92/100 Parker, August 2022

"The 2009 Late Bottled Vintage Port is the new release, although hardly a new wine. It is a traditional Douro field blend, heavy on TourigaNacional and Touriga Franca. It was bottled unfiltered in 2013 with along cork after four years in cask and then held back at Warre's lodgefor bottle aging before release. It comes in with 109 grams per liter ofresidual sugar. It's pretty spectacular. This unfiltered LBV isexpressive and delicious. With the extra aging, it is also velvety andharmonious, but this certainly has power to spare the next day. It hasthe depth to coat the palate and fill the mouth too. With 90 minutes ofair, it is very fresh, but it finally shows welcome hints of complexity.It does everything well and most things brilliantly. It should holdbeautifully, at least for 20 years from its vintage date, but I'mguessing 30 may be more like it. For now, let's be a little cautious,but if you have good storage, there is no reason to worry about itanytime soon."