Deep garnet. Very pretty plum and berry aromas with hints of honey and toffee. Turns to custard. Full-bodied sweet and fresh. Firm tannins with elegance and balance. Will age for a long time but ready. Generous but subtle. '77/'85/'97 blind Port retrospective.

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 1977 is quite powerful very deep and intense particularly for Warre.