2013 Wine and Port Vintage
Italian: Piedmont: The 2013 wine vintage in Piedmont is of excellent quality. The year did not start well with Incessant rain during winter and spring delayed budbreak. From mid July temperatures shot up and remained high during August, albeit with cooler nights. September was very sunny and dry, but the growing cycle was still two weeks late, necessitating a delayed harvest. The prognosis is for a vintage similar in quality to the already legendary 2010s.
Tuscany:Considered a ‘classic vintage’ due to harvest taking place at the beginning of October. (This used to be the norm but the previous two, much warmer, years brought harvests forward to the beginning of September.) A very cool wet spring delayed budbreak by an average of two weeks. A very wet May that encouraged widespread and continued spraying was followed by a cool June. A picture-perfect July, August and September saved the year, one that resulted in elegant, fresh wines. A promising vintage on the whole, with the wines of Montalcino expected to be exceptional. **Sourced by JancisRobinson.com**
Bordeaux: The 2013 Wine vintage offered no respite for the growers after two difficult vintages. There were plenty of challenges right from the start in this vintage – uneven and late flowering following a wet spring, often-violent hailstorms at the end of July and early August, a wet and warm September than meant an attack of rot just before harvest… you name it, the vineyards suffered it during the 2013 vintage. When harvest came around, exhausted winemakers then had to deal with warm but wet weather that in many instances meant they had to harvest early. All in all, a challenging year that rewarded those who were extremely vigilant, and didn’t try to push things too hard once the grapes were finally in the winery.The real success story in 2013 is with the winemaking – there were plenty of producers who worked exceptionally well with the vintage, taking their foot off the pedal and allowing the vibrancy of the fruit to shine through wherever possible. Anyone who tried to cover up unripe fruit with too much oak, or over-extraction, suffered. The best wines have a refreshing drinkability, relatively low alcohol levels, soft fruits and plenty of interest, but by and large this is a vintage to enjoy in the early to mid term.**Sourced from Decanter.com**
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Palmer Port, 2013
Colheita Port, Douro
75cl Bottle
A 75cl bottle of 2013 vintage Colheita Port Wine from Palmer Port. This is exclusive to Vintage Wine & Port.
This rare Port Wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 2013 harvest until it was bottled this year. This 2012 colheita is an outstanding example of an aged tawny.
Tasting Notes: The 2013 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. …
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Price: $34.52 USD
Stock: 56 in Stock
Quevedo, 2013
Vintage Port, Quinta Vale d'Agodinho, Douro
A 2013 vintage port wine produced by Quevedo.
"Dark cherry colour. Aroma of blackberries, raspberries and a touch of violets. On the palate beautiful texture, with good body and weight and dominated by pure primary flavors. The tannins are mostly hidden by primary fruit." - 92 pts, Robert Parker
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Price: $63.99 USD
Stock: 16 in Stock
Barolo, 2013
Massolino - Riserva - Vigna Rionda, Piedmont
WE 98/100
Wine Enthusiast
Hailing from one of the most celebrated vineyards in the entire denomination, this focused beauty boasts layers of complexity and depth, starting with its classic Nebbiolo aromas of forest floor, new leather, violet and wild berry. Balanced and firmly structured, the palate shows tension, power and elegance, delivering succulent Morello cherry, crushed raspberry, tobacco and licorice alongside firm, aristocratic tannins. It's still young but already beautifully balanced, with bright acidity.
Cellar Selection
RP 97/100
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
First produced in 1982, this is the ace in Massolino's rotation, and the 2013 Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda is a true standout in the appellation. …
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Price: $216.50 USD
Stock: 17 in Stock
Barolo, 2013
Gigi Rosso - Riserva dell'Ulivo - Arione, Piedmont
95/100 Wine Spectator
This beautiful Barolo evokes cherry, strawberry, tar, leather, tobacco and mineral flavors. Fresh and racy, with a dense mesh of tannins underneath. Builds effortlessly to a long, mouth watering aftertaste. Best from 2020 through 2043.
