3 dozen bottles per dozen
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Warre--Vintage 1985
Parcel: lots 258 to 261 and 262 to 265
Tasting note: Eight notes since April 1987. A touch of toffee on the nose (malt, meat, toffee all reflecting the almost unctuous richness of the vintage, as is a thickness of colour). A dozen years later, still a fine deep red purple; extraordinary nose, whiff of wet oilskin, great vinosity, prunes, figs; sweet, fairly full-bodied, fleshy, elegant, beautifully balanced. An archetypal Warre. High marks at an extensive Symington tasting in London in 1994 and drinking beautifully high above Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, the following year. A still youthful, classic Warre at a Bdr Bank Christie dinner in Vienna 1999. Most recently, in very good vintage company, fairly intense; classic nose again; lovely flavour and texture. Very dry, fragrant finish. With Graham, my top 85. M.B.
3 dozen bottles per dozen
Parcel: lots 258 to 261 and 262 to 265
Tasting note: Eight notes since April 1987. A touch of toffee on the nose (malt, meat, toffee all reflecting the almost unctuous richness of the vintage, as is a thickness of colour). A dozen years later, still a fine deep red purple; extraordinary nose, whiff of wet oilskin, great vinosity, prunes, figs; sweet, fairly full-bodied, fleshy, elegant, beautifully balanced. An archetypal Warre. High marks at an extensive Symington tasting in London in 1994 and drinking beautifully high above Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, the following year. A still youthful, classic Warre at a Bdr Bank Christie dinner in Vienna 1999. Most recently, in very good vintage company, fairly intense; classic nose again; lovely flavour and texture. Very dry, fragrant finish. With Graham, my top 85. M.B.
3 dozen bottles per dozen
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