1991 Warre

[jdaw1]

A horizontal of 1991s, some Vintage, some Single-Quinta, on Monday 9^th December 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by GEAG.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • Dow;
  • Graham;
  • Warre;
  • Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Cockburn;
  • Cockburn Quinta dos Canais;
  • Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
  • Fonseca Guimaraens;
  • Croft;
  • Morgan;
  • Quinta do Noval;
  • Quinta do Noval Nacional;
  • Quinta de la Rosa;
  • Niepoort;
• Placemats (and in the list of placemats);
• Planning and arrangements.

[winesecretary]

Opened 1635 and decanted 1935 on 08/12/19. Dark. Heavy sticky sediment. All well.

[jdaw1]

W91. Again glorious red, 50% opaque. Similar nose to G. Palate dry and hollow and wrong. No.

[winesecretary]

Dark. Promising nose. Not standing out on the palate, however.

[nac]

Still quite deep and not much on the nose. Dry, not much fruit.

Have 4 bottles in my cellar and hoping they're better than this...

[Alex Bridgeman]

A mature red colour with an orange tone on the rim; 40% opaque. Slightly astringent fruit, perhaps redcurrant, on the nicely developed nose. Smooth satin texture, with a slight charcoal grittiness to the tannins. A little jammy, very much a fruit-led wine but with good elegant acidity. A lovely red liquorice aftertaste and finish. Although the length is impressive, it is a little too sweet and unbalanced at the end. 86/100.