2008 Warre’s Late Bottled Vintage Port
2008 Warre’s Late Bottled Vintage Port Deep garnet centre with a near opaque rim.Brooding damson noserevealing black fruit liquorice and subtle mint undertones. Well toned on the palate generous and muscular with full black fruit flavours voluptuous and elegant.Very well balanced an exquisitely crafted wine.
91 Wine Spectator: This has matured nicely, settling in with a mix of mulled black currant and plum fruit, carried by a finely grained alder spine and backed by a warm Christmas pudding note. Drink now through 2023.
90 Jeb Dunnuck: The latest LBV from this estate, the 2008 Late Bottled Vintage Port is primarily Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca that spent four years in wood and was bottled in 2012. From a cooler vintage, it’s made in a more seamless, elegant style yet still has beautiful depth of fruit, with classic plum, jammy blackberry, spice box, chocolate, and cigar aromatics all emerging from the glass. It holds up beautifully with air, has medium to full-bodied richness, a solid spine of acidity, and a great finish. It’s a beautiful, elegant LBV that’s drinking great today yet will easily evolve for another decade.
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