For The Love Of Port

There was a discussion in one of my notes from a tasting on the Warres Otima 20 Year Old and a few wondered if worth retrying given its history. So I thought I'd open up the Virtual Tasting Room to it. If Otima 20 is not your bag in tawnies, please taste something else---more participation makes for a better thing!

Great idea, John!

If I can't get ahold of an Otima 20, I'll open my last Dona Antonia (Ferreira). Those are the ones that used to be called Duque de Bragança.

Good idea. Let me see if I can find an Otima.

I like the Otima 20 but all of my Port and Wine is in storage until late October / early November as I'm waiting on my new house to be finished.

My local b&m didn't have the 20, just the 10. But a little searching revealed I could still find a bottle in town. Purchased it a week or so ago, opened it last night. I'll just post the link to my TN for now until we can have some discussion. Hopefully some others join in.
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I don’t have a Warre Otima 20YO in the cellar. I’ll see if I can get hold of one. If not, I’ll open a different 20YO.

After making various enquiries it turns out that the Warre Otima 20 Year Old is not marketed in the UK. The only way I could get a bottle is to buy it from a Portuguese online retailer and have them ship it to me - which would cost around £25 in service fees and another £8 in taxes.

I'll have a look and see what other 20YO tawnies I have in the cellar.

Al B. wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:56 am After making various enquiries it turns out that the Warre Otima 20 Year Old is not marketed in the UK. ...
I'll have a look and see what other 20YO tawnies I have in the cellar.

I look forward to any note Al.

The marketing of Otima does seem a bit disjoint. I was able to find it, but one store just had the 10, another only the 20 ... This might be more common than I realize at b&m retail, but I'm used to seeing full line-ups when visiting producers and at online stores.

While I was in Gaia recently I swung by the Cockburn's Lodge for a tasting. As luck would have it, and knowing this virtual tasting was going on, I got to try a glass of the Otima 20. Not a detailed note, as it was just a tasting sample, but...

Lovely marmalade with a dusty bit streaking across the tongue. Medium bodied that was not too sweet. Full of maple, honey and citrus notes that were balanced by bright acidy. A seamless transition to the long finish rounded out this lovely 20 year old tawny. I've not had this is a very long time and from what I recall this has significantly improved since then. 92 points

Since I couldn’t get hold of a bottle of the Otima 20yo in the UK so I’ve gone for something which we don’t see very often — Quinta da Corte 20YO Tawny, bottled 2022. Warm brick red in colour, 60% opaque. Warm strawberry jam on the nose, like jam tarts cooling from the oven. Sweet strawberry syrup on the palate, lemon and a dusting of tannins. Lovely complex aftertaste, strawberry jam, lemon and lime. Long lemon and jam finish. Sweet, fat and round. Rather an impressive 20YO Tawny. 91/100. Tasted 22-Nov-2023. Decanted 1 hour.