1997 Wine and Port Vintage

Colheita Port, Douro
75cl bottle

This rare Port Wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1997 harvest until it was bottled this year.

Tasting Notes: The 1997 Port from Palmer has a light oak colour. Much elegance on the nose with orange peel, walnuts, figs and a touch of honey. On the palate, there is a lightness that is balanced by good acidity. This port wine delivers a beautiful flavour supported by a long, long finish. Outstanding.


Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, sheltered from light and temperature fluctuations, and the bottle should remain in an upright position. …
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Price: $62.76 USD
Stock: 48 in Stock

Colheita Port, Douro
***91 Points - Mark Squires Wine Advocate***
Presented in Quevedo Gift Box

The 1997 vintage is widely acclaimed as one of the finest from the 1990s for Port wines. This colheita 1997 from our friends at Quevedo perfectly embodies that distinction, delivering a captivating, refined encounter. With refreshing acidity, a rich medley of flavours including creme brulee, nutty undertones, and a hint of caramel, it presents an elegant palate. The finish features a delightful note of grilled hazelnuts, leaving a long-lasting impression on the palate.

Winemakers Notes
COLOUR
Medium saturated, dark brick.
AROMA
While the nose of this wine may be understated, it offers a pleasant and inviting aroma that features discernible scents of candied fruit and freshly-picked berries. …
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Price: $89.69 USD
Stock: 32 in Stock

Ryst Dupeyron Reserve Joseph Millesime vintage Armagnac
50cl bottle
Includes original cardboard gift box

The 1997 Dupeyron Armagnac is the expression of a single year and has a unique character associated with the year and the cask in which it has been stored. These vintages are bottled at the alcohol level in which they naturally come out of the cask. There is a wonderful contrast between the sweet and sour flavours of wood, amplified by the strong alcoholic degree. Rich palate feeling the alcohol and the concentration of dry plums, spicy with persistent flavour of rancio and of spices, but round, soft and long in the finish. The tannins are very present, but full-bodied and round.

The Maison Ryst-Dupeyron was founded by Joseph Dupeyron in 1905. …
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Price: $88.41 USD
Stock: 26 in Stock

Tinta Negra (dry style)

The founders of D’Oliveiras were visionaries that saw the true value of Madeira Wine: its ability to improve over time. D’Oliveiras is the only Madeira Wine company that owns Madeira Wine bottles and barrels from as far as the 1850’s that can still be commercially purchased. Bottled and painted by hand, this 1997 has been aged for 22 years in old French oak barrels in the 17th century wine lodge in the heart of old Funchal.

This unusual 1997 Tinta Negra Madeira was vinified in a dry style, revealing a fine and precise aroma, tempered by the strong presence of dried fruits and lightened and spiced by generous volatile acidity. …
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Price: $126.94 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Colheita Port, Douro

Having spent at least 7 years in cask this 1997 colheita port from JW Hart is essentially a tawny port with a vintage date. This luscious port offers wonderful dried fig, sultanas, Crème brûlée and walnut aromas and flavours, with soft mouthfeel and a high acidity balancing beautifully the port's sweetness. It is finishing off in a long satisfying nutty aftertaste.


Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, sheltered from light and temperature fluctuations, and the bottle should remain in an upright position. If stored correctly, Colheita Ports will keep for decades in the bottle. …
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Price: $70.46 USD
Stock: 29 in Stock

Colheita Port, Douro
MAGNUM BOTTLE (1.5 Litre)

Having spent at least 7 years in cask this 1997 colheita port from JW Hart is essentially a tawny port with a vintage date. This luscious port offers wonderful dried fig, sultanas, Crème brûlée and walnut aromas and flavours, with soft mouthfeel and a high acidity balancing beautifully the port's sweetness. It is finishing off in a long satisfying nutty aftertaste.


Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, sheltered from light and temperature fluctuations, and the bottle should remain in an upright position. If stored correctly, Colheita Ports will keep for decades in the bottle. …
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Price: $114.12 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
With Port Tongs Gift Set
Special Offer | Was £129 | Now £99

This is one of our favourite gifts sets. a classic 1997 Vintage Port with a set of Port Tongs, the traditional way to open a bottle. If you have never seen a bottle opened this way, just take a look at this video as Pedro Silva Reis shows us how to use them.

Quinta Das Carvalhas 1997 Vintage Port is made from a small parcel of vines over 100 years old. The 1997 Quinta Das Carvalhas is a very deep and black purple colour. A very concentrated and fruity aroma, with jammy, blackberries and plum notes. The great mouthfeel reveals all the complexity flavour of fruit, full-bodied and balanced wine soft and velvety background, a long and lasting finish. …
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Price: $126.94 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro

This is one of our favourite gifts sets. a classic 1997 Vintage Port with a set of Port Tongs, the traditional way to open a bottle. If you have never seen a bottle opened this way, just take a look at this video as Pedro Silva Reis shows us how to use them.

