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Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Warre--Vintage 1977
Tasting note: Opening price to the trade GBP40 per case F.O.B. or GBP43 in bond, London, 25 case minimum order. Discounts thereafter. Very deep, hard, tea-leaf in 1979. Over 20 notes since showing a slow but gradual development. Fragrant, tea-like bouquet evolving; rich spicy, lovely by the end of the 1980s. Consistently good through the 1990s including a well-nigh perfect bottle at a Symington tasting in 1994: typical Warre elegance, lissom and lovely. Then magnificent magnums, magnanimously donated by the Symingtons, at the Wine Trades' Benevolent Banquet in 1996. Drinking well at the Garrick in 1999. Most recently, at home. Now fully mature-looking; somewhat unknit; a hot dry finish. I preferred it after a day or two in the decanter but overall a bit disappointing. Last tasted in May 2002. Now downgraded to **** Ready M.B. . Two dozen notes since bottling. At its glorious peak in the 1990s. Losing a certain amount of colour and drying out. Nevertheless, a most attractive wine. Last tasted March 2005 **** Now - 2015 M.B.
6 magnums per lot
Warre--Vintage 1977
Tasting note: Opening price to the trade GBP40 per case F.O.B. or GBP43 in bond, London, 25 case minimum order. Discounts thereafter. Very deep, hard, tea-leaf in 1979. Over 20 notes since showing a slow but gradual development. Fragrant, tea-like bouquet evolving; rich spicy, lovely by the end of the 1980s. Consistently good through the 1990s including a well-nigh perfect bottle at a Symington tasting in 1994: typical Warre elegance, lissom and lovely. Then magnificent magnums, magnanimously donated by the Symingtons, at the Wine Trades' Benevolent Banquet in 1996. Drinking well at the Garrick in 1999. Most recently, at home. Now fully mature-looking; somewhat unknit; a hot dry finish. I preferred it after a day or two in the decanter but overall a bit disappointing. Last tasted in May 2002. Now downgraded to **** Ready M.B. . Two dozen notes since bottling. At its glorious peak in the 1990s. Losing a certain amount of colour and drying out. Nevertheless, a most attractive wine. Last tasted March 2005 **** Now - 2015 M.B.
6 magnums per lot
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