in my decanter is about 1/2 an inch lower than usual. Colour is a deep dark ruby with a slight tawny hint. Some bottle stink that should blow off. A small sip showing a lot of sweetness and hot spirit.
6 hours The bottle stink has blown off as expected and a glass proper shows a pretty, almost floral wine - a bit firery still.
Needs more time to unravel.
24 hours Nice mature bouquet now - a bit gamey even. Rich sweet plummy flavours and a texture as smooth as our week old baby's bottom. This would be a really lovely glass of port but for that finish which is just a bit too hot to make the balance really top notch.
48 hours Fading now, except for that finish which is as firery as when it was first decanted and which it still prickling my tongue well after the last swallow.
Overall, I agree with Tom that this is very good port but for me, it lacks that wow factor that would put it in the top drawer - the main culprit being the hot finish which never seemed to blow off, even after two days. Nice wine, I enjoyed it but I won't worry that I just drunk my last bottle.
Disclaimer: Copied here by the same OCD nutter who copied Tom's note
This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Click [here] to see the original note in context.