2016 Warre's - 6x75cl
21B6WARR6PK _ 2016 - Warre's - 6x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Warre
  • Region Port
  • Drinking 2030 - 2054
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Warre's - 6x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Warre
  • Region Port
  • Drinking 2030 - 2054
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £336.78 £300.00 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £56.13 £50.00 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £255.00 £224.35 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, May 2018, Score: 94-96

    A very scented wine, full of joyous bramble fruits. This is a true wine lover’s vintage port. Less on power, more on refinement and elegance. The tannins almost have a silky texture for a vintage port. Deliciously graceful and an absolute charmer.

  • Neal Martin, June 2018, Score: 94

    The 2016 Warre’s Vintage Port was picked from 19 September, the harvest took 10 days longer than usual in order to gain optimal ripeness. It has a tightly-wound but compelling bouquet with intense black fruit laced with clove, nutmeg and touches of smoke. This is a Warre’s with great precision and detail. The palate is sheer class: saturated ripe tannin that belie the structure underneath. There is a symmetry about this Vintage Port and a tension that keeps you returning for more. Wow. This is one of the finest Warre’s that I have tasted at declaration. Bravo! Production is 4,250 cases.

  • James Suckling, May 2018, Score: 96

    Very complex with dried flowers and roses. Full-bodied, very layered and tightly wound. Chewy and powerful. Firm and off-dry. Needs five or six years to soften. Beauty. Try in 2024.

  • Matthew Jukes, May 2018, Score: 18.5+

    Sophisticated and intellectually challenging, this is a very detailed wine and yet is does not jump out of the glass, preferring you to search for its flavours. While many 2016s show up-front appeal, the main thrust of the flavour in Warre’s is pushed back on the palate and this is a great sign for long-term ageing.

Producer

Warre

The oldest of all British Port producers, Warre's has been operating in the region since the 18th century. Messrs Clarke Thornton spawned the company that was to become Warre's. William Warre added his name to the company when he became partner in 1729. The current Symington family owners involvent started when Andrew James Symington was admitted into partnership in the firm of Warre Co having arrived from Scotland in 1882...Read more

The oldest of all British Port producers, Warre's has been operating in the region since the 18th century. Messrs Clarke Thornton spawned the company that was to become Warre's. William Warre added his name to the company when he became partner in 1729. The current Symington family owners involvent started when Andrew James Symington was admitted into partnership in the firm of Warre Co having arrived from Scotland in 1882 and worked alongside the existing members of the Warre family since then. The depression that followed, meant that many shippers fell on hard times. During this period the Warre family sold their remaining shares to their partners, the Symingtons. As with other Port houses, Warre's will always be inextricably linked with its quintas, the estates dotted along the Douro and her tributaries that are the source of this region's grapes. With Warre's this is Quinta da Cavadinha, located in the Pinhão Valley in the upper reaches of the Douro, known as the Alto Douro (or Douro Superior). Today it is widely acknowledged that it is these arid vineyards, that are the source of the best quality grapes. Cavadhina is an important source of fruit for Warre's Vintage Port, and in non-declared years it may be bottled as a single quinta wine. It is also the location of Warre's experimental vineyard. Warre's have also recently acquired the 46 hectare Quinta do Bom Retiro Pequeno, a leading estate located in the Rio Torto valley, from which they have historically sourced fruit. As with other Port houses, Warre's also maintain a lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, on the site purchased by Messrs Clarke, Thornton and Warre. Today the buildings house the largest oak vat used by any house, the Memel Vat, which holds the equivalent of over 178000 bottles of Port.Read less

Region

Port

Port is made in the Cima Corgo, Baixo Corgo and Douro Superior districts of the Douro Valley in the north of Portugal. The summers are hot and dry and the climate becomes more continental as you move further east towards the upper Douro Valley. Here temperatures often exceed 40 degrees. The Douro Valley has steep hillsides with terraces, which is not only aesthetically pleasing but is also extremely useful for making quality wine. The schist soils aid in drainage and have become very important to port production, so much so that much of the Douro table wines have been relegated to granite soils. The six main grape varieties used for port production are Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Amarela. There are another 42 grape varieties that are permitted but these six are considered to be the noblest ones, each adding something different to the blend. After the harvest the grapes are trodden, often by foot but more often by machines, in giant lagars (troughs). Port is a fortified wine so during fermentation ‘brandy' (not actually brandy but a grape-distilled spirit) is added to increase thealcoholic strength to around 17-19 % abv. This leaves a sweet, red fortified wine with lots of vibrant fruit. There are many different types of Port from the Basic Ruby Ports, through to Tawny Ports and LBVs, to probably the most famous of all Vintage Port that can take 20 years to reach its peak. When mature, Vintage Port is a unique tasting experience with warm, concentrated spicy-fruit flavours and a superb length that just goes on and on.