D+8h:
Full, woody body, some slight acidity; minimal fruit, though still full and dark.
Good, but not the best bottle of W77.
Rating: good+
D+24hr:
This was much improved, better integrated. Still full, woody but smoother, with hints of liquorice and sherbet. Still a slight burnt caramel edge on the aftertaste, perhaps indicating less than perfect storage, but overall now better than initially.
Rating: VeryGood-
At D+48 this was still in the better place; I will be giving any further bottles from this batch a long decant.
1977 Warre
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1977 Warre
Last edited by PhilW on 12:37 Fri 10 Apr 2015, edited 1 time in total.
Re: 1977 Warre
Isn't W77 what brought you here?
If so I hope this is not your last
If so I hope this is not your last
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: 1977 Warre
Running out of W77 was indeed what led to me discovering ; Cr63/55, F70 and W77 where what awakened my love of port prior to that. I may have one or two bottles left stillDRT wrote:Isn't W77 what brought you here?
If so I hope this is not your last