Warre’s 2024 Vintage Port 75cl En Primeur Offer

Description

Warre’s 2024 Vintage Port | The Oldest British Port House

The first classic declaration in seven years, the Warre’s 2024 Vintage Port marks a return to a more considered, elegant style of Warre’s, the kind of Port the house has always been known for.

Warre’s is the oldest of all British-founded Port houses and was established as a trading company in 1670. William Warre joined in 1729 and so began the dynasty that would shape both the Port trade and the military history of the Iberian Peninsula.

En Primeur Offer

This is an “En Primeur” offer or pre-order from Fareham Wine Cellar. The price includes UK Duty and VAT. The 2024 Vintage Ports will be shipped in Autumn 2026.

Warre’s Vintage Port Winemaking

The Warre’s 2024 Vintage Port blend is led by 38% Touriga Franca and 34% old vine field blend (vinhas velhas), with 17% Touriga Nacional and 11% Sousão, fermented in lagar with indigenous yeasts and matured in large oak vessels for 18 months. The higher proportion of Touriga Franca gives Warre’s its sophistication and structure, with notes of roses and very fine tannins.

Warre’s Port Vineyards

The character of the wine comes primarily from Single Port Quintas – Quinta da Cavadinha and Quinta do Retiro – high-altitude Cima Corgo vineyards of great age, producing concentrated wines of remarkable freshness. In the glass, the 2024 delivers on that promise: violets, blackberries and black pepper on the nose, precise and charming, with a focused structure that stops well short of excess.

Warre’s 2024 Vintage Port – Key Facts

• Provenance: Quinta da Cavadinha, Quinta do Retiro, Quinta da Telhada and Quinta das Netas
• Grape Varieties: Touriga Franca: 38%, Old Vine Field Blend: 34%, Touriga Nacional: 17%, Sousão: 11%

Wine Specification

• Alcohol by volume: 20% v/v (20°C)
• Total acidity: 5.00 (g/l)
• Baumé: 3.60
• Bottled during May 2026 with no filtration
• Winemakers: Charles Symington, Mário Natário
• Production: 4,280 cases (9L) – 13.5% of Warre’s total vineyard production in 2024

Symington Family Estates 2024 Vintage Port Declaration

The Symington family have declared 2024 as a classic Vintage Port year, their first in seven years, and one that wine lovers have been quietly hoping for.

After a run of harvests defined by heat and unpredictability, the Douro returned in 2024 to something closer to its traditional self. Gradual ripening, cool nights and a well-timed harvest gave fourth-generation Head Winemaker Charles Symington and his team the raw material they needed to produce wines of real elegance and restraint, the kind that reward patience in the cellar as much as excitement at the table.

Seven Vintage Ports have been bottled from this exceptional year. The core declarations – Warre’s, Dow’s, Graham’s and Cockburn’s – are joined by the magnificent Quinta do Vesúvio, one of the Douro’s most celebrated single-quinta estates. Two rare micro-terroir expressions complete the collection: Graham’s The Stone Terraces and the ultra-limited Capela da Quinta do Vesúvio, both produced in tiny quantities from some of the Valley’s most remarkable vineyard sites. In addition to the family’s principal Vintage Ports, they have also released a small quantity of Smith Woodhouse and Quinta de Roriz 2024 Vintage Port.

Charles Symington, Head Winemaker and Joint Managing Director, commented, “The 2024 Vintage Ports whisper rather than shout. After years of heat-driven power, these wines are characterised by their precision: taut structures wrapped in pure, crystalline fruit. This is Douro elegance with backbone, and refinement with staying power. It was worth the wait.”