Warre's Otima Port: 1992 Colheita & 10 Years Old Tawny - Douro - 2 Französischer Pot (0,5 L)

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1992 Warre's Otima Colheita Tawny Port 1 x 0.50L
Warre's Otima 10 Years Old Tawny Port 1 x 0.50L
2 Bottles
Port Wine

DESCRIPTION
Founded in 1670, Warre’s is the first and the oldest British port company established in Portugal. By the end of the 18th century, Warre’s had become one of the leading port companies, shipping 2,937 pipes in 1791, 10% of the total sold by 21 companies in that year. The Warre’s name is synonymous with the history of the British in Porto. Warre’s continues to be famous for its Vintage Ports, a reputation which began with its very fine late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vintages. This legacy has endured into the 21st century with the outstanding 2000, 2007, 2011 and 2016 Vintage Ports. The Warre's 2016 Vintage Port was awarded the No#14 spot in The Wine Spectator's prestigious Top 100 Wines of 2018, the highest ranking Portuguese wine. Today Warre's sources its grapes from the beautiful Quinta da Cavadinha in the Pinhão Valley, as well as Quinta do Retiro, Quinta da Telhada, Quinta do Alvito and Quinta das Netas. Warre's signature style is floral, fresh and elegant, reflecting the particular characteristics of these higher altitude vineyards.

WINEMAKER: Charles Symington.

-> 1992 Warre's Otima Colheita Tawny Port 1 x 0.50L
AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS
93 Points, Wine Spectator
93 Points, Wine Enthusiast

WINE VARIETIES: Traditional varieties from Douro Region.

VINIFICATION
Colheita’ is the Portuguese word for harvest and a Colheita Port is thus a wine from a single year and — specifically — an aged tawny port, matured solely in wood. These wines have some similarities with Warre’s Otima 10 and 20-Year-Old (both styles are old tawnies) but as wines from a single harvest, Colheita Ports distinctively reflect the individual characteristics of one year. Conversely, aged tawnies with an age indication are blended to express a consistent house style with little or no variation over time. 1992 was one of the driest winters on record but thanks to heavy rainstorms in early August and a summer that was not excessively hot, the vines delivered grapes in very fine condition with balanced maturations and good color.

TASTING NOTES
Attractive auburn core with an orangebrown rim. Subtle aromas of honeysuckle, butterscotch and marzipan, and delicate hints of honey and walnuts. The wine is silky smooth on the palate, revealing citrus, sweet orange notes that complement the creamy texture with crisp freshness. Soft caramel flavours combine with traces of quince and the long aftertaste suggests black tea and white pepper.

SERVING
This is an exclusively wood-matured Port and once bottled it is ready to be enjoyed. The wine should ideally be served lightly chilled to enjoy it at its best. Warre’s Otima Colheita Ports are a fine accompaniment of assorted sweet desserts and are equally pleasurable sampled on their own. Once open, the wine will keep for up to a month. Serve at a temperature between 14ºC and 16ºC.

-> Warre's Otima 10 Years Old Tawny Port 1 x 0.50L
AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS
93 Points, Robert Parker
93 Points, Wine Spectator
92 Points, Wine & Spirits Magazine
92 Points, Vinum Magazine
92 Points, Bob Campbell
91 Points, Wine Enthusiast
18 Points, Decanter
90 Points, Falstaff
89 Points, Tom Cannavan
17 Points, Good Choice, Vinho Grandes Escolhas
17 Points, Revista de Vinhos
16.5 Points, Jancis Robinson
Gold Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards
Gold Medal, Berlin Wine Trophy


WINE VARIETIES: Traditional varieties from Douro Region.

VINIFICATION
Warre’s OTIMA 10 Year Old undergoes fermentation with natural yeast at between 24 to 28ºC. Once the must has fermented to the desired degree of sweetness (usually within 48 hours), fortification takes place with grape brandy at 77% v/v (generally 80% must / 20% brandy).
Aged Tawny Ports are blended, high quality wines that are matured in wood for extended periods, gradually shedding the deep ruby colour of youth and acquiring the amber-golden tawny hues from which their name derives. Following each harvest in the Douro Valley, the winemaker selects some of the finest wines with the potential for long-term ageing in the wine cellars, known as lodges, earmarking them to become Old Tawny Port with an indication of age. Warre’s offers two such wines, the Otima 10-YearOld and the Otima 20-Year-Old Tawnies. As the wines mature in seasoned oak casks of 600 litres, they are constantly tasted to check their progress, and when determining the final blend for bottling, the master blender will draw on wines from several harvests, brought together to maintain a consistent house style, unchanging over time. The age indication on the label therefore refers to the average age of the component wines. The art of blending to ensure consistency of quality and style is a fine craft, built on and perfected by generations of experience.

TASTING NOTES
Rich tawny colour, with an excellent nose of nuts and hints of mature fruit. On the palate light and delicate, beautifully rounded, with hints of dried fruits, and a long elegant finish.
Warre’s Otima 10 Year-Old-Tawny balances the generosity of fresh, youthful fruit with the sophistication and elegance that a decade in seasoned wood brings to the wines. The Port displays amplitude, combining fruit-driven volume with the seductive mellowness and delicacy of wood ageing.

SERVING
Does not need decanting. The wine is ready to drink when bottled, but will maintain its quality in bottle. Serve slightly chilled or at room temperature. Superb with cheese, nuts or dried fruit after a meal or on its own. Serve at a temperature between 15ºC and 16ºC.