Warre, Vintage other_regions The visit was capped off

The visit was capped off by previews of the 2004 Cristal and the as-yet-unreleased Cristal Rose

floral and lifted

balanced acidity and elegant tannins are rolled into one beautiful wine

with grainy tannins and firm acidity

as Franchetti puts it

Warre, Vintage other_regions The visit was capped offThis house makes rather restrained yet rich, flavorful vintage port and a very good tawny called Nimrod. Their vintage ports seem slow to develop, and while they never quite have the voluptuous richness of a Dow, Graham, or Fonseca, they have a unique mineral scented character that gives them their own complexity and style. The 1963 is very, very good and now fully mature.