1980 Warre

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The theme was bring some port to share, from the '70s or '80s, blind.

Bottles:

• 1985 Dow
• 1970 Croft
• 1980 Warre
• 1977 Croft
• 1977 Cálem
• 1985 Fonseca
• 1975 Taylor
• 1997 Gould Campbell

[Alex Bridgeman]

Dark red, in early maturity; 95% opaque. Rich bramble fruit on the nose, fragrant and lovely. Hollow entry, slow to develop on the palate. Big, fruity and bold with dusty tannins and masses of black cherry on the palate. This is a big wine, rich and full of fruit giving a wonderful mouthful. Lots of fruit on the aftertaste and such a big finish. This is fabulous Port, so young and yet so delicious. Served blind, this was guessed to be Fonseca 1985.
93/100. Tasted 05-Feb-20. Decanted 11½ hours.