Warres Vintage Port 1980

Category:
 
Fortified Wines
Sub-Category:  
 
Port Wines
Producer:
 
Warres
Label Name:
 
Vintage Port
Vintage:
 
1980
Country:
 
Portugal
Region:
 
Douro Valley (aged in Vila Nova de Gaia)
Volume:
 
750ml
ABV:
 
20%
Grape(s):
 
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão (traditional Douro blend)
Acidity:
 
3
Tannins:
 
4
Sweetness:
 
5
Body:
 
5
Length:
 
5
Aroma Intensity:
 
4
Best Temperature:
 
16-18°C

Awards/Ratings
Notable scores include 95 (Jeb Dunnuck/Wine. com), 88 (Robert Parker/Wine Advocate), 16/20 (Jancis Robinson). Widely reviewed by vintage-port specialists and retailers; generally regarded as mature/ready and highly collectible

Tasting Note
Aged, perfumed Vintage Port: concentrated black cherry and fig, violet and mint topnotes, layers of tobacco, dark chocolate, toffee and leather, with roasted walnut and tea-like tertiary aromas; silky, mouth-coating tannins, sweet core and a very long, balanced finish.

Food Pairing
Western: blue and aged cheeses, dark chocolate, roast lamb, venison and nutty desserts. Asian: Peking duck, char siu (barbecue pork), Chinese red-braised pork, Malaysian/Indonesian rendang, sesame or red-bean sweets.

Production Method
Fermented then fortified with grape spirit (aguardente) to stop fermentation; matured in large oak vats and cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, bottled after extended cellar ageing.

Vineyard Info
Warre's, founded 1670, is one of the oldest Port houses and part of Symington Family Estates; sources grapes from Quintas Cavadinha, Retiro, Telhada, Alvito and Netas in the Douro.