1997 Warre

The Institute of Masters of Wine organised a comprehensive tasting of 1997 ports to be tasted in alphabetical order. No. 34 was Warre and what a wonderful way to finish. Powerful and harmonious with a beautifully integrated tannins, its is colour holding very well, with no spirity notes or signs of premature ageing that have been noted with some of the 1997s. Indeed the fact that it was placed last is indicative not of the fact that W is close to the end of the alphabet, I suspect, but rather because the Warre 97, of all the great wines produced in that year, is currently showing the best.
(Simon Field MW - BBR Buyer)

Ageing crimson. Concentrated and dry. Very sweet start and then a bit dead on the palate. The fruit may be slightly overripe. Dried out a bit. Not the finest. Strained. Tannins a bit green.
(Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com – October 2004)