WARRE'S Vintage Port 2017 Bottle

Description

The 2017 Vintage Port from Warre’s is a compelling expression of elegance and power, earning outstanding accolades including 98 points from James Suckling and 94-96 points from The Wine Advocate. Suckling highlights its impressive aromas of wet earth, grape, and old vines, with layers of bark and moss, culminating in a full-bodied, sweet profile with remarkable structure. The Wine Advocate praises its composition, which includes 63% field blend from old vines, 22% Touriga Nacional, and 15% Touriga Franca, revealing firm concentration and fine texture. Jancis Robinson awarded it 18 points, noting its ripe black fruit aromas, sweet blackcurrant tea, and floral exuberance. This exceptional Vintage Port, with a drinking window from 2025 to 2067, promises to evolve beautifully, offering great depth and complexity.

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JAMES SUCKLING 98 points
Loads of wet earth and grape aromas with hints of stems. Old vine aromas of bark and moss. Full-bodied, sweet and structured with a big kick on the end. Very impressive. Exceptional layers of fruit and energy. A stronger and more muscular Warre. 3,600 cases. Try after 2028.

THE WINE ADVOCATE (94-96) points
Drink Date: 2025 - 2067
"The 2017 Vintage Port is mostly a field blend from old vines (63%), plus 22% Touriga Nacional and 15% Touriga Franca, bottled about a month before this tasting after 18 months in seasoned vats. The just-bottled sample was not actually used for fear it might be in shock, so this is actually a pre-bottling sample. It comes in with 110 grams of residual sugar. Relatively accessible, this still shows some impressive firmness to go with its fine concentration. An elegant wine this may be, as Charles Symington called it, but it is still admirable for its structure, even if the whole package is a little understated. Its fruit and mid-palate are nicely supported by moderate tannins. It evolves well with air, easily showing vivid and fresh fruit. It is beautifully textured as well. This is a fine Warre's Port, holding its own next to Dow, better than the 2016 Warre and a force in its own right. It is one of the best in a while. It is relatively accessible but not ready. There were 3,600 cases produced." - Mark Squires

JANCIS ROBINSON 18 points
Ripe and pure black fruit, smells fresher than the Dow’s. Sweet blackcurrant tea and a touch of dark chocolate, like chocolate-covered fresh black cherries and blackcurrants. Becomes more floral as it opens, wilder, more exuberant. Chewy, chalky rather than grainy tannins. Deep and rounded and long with a dry-tasting finish. A generous, full-bodied whole. (JH)