1995 Warre's LBV Port

Rich Greenberg · Post by **Rich Greenberg** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:24 am

I had a chance to pop open this bottle the other night. I did not, however, really track it closely for a proper tasting note, just enjoyed drinking it while I puttered around the house. Very deep, dark fruit, good body, and well-balanced. For my tastes, a very nice wine, and a reasonable price at $25.

Anyone else had any experiences with this one recently?

Rich

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:38 pm

I've had several bottles of this and it never disappoints. A very good QPR, and worth buying. IIRC, I've got about 1/2 case or so left

Steve Saxon · Post by **Steve Saxon** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:40 pm

This is my every day LBV, it's not as good as the 94 but for the money it's hard to beat.

Rich Greenberg · Post by **Rich Greenberg** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:25 am

Sounds like you guys are finding it as I did, and I'll assume for roughly the same price. If you have a local source for half, let me know!!

R

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:15 am

I can usually find it for $22-25 a bottle around me, and worth every penny.

Kris Henderson · Post by **Kris Henderson** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:07 pm

Rich, This is one of my favorte LBV's. It alwasys pleases and is a good price too.

Jay Powers · Post by **Jay Powers** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:05 pm

Rich

I too like this wine. For a local source, its all over the place...try BevMo (Daly City/Colma), or further south Beltramo's.

Jay

Todd Pettinger · Post by **Todd Pettinger** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:03 pm

I too saw this at Beltramos in Redwood City while I was there, but the budget was blown with some other higher-priced items and I didn't have any space left in my luggage! :)

Todd

Alex K. · Post by **Alex K.** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:39 pm

I really shouldn't mention that we got this at £5 per bottle here, recently, that would be too cruel.

Todd Pettinger · Post by **Todd Pettinger** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:10 pm

You're right Alex - you shouldn't. It would be. :? I can't seem to source it locally - closest place is in Calgary - a mere 3 hour drive

Todd

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:25 pm

Alex K. wrote:I really shouldn't mention that we got this at £5 per bottle here, recently, that would be too cruel.

WOW

what a great price. I would have bought all they had for that price.

Alex K. · Post by **Alex K.** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:55 pm

I did - but others managed to get considerably more.

Rich Greenberg · Post by **Rich Greenberg** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:14 am

:x

No, really, I'm happy for YOU! :twisted:

Rich

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:52 pm

Andy V. wrote:
Alex K. wrote:I really shouldn't mention that we got this at £5 per bottle here, recently, that would be too cruel.
WOW what a great price. I would have bought all they had for that price.

That is a great price, send a freighter's worth to the US!

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:52 am

Moses,

Unfortunately, the normal market price for the Warre 1995 Traditional LBV in the UK is about the same as in the US - £12.50-£15 or roughly $25-$30.

The £5 bottles from Asda just vanished into thin air. Between 5 of us (Derek, Tom, Alex K, Alan and myself) we managed to pick about 4 cases and the rest went to other mysterious port fans who we have yet to tempt onto the forum. If we could send pallet loads over to the US then we'd be happy to.

Sadly, there are no more stocks at that price.

Alex