Warres Vintage Port 1980

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Bob Campbell MW - The Real Review

Obviously well cellared. Lovely mellow port - still showing some plum/berry primary fruits but with developing malty, dried fruits/Xmas cake toasty characters. Seamless and quite complex. Still has plenty of time ahead.

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Richard Mayson - Decanter

From a year when the Symingtons produced some outstanding Vintage ports that have developed beautifully with age. Amazingly deep in colour for a wine with nearly 40 years in bottle. Open, elegant and aromatic, with lovely sweet berry fruit. Mid-weight with just a touch of dark chocolate concentration on the mid-palate, plus black pepper tannins. Still very fresh with lovely blackberryish acidity on a long, linear finish. Wonderful now but no need to be in any hurry to drink. It will keep for another 10 years at least.

Robert Parker - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

This house makes rather restrained yet rich, flavorful vintage port and a very good tawny called Nimrod. Their vintage ports seem slow to develop, and while they never quite have the voluptuous richness of a Dow, Graham, or Fonseca, they have a unique mineral-scented character that gives them their own complexity and style. The 1980 is backward, firm, and has yet to reveal its true personality.

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 1980 Warre’s Vintage Port shows just a little warmth on the nose, rather earthy, with leather clove and smoke aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a peppery opening, quite austere for a 1980, with moderate depth, a healthy sprinkle of white pepper and ginger towards the finish but now it is just missing the requisite fruit to back it up. Tasted at the "Big Fortified Tasting" in London.