Quinta Das Carvalhas 1997 Vintage Port is made from a small parcel of vines over 100 years old. The 1997 Quinta Das Carvalhas is a very deep and black purple colour. A very concentrated and fruity aroma, with jammy, blackberries and plum notes. The great mouthfeel reveals all the complexity flavour of fruit, full-bodied and balanced wine soft and velvety background, a long and lasting finish. …
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Price: $96.17 USD
Stock: 48 in Stock

Quinta da Foz Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in Original Gift Box

This Port wine from the outstanding 1997 vintage has a beautiful and intense ruby red colour with nuances of purplish red, little transparency. The nose denotes intense and persistent aromas of red berries fruit such as black cherry, cherry macerated in alcohol and blueberry as well as an intense and pleasing aroma of violet and hints of vanilla on the finish.
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Price: $102.51 USD
Stock: 16 in Stock

St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification, Bordeaux

Deep garnet color. Perfumed, vibrant aromas of black cherry, cassis, leather and oak spice. Big, sweet and rich, with lush black cherry and black raspberry fruit already offering enticing inner-mouth flavor. Less oaky on the palate than on the nose. Just a hint of herbaceousness. Finishes subtle and quite long, with impressively even, ripe tannins but not quite the snap of the '96. A terrific effort for the vintage. Stephen Tanzer Vinous
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Price: $191.05 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

Margaux Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, Bordeaux

The 1997 Angludet performed freakishly well in my tastings. It reveals a deep purple color, and gobs of chewy, fat, blackberry and mocha-tinged cherry fruit. An opulent 1997, it possesses superb fruit purity, medium to full body, low acidity, and a seductive, fleshy personality. This wine is a sleeper of the vintage.
*Robert M. Parker, Jr. The Wine Advocate*

Château d'Angludet or Château Angludet, is located in the appellation Margaux, in the commune of Cantenac on the left bank of the Gironde. The estate was classified a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel in 1932, and most recently a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2003. …
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Price: $57.06 USD
Stock: 16 in Stock

Barsac, Sweet White Wine
Half Bottle 37.5 cl

This 1997 Barsac sweet wine retains a lovely freshness. Textured and with plenty of noble rot in evidence, it displays notes of orange peel and apricots. Intense and scented with a finish that goes on and on.

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Price: $44.81 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Sauternes 2eme Cru Classe
Half bottle 37.5cll

The 1997 Chateau Filhot This celebrated sweet wine is made from a blend of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. Expect beautiful botrytis character with notes of apricots and a wonderfully pure, honeyed pineapple-scented nose, rich, medium to full-bodied flavors, fine underlying acidity, an earthiness that added to the wine's complexity, and a clean, rich, crisp finish.

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Price: $51.22 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

St Julien, Bordeaux

The 1997 Chateau Gloria is generous and well-structured, these intense, complex wines are typical of the Saint Julien appellation. The result of traditional vinification, they have a strong, rich colour. On the palate, they are expressive, rounded and supple. They should be kept for a few years to express their full potential.

This property consists of several plots located in the best terroirs of the appellation that Henri Martin, one of the great figures of the Médoc, had put under the same banner. Today it is headed by her daughter. In 1942 Henri Martin purchased four hectares of vines in St Julien, which became Gloria. …
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Price: $76.87 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

St Julien 3eme Cru Classe, Bordeaux

The excellent 1997 Château Lagrange is one of St. Juliens great wines - powerful, full-bodied and concentrated. The 1997 Lagrange introduces ripe fruit aromas of rich black currant and cherry, spicy, toasty new oak, minerals, cedar and charcoal. They are also very reasonably priced for their level of quality, and dependably.
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Price: $102.51 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux

The 1997 Chateau Larmande is evolved but still wonderfully vibrant and expressive St. Émillion. that feels like it is slowly approaching its plateau of maturity. The fruit has developed some tertiary characteristics, but there is still quite a bit of vibrant fruit left and the tannins come across as quite assertive and grippy, even after all these years. Very good value.

