1990 Warre Cavadinha

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of evening as a whole;
• 1970 Martinez;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1982 Croft;
• 1990 Warre Cavadinha;
• 1991 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1991 Quinta do Noval;
• 1991 Quinta de Roriz;
• 1991 Smith Woodhouse;
• 2003 Colmaça;
• 2003 Vale Dona Maria;
• 2005 Osborne LBV;
• NV Dow’s Icon Reserve;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mature looking, a gentle red/orange colour; 30% opaque. Atrractive nose of ripe blood oranges. Mature, sweet fruit in the mouth and lovely development on the mid-palate; perhaps with some hints of Douro bake. Peppery and enjoyable. The aftertaste is gentle and the finish generous and long. Very pleasant current drinking - but not a port I would keep for the long term. 85/100.

[JacobH]

Plummy colour. Lightening towards the edge. Quite subdued on the nose. In the mouth some fruit remains; very drinkable now but will fade away soon.

[RAYC]

Decanted @8.00a.m. and straight back to bottle.

Relatively simple flavour profile, yet more mature characteristics than might be expected of a '91, not huge on either the nose or finish but perfectly agreeable drinking. The type of port I would happily open up alone on a Friday night after a tough week and drink on a short decant.

If available at around the same price, I'd probably put my money towards the Cavadinha '92 tasted a couple of weeks earlier.