1955 Warre

[Alex Bridgeman]

Links:

• Review of the evening of 29th March 2012 (The Birthday Boys' Tasting) as a whole;
• Cockburn Special Reserve;
• Fonseca Terra Prima;
• Graham's Finest Reserve;
• Graham's Six Grapes;
• Noval Black;
• Port Society Finest Reserve;
• Ramos Pinto Collector's Reserve;
• Quinta de la Rosa Reserve Ruby;
• 1966 Croft;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1965 Malvedos;
• 1959 Niepoort colheita;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Warre;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Burnt sienna to the eye, 25% opaque. A touch of stink on the nose, and not much else. Modest texture, with lots of tobacco on the palate; full of dates and walnuts. Big palate presence, with plenty of layers. Lovely sweetness and elegance. Big aftertaste, full volume finish. This is a very impressive port with great concentration of flavour and balance. Served blind this was guessed to be Taylor 1970. 94/100.