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The Symington family have introduced a security seal on all their 2017 Vintage Ports to prevent counterfeiting and to guarantee the wine’s authenticity. The security seal is produced by the Portuguese national mint, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, and has been applied to the back neck of the bottle, attached to the capsule and stretching to the glass. Each seal has a unique code, a hologram, and a security glue which ensures the paper will te...
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The Story
Over the centuries Warre's has made memorable wines which have earned for it First Growth status alongside a very small group of other elite producers. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Warre’s produced some of the greatest Vintage Ports ever made such as the 1870, 1887, 1896, the great 1904, the legendary 1908 and several more, all of which played a very significant role in establishing Port as one of the world’s finest wines.More recentl...
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The hot and exceptionally dry conditions of 2017 in the Douro Valley showed the benefits of having a large proportion of old plantings in the vineyard. Warre’s Cavadinha and Retiro vineyards have old mixed-variety vines (one-fifth and one-third of the respective vineyards) which really came into their own in what was one of the hottest and driest years on record. These old field blend vines along with very low yields gives the Warre’s 2017 Vin...
Vintage 2017
The 2017 vintage produced exceptional ports in the Douro. It was a dry year with compact bunches of excellent quality berries and extremely low yields. The advanced growing season resulted in our earliest ever recorded harvest start date. Nothing less than a spectacular year for Vintage Port!
