2000 Warre

[jdaw1]

As organised by George G., on Monday 10th February 2025, Some of the usual folks gathered in the Boot & Flogger, for a horizontal of 2000s.

Woe betide! What has become of us‽ A horizontal of Port from this century^†. Yes yes, the world has other disasters afoot, but this disaster is afoot here: what has become of us‽

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 2000 Taylor;
  • 2000 Fonseca;
  • 2000 Croft;
  • 2000 Dow;
  • 2000 Warre;
  • 2000 Graham;
  • 2000 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • 2000 Martinez;
  • 2000 Cockburn;
  • 2000 Gould Campbell;
  • 2000 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 2000 Quarles Harris;
  • 2000 Sainsbury's Taste The Difference;
  • 2000 Niepoort;
  • 2000 Niepoort Secundum;
  • 2000 Sandeman;
  • 2000 Sandeman Vau;
  • 2000 Portal;
  • 2000 Osborne;
  • 2000 Quinta do Passadouro;
• The placemats;
• The food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

† Please allow, or at least forgive, the non-pedantic definition.

[mcoulson]

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[mcoulson]

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and the competition for cork in most pieces has another contender

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Very little sediment

[jdaw1]

W00. Dark dark red, 95% opaque. Big, white-pepper spice, heat mid-palate, big fruit throughout. But this will be better in a decade: wait!

[winesecretary]

Very dark. Wonderful rich figgy port.

[Alex Bridgeman]

W00: The darkest of the wines being tasted at this 2000 horizontal. An unexpected nose, a little dirtiness to the fruit on the nose. Lovely fruit on the palate, much better than on the nose. A wine which builds up beautifully. Lingering and fragrant. Lovely, slightly sticky. 91/100.