1977 Warre vintage port
Posted: 18:31 Mon 03 Dec 2007
An odd job lot bottle with poor level (VTS)
For the second time in a week I have had to deal with the remnants of a Symington inner aluminium foil that has corroded down to a hard crust that has to be scraped off with some difficulty
Top 5mm of cork rotten, centre part put up some resistance to being withdrawn, bottom third crumbled. I've been here before - this is a bottle that has spent much of it's life stored vertically.
Decanted 24hrs ago - used an antique silver plate decanting funnel (recently acquired) for the first time - worked very well.
Fair amount bottle stink at first sip - good colour.
No real evidence that this wine has suffered from it's past - is no more evolved than I would expect. Wine is a little fiery though, and lacking integration - but it's a '77 - so patience may be rewarded..
More anon..
Tom
For the second time in a week I have had to deal with the remnants of a Symington inner aluminium foil that has corroded down to a hard crust that has to be scraped off with some difficulty
Top 5mm of cork rotten, centre part put up some resistance to being withdrawn, bottom third crumbled. I've been here before - this is a bottle that has spent much of it's life stored vertically.
Decanted 24hrs ago - used an antique silver plate decanting funnel (recently acquired) for the first time - worked very well.
Fair amount bottle stink at first sip - good colour.
No real evidence that this wine has suffered from it's past - is no more evolved than I would expect. Wine is a little fiery though, and lacking integration - but it's a '77 - so patience may be rewarded..
More anon..
Tom