Château Larmande Saint-Émilion Grand Cru estate that dates back to 1585, which makes it one of the oldest in the appellation. Claire Thomas-Chenard runs the estate
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Price: $64.05 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

St Julien, 2nd Growth Classification, Bordeaux
Magnum Bottle

Léoville Las Cases is the most legendary wine of Saint-Julien: on a quality par with the Médoc's first growths, without the hefty price premium to match. It is a prime example of a Bordeaux 'super-second' - a second growth operating at a first growth level. Léoville Las Cases is also one of the largest, oldest and most picturesque of the Médoc's classified Bordeaux growths. Grapes are fermented at lower than average temperatures, which is partially responsible for the wines displaying some of the most exotic aromas and aromatic richness in the Médoc.
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Price: $468.01 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Pauillac 5me Cru Classe, Bordeaux

*** 88 Points - Neil Martin Wine Journal ***

Reviews:
"This has a superb nose, very lifted and well-defined, cedar, blackcurrant, smoke and a touch of burnt toast. Just soars from the glass. The palate is full-bodied, ripe tannins, beautiful balance and poise with a sense of controlled opulence towards the finish. It comes across very natural, black cherries, blueberry, a touch of orange zest. This is certainly an over-performing wine for the vintage and shows better than previous bottles, although it did fade a little when returning after 15 minutes in the glass. Drink now-2015. Tasted September 2009. …
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Price: $165.41 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Moulis en Medoc, Bordeaux

A very good wine from a great year with grip, tannin, medium to full body, and excellent ripeness, this unevolved, backward yet promising Poujeaux needs cellaring. There is some mineral-tinged, sweet black currant fruit in both the aromatics and flavors.
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Price: $64.05 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Magnum Bottle

The 1997 Chateau Talbot has a saturated purple color, and a sweet, earthy, leather, and cassis-scented nose. In the mouth, the wine is fat and opulent, with low acidity. The finish is all glycerin, alcohol, and juicy fruit. It may be almost too low in acidity, but it is drinking well and can be expected to do so for another decade.

Owned by the Cordier family since 1917, the wines of Château Talbot have always enjoyed particular acclaim in the UK. An impressive 107 hectares are under vine here, with around 86% being devoted to Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines are strong, sturdy and built to last, with a certain ‘gout de terroir’. …
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Price: $191.05 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro

1997 Dow's displays a dark ruby/purple colour, attractive liquorice, chocolate, and roasted coffee aromas, medium to full body, sweet tannin, and a moderately tannic finish. This excellent vintage port should drink well until 2030+

Rating 90 Points Outstanding
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Price: $114.12 USD
Stock: 17 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro

From a much underrated vintage and house, this is a truly excellent Vintage Port. Although hugely enjoyable now, this will fully reward a few more years of patience and can be enjoyed for many years to come.

Reviews
"Dark color. Very drinkable. The tannins have resolved, but the fruit is still quite strong. This is not yet at peak. Very good balance. Excellent wine!" Cellar Tracker
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Price: $76.87 USD
Stock: 13 in Stock

Justino's - Sercial

Justino’s Madeira Wines, S.A., is one of the oldest Madeira wine producers, going way back to 1870! Yet, despite being one of the oldest, Justino’s is certainly one of the most dynamic producers and exporters of Madeira Wine, internationally known for the quality of its wines.

This 1997 Sercial Madeira by Justino reveals orange peel, dry fruits and spices notes on the nose. On the palate, aromas of dried fruits, exotic wood, coconut, dry herb and orange peel. Vibrant acidity but still showing a great fruity style. Dry and long finish.

Serving suggestions and food pairing: The soft, delicate and elegant fruit qualities of this dry Madeira make it suitable for serving slight chilled as an aperitif, …
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Price: $64.05 USD
Stock: 47 in Stock

Justino's - Malvasia

"There won’t be a lot of this wine on the palate so it is a rare privilege to have tasted it. Amber in colour the wine is woody to the nose as it should be, it is on the palate that this wine reveals itself, extraordinary levels of layered flavour, nuts and candied orange, sweet but with an utterly bracing acidity that keeps the wine from being at all cloying. A rare wine and a world class wine, a true delight and a wine to share amongst the best of friends." Tasting Notes
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Price: $64.05 USD
Stock: 33 in Stock

Justino's - Tinta Negra

This wine is a blend of several grape varieties grown in the island, predominately Tinta Negra, harvested in 1997.

"A dark amber colour with a lucid and consistent yellow edge. More than a Marsala, the impact of the aroma is like a great Vincotto from the Marche region, although it is much finer. The bouquet has less caramel and is less volatile with more notes of prune, dried fruit and coffee. The mouthfeel is sweet and caramel-like with notes of black tea and coffee, while the finish is invigorated by a distinct acidity." Silver Award -San Francisco International Wine Competition
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Price: $62.83 USD
Stock: 45 in Stock