Gigi Rosso winery sits in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of Barolo land. It carries the name of its founder Gigi, one of Barolo’s and Langhe pioneers. The next generation, Maurizio and his son Andreas are now managing Gigi Rosso winery. The passage to the second and third generation brings energy and new ideas to the business. As Gigi expressed in his own words: “I was born in the vineyards. …
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Price: $102.42 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Barolo, 2013
Gigi Rosso - Riserva dell'Ulivo - Arione, Piedmont *** MAGNUM *** *** IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE ***
95/100 Wine Spectator
This beautiful Barolo evokes cherry, strawberry, tar, leather, tobacco and mineral flavors. Fresh and racy, with a dense mesh of tannins underneath. Builds effortlessly to a long, mouth watering aftertaste. Best from 2020 through 2043.
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Price: $230.53 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock
Barolo, 2013
Cantine Ascheri Giacomo - Pisapola, Piedmont
This 2013 Cantine Ascheri Giacomo red wine is a forward and stylish Barolo.
Origin: Pisapola in Verduno
Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Harvest time: 2013 – 18th/19th October / 2015 – 21st/22nd September
Fermentation: about 12 days at 28°C
Characteristics:
Intense garnet red colour. Ethereal and elegant bouquet, with ripe fruit, violet and sweet spices notes
round, harmonious, velvety wine with an excellent persistence. An austere, but harmonious and pleasant wine
Serve at: 14°/16°C
Try it with: excellent with roasted red meats, on the spit or grilled meats, furry game
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Price: $101.20 USD
Stock: 22 in Stock
Barolo, 2013
Cantine Ascheri Giacomo - Sorano, Piedmont
This 2013 Cantine Ascheri Giacomo red wine is a classic Barolo.
Origin: Sorano in Serralunga d’Alba
Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Harvest time: 2013 – 14th/17th October / 2015 – 23th/25th September
Fermentation: about 15 days at 30°C and then 60% with the “submerged cap” technique (post fermentation maceration) for 25 more days.
Characteristics: Garnet red colour. Ethereal bouquet; intense tar with a scent of dry flowers, underwood, leather, truffles and sweet spices. A rich palate; balance and mature tannins contribute to its harmony, distinction and intensity. A remarkably classy, austere wine, with exceptional richness and typicity. …
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Price: $102.42 USD
Stock: 26 in Stock
Chateau Cos d'Estournel, 2013
St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification
** 92 Points - The Wine Advocate **
Powered by its structure and texture, this complex wine is dense, structured and firm. Plenty of dry and taut tannins dominate at this stage, but it is also full of fruit. The wine will age over many years while not being one of those vintages that will mature forever: the fruitiness will see to that. Drink this impressive wine from 2025.
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Price: $190.88 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock
Chateauneuf du Pape, 2013
Alain Jaume Le Miocene 2013 Chateauneuf-Du-Pape
Magnum 1.5L
Powerful and complex Chateauneuf-du-Pape from an iconic Producer in Alain Jaume. Family winemaking since 1826!
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Price: $152.45 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Dow's, 2013
Quinta de Senhora Ribera DOUBLE MAGNUM bottle In original Gift Box
This 2013 Vintage Port Wine; Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira is set in the remote, hot and dry Douro Superior and commands a magnificent north bank position. Senhora da Ribeira’s wines are some of the finest in the Douro and they complement those from Bomfim in the composition of Dow’s classic Vintage Ports. The quinta’s high proportion of old vines (45% are over 25 years old) is of critical importance. The old vines are very low-yielding, producing on average less than 1Kg of grapes each, giving intense and concentrated musts which are ideal for classic Vintage Port.
1 Bottle (1 x 300cl).
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Price: $365.10 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Graham's Port, 2013
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Crusted Port Bottled 2013
Includes open style Gift Box
Special offer | Was £32.50 | Now £28.95
The 2013 Graham's Crusted Port Wine is a blend of carefully selected young ports from two or three vintage years, bottled without any fining or filtration in the year indicated on the label.
