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"98 Points - David Sly, Decanter.com
There is such cleanliness to the flavours and such freshness in the aromas that it’s hard to recognise this as being 50-year-old Port. The wafts of rose petals and star anise are enticing, while the integrated components are seamless and there’s significant power driving though an unusually long, unwavering palate line. With 1977 revered as one of the great Port vintages, this definitely lives up to its esteemed reputation. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2040 Tasted Apr 2024"
Founded in 1670, Warre’s is the first and oldest British Port company established in Portugal. The Warre’s name is synonymous with the history of Port and the company was a pioneer of the Port trade. For more than three hundred years the company has produced some of the greatest Ports ever made. Lt General Sir William Warre, born into the already well-established Port family, joined the Duke of Wellington’s Peninsular Army and had a brave and distinguished career in the Napoleonic campaigns from 1807 to 1814, where he played a leading role in the liberation of his native country. His contemporary diaries and letters are an invaluable source to historians. Andrew James Symington became a partner in Warre’s in 1905 and assumed full responsibility for the vineyards, winemaking and cellars in 1912 on the return of the Warre family to the UK after two centuries in Portugal. The company was owned by the Warre and Symington families jointly until the Warre’s finally sold their shares to the Symingtons in the 1950’s. Warre’s is famous for the feminine elegance of its Ports which come from the relatively high 29 hectare vineyard at Quinta da Cavadinha in the Pinhão Valley, the 22 hectare vineyard at Quinta do Retiro in the Rio Torto Valley, and the 25 hectare Quinta da Telhada, in the upper reaches of the Douro Superior.
