1980 Warre

[jdaw1]

A tasting of 1980s, on Wednesday 20th October 2021, at the Boot & Flogger, arranged George G.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1980 Fonseca;
• 1980 Taylor;
• 1980 Croft Quinta da Roêda;
• 1980 Sandeman;
• 1980 Offley;
• 1980 Burmester;
• 1980 Dow;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1980 Warre;
• 1980 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1980 Gould Campbell;
• 1980 Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• 1980 Niepoort;
• 1980 Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• Placemats (mentioned in issue 151; a revisit of the design of 02Mar2012);
• Planning and arrangements.

[nac]

One of six bottles acquired from Seckford in June 2021.

Level into neck, no obvious seepage.
Cork came out more or less whole. Very heavy sediment.
Double decanted and Vac-u-Vined at 0700 on morning of tasting.
Passed QA tasting.

[nac]

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[winesecretary]

Middling garnet hue. Smooth. Delicious black cherry wine for drinking now.

[akzy]

My WOTN. Relatively dark compared to others. A smooth port with cherry bakewell delight and long length. Really lovely and drinking great.

[JacobH]

Reddish in the middle. Nose is attractive but subtle. In the mouth, very limited fruit. Slightly orangey. Little acidic. No tannins. Short aftertaste. Fine.

[M.Charlton]

Pale red, slightly red/orange rim. The nose seemed a little subdued for my liking. The palate picked up a bit, with red cherries and maybe some orange blossom. I found the rather smooth aftertaste to be over too quickly, though.