Once bottled, Graham’s Crusted is then cellared in the Graham’s Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia for at least a further three to four years before being released for sale. By the time the wine arrives on shelf it will have therefore aged in wood and in bottle for up to seven or eight years, during which time the Port develops bottle character and complexity, akin to Quinta Vintage Ports and declared Vintage Ports. …
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Price: $37.09 USD
Stock: 30 in Stock
La Spinetta, 2013
La Spinetta - Barolo Campè, Piedmont
The 2013 La Spinetta Barolo red wine is intense, vibrant ruby red. The nose is wild and exotic with dried flowers, earth, spice and berry character. Full-bodied, dense and decadent with ripe and round tannins and a long, flavorful finish and fabulous depth. Barolo Campe comes from 50+ year old vines grown in calcareous soils at 280m above sea level. Aged for 24 months in 100% new French oak barrique, then bottled unfined/unfiltered and aged an additional one year at the winery before release.
Wine Spectator
"A sinewy red, with a tight grain to the dense tannins, supporting cherry, raspberry, Szechuan peppercorn and tobacco flavors in the right proportions. …
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Price: $229.31 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock
La Spinetta, 2013
La Spinetta - Barbaresco Starderi
"This red combines cherry and berry flavors with savory eucalyptus, juniper and tobacco notes. Firmly structured, with assertive yet balanced tannins and a lingering finish. Best from 2018 through 2028." Wine Spectator
La Spinetta is one Piedmont’s iconic modern wineries having forged an enviable reputation over the last two decades. La Spinetta was founded in 1977 by Giuseppe Rivetti who established the original winery at Castagnole Lanze. Since then it is the second generation, spearheaded by Giorgio Rivetti, that has put La Spinetta on the map with the development of vineyards and estates, talented winemaking and an endless desire to try new things. …
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Price: $203.69 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
La Spinetta, 2013
La Spinetta - Barbaresco Gallina
"The 2013 Barbaresco Gallina Vürsù offers a tight brickwork of aromas with toned muscle and solid build at the back. The bouquet shows profound tones of dark fruit, spice, leather, tobacco, crushed stone and tar. La Spinetta's signature style, with more pronounced aromas, is very much on display in this wine." Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
La Spinetta is one Piedmont’s iconic modern wineries having forged an enviable reputation over the last two decades. La Spinetta was founded in 1977 by Giuseppe Rivetti who established the original winery at Castagnole Lanze. Since then it is the second generation, …
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Price: $178.07 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock
La Spinetta, 2013
La Spinetta - Barbaresco Valeirano
"This red combines cherry and berry flavors with savory eucalyptus, juniper and tobacco notes. Firmly structured, with assertive yet balanced tannins and a lingering finish. Best from 2018 through 2028." Wine Spectator
La Spinetta is one Piedmont’s iconic modern wineries having forged an enviable reputation over the last two decades. La Spinetta was founded in 1977 by Giuseppe Rivetti who established the original winery at Castagnole Lanze. Since then it is the second generation, spearheaded by Giorgio Rivetti, that has put La Spinetta on the map with the development of vineyards and estates, talented winemaking and an endless desire to try new things. …
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Price: $178.07 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Messias, 2013
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Dao Qta.Penedo Reserva Tinto 2013
***93/100 Points - Wine Enthusiast***
Special Offer | Was £38.95 | Now £28
Dão is one of the oldest established wine regions of Portugal, located just south of the famous Douro Valley. The mountainous region is home to Touriga Nacional, the principle variety of port wine.
Quinta do Penedo, with an area of 20 ha, is located in the heart of the Demarcated Region of Dão. Its origin as a vineyard dates back to the year 1930, by the hand of Mr. General Santos Costa, having remained in the family until 1998, the year in which it was acquired by Caves Messias.
