Warre's

Specification

Producer

Warre's

Region

Rest of world

Where

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Classification

Vintage Port

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and other Douro varieties

Vintage

1997

Case

Half Bottle, 24 x 37.5cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

WARREX9724X38

About this wine

Warre's Vintage Port is made only in declared years, from a blend of traditional Douro grapes such as Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. It is deep and powerful in youth, with dark fruit, floral notes and firm tannins, and is known for its elegance as it ages. Vintage Port of this kind needs twenty years or more to mature and lasts for many decades.

About Warre's

Warre's is one of the oldest Port houses, founded in 1670 and the first British firm to establish itself in the Port trade. Since the early twentieth century it has been owned and run by the Symington family, whose other houses include Graham's, Dow's and Cockburn's.

The house's vintage Ports draw on vineyards in the Douro valley, including its own Quinta da Cavadinha. Warre's vintage Port is known for a balance of richness and elegance and for its great longevity, which makes older vintages much valued by collectors.