Tasting Notes Intense ruby colour. Floral, black fruit and balsamic aroma. Elegant structure, delicate character and with a fresh finish on the palate. …
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Price: $35.87 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock
Niepoort Port, 2013
BIOMA Vinha Velha Vintage Port
** 19/20 Points- JancisRobinson.com **
** 93 Points- James Suckling **
The 2013 Vintage Port Wine Bioma “Vinha Velha” from Niepoort is a single vineyard Vintage Port wine from aged vines at Vinha da Pisca. Appearance of deep purple accompanied by a purple rim. With time, the wine has gained in colour, but on the aroma the exuberant youthful fruit, so evident after its first winter has closed down, but is very much still present on the palate with dark plums and blackberries with firm grainy tannins on the mid palate giving both structure and power to the wine leading to a grainy but not aggressive finish. Pairs well with chocolate and caramel.
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Price: $178.07 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Pinot Nero, 2013
Kellerei Schreckbichl . Coldrenzio
Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity
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Price: $37.15 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Sandeman, 2013
Quinta do Seixo Vintage Port
The 2013 Vintage Port Wine from Sandeman is only the second produced in the company’s history from its home vineyard Quinta do Seixo, in the Cima Corgo. In keeping with Port wine tradition, this wine remained in the Douro Region, at Quinta do Seixo, until the following spring, when it was transported to Sandeman's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for maturation in "balseiros". Over its first two years of life the wine was constantly monitored by the wine making team carefully assessing its development before the decision was made to declare it as only the second ever Single Quinta Vintage Port in Sandeman’s long and illustrious history. …
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Price: $63.99 USD
Stock: 13 in Stock
Sandeman, 2013
Quinta do Seixo Vintage Port IMPERIAL Format 1x600cl
The 2013 Vintage Port Wine from Sandeman is a new Single Quinta Vintage Porto and only the second produced in the company’s history from its home vineyard Quinta do Seixo, in the Cima Corgo. In keeping with Port wine tradition, this wine remained in the Douro Region, at Quinta do Seixo, until the following spring, when it was transported to Sandeman's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for maturation in "balseiros". Over its first two years of life the wine was constantly monitored by the wine making team carefully assessing its development before the decision was made to declare it as only the second ever Single Quinta Vintage Port in Sandeman’s long and illustrious history. …
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Price: $576.48 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Sandeman, 2013
Quinta do Seixo Vintage Port DOUBLE MAGNUM Format 1x300cl
The 2013 Vintage Port Wine from Sandeman is a new Single Quinta Vintage Porto and only the second produced in the company’s history from its home vineyard Quinta do Seixo, in the Cima Corgo. In keeping with Port wine tradition, this wine remained in the Douro Region, at Quinta do Seixo, until the following spring, when it was transported to Sandeman's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for maturation in "balseiros". Over its first two years of life the wine was constantly monitored by the wine making team carefully assessing its development before the decision was made to declare it as only the second ever Single Quinta Vintage Port in Sandeman’s long and illustrious history. …
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Price: $281.83 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Vietti Barolo, 2013
Vietti - Riserva Villero, Piedmont
99 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"The Vietti 2013 Barolo Riserva Villero is a stunning wine, full of life, energy and beautiful complexity. This vintage opens in such a graceful manner, tickling the senses like a feather. With time, that initial softness begins to rise, and the wine grows in aromatic momentum and textural importance to take on magnificent fruit weight. It is soft, caressing and long. Tasted seven years after the harvest, this Riserva is expertly integrated with vibrant primary fruit, tangy acidity and non-intrusive tannins. These elements that make up the grand totality of the wine are carefully contained and chiseled down to a most elegant and beautiful common denominator. …
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Price: $506.02 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Quinta do Vesuvio, 2013
Vintage Port IMPERIAL 600cl (Comes in Vesuvio wooden case as illustrated)
A 2013 vintage port wine from Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port. This wine has floral notes and blackcurrant, cassis and a powerful and attractive aroma resulting from the predominance of Touriga Nacional, combined with Alicante Bouschet. The presence of Touriga Franca and Sousão adds complexity and spices. This Vesuvio is full-bodied, with long, firm tannins and a powerful palate. It will age beautifully for decades.
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Price: $762.23 USD
Stock: Out of Stock