Portugal Region Report

Douro Reserva, DOC Douro

This 2016 Douro Reserva, Douro Red Wine is from the famous Quinta do Noval and is from their superb range of red table wines.

Very powerful and structured, it is distinguished by its delicacy, this delicate side, characteristic of the Quinta do Noval style. It comes from a strict selection of the best batches of different indigenous grape varieties of our Quinta. This wine is delicious from its youth and age well in the cellar.

An authentic wine from the Douro Valley.

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Price: £59.95
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro

This 2016 Vintage Port Wine is hailed as the Quinta of all Quintas! The Vesuvio's special reputation for producing outstanding wines goes back into the nineteenth century, when the Viscount of Villa Maior wrote, “All this wine is made scrupulously and to perfection… this Quinta was made as if for princes…”.It is a powerhouse wine with fresh, dark fruit aromas, rounded off with some lovely esteva (rockrose) and violets fragrance. Taught and muscular in the mouth with good grip from the schist tannins. The finish is long and intense with superb structure.
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Price: £69.95
Stock: 11 in Stock
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Vintage Port, DOC Douro - 1x600cl Bottle
Presented in Own Wooden Case

This 2016 Vintage Port Wine is hailed as the Quinta of all Quintas! The Vesuvio's special reputation for producing outstanding wines goes back into the nineteenth century, when the Viscount of Villa Maior wrote, “All this wine is made scrupulously and to perfection… this Quinta was made as if for princes…”. It is a powerhouse wine with fresh, dark fruit aromas, rounded off with some lovely esteva (rockrose) and violets fragrance. Taught and muscular in the mouth with good grip from the schist tannins. The finish is long and intense with superb structure.
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Price: £735.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Quinta da Ervamoira 10 year Old Tawny
Presented in Branded Gift Box With Tasting Glass
***91 Points- Wine Advocate***

Experience “The Art of Blending” with this luxurious gift pack, containing a full-sized bottle of Port and a perfectly designed glass that will show it in all its glory.
Tasting Notes:
Orange-red in colour with a touch of green. A well-rounded, generous aroma with balance and a hint of wine. Fruit aromas include orange, apricot and plum. Vanilla and old Port wine casks make up its woody aromas. This is a fruity tawny variety. In the mouth, one can still taste the fresh fruit surrounded by the ageing in wood. A good structure and perfect balance between fruit and alcohol.

Serving & Food Pairing:
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 1 in Stock

10 Year Old Tawny Port
95 points- GOLD Medal- ISWC 2024

The awarded Sandeman 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a refined and well-crafted port, offering a delightful balance of youthful fruitiness and the complex, nutty characteristics that come with aging.

Tasting notes
medium amber wine with a complex aroma of dried fruits, caramel, toffee, honey, and toasted nuts. Its palate is smooth and velvety, with a well-balanced sweetness. The finish is long and satisfying, with lingering flavors of dried fruits, caramel, and a gentle nuttiness. The wine has a nice acidity that balances the sweetness, making it an elegant and approachable wine. …
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Price: £24.95
Stock: 9 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
*** 99 Points Wine Enthusiast ***

The 2016 Sandeman Vintage Port Wine returns to its glory. With an opaque with an almost black colour the wine has an intense, complex aroma. Ripe black fruit, cocoa and chocolate flavours continue on to the palate where floral notes of rockrose are apparent in a long, lingering finish. Firm tannins, full-bodied and with fresh acidity it has structure that will allow the wine to age comfortably for decades.


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Price: £99.00
Stock: 53 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro

The 2016 Skeffington Vintage Port Wine is a fabulous value vintage port made by the Fladgate Partnership (Owners of Taylors and Fonseca) from the outstanding 2016 vintage. It has a very pure bouquet with scents of macerated dark cherries, kirsch, marmalade and iodine and a lush, open personality that unfolds nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a soft-textured entry. It is very pure, forward and welcoming even at this nascent stage, with a nutty seam underlying the sweet black currant and dark plum fruit. The 2016 Skeffington has a pleasant symmetry towards the raisin-infused finish. …
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Price: £42.95
Stock: 11 in Stock
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Vintage Port, DOC Douro - MAGNUM
***96 Points- RobertParker.com***
***18 Points -Jancis Robinson***

The 2016 Taylor's classic Vintage Port is deep purple black with a narrow magenta rim. High notes of pure, intense woodland fruit with lively accents of green apple, fresh plum and raspberry. Around this core of bright, singing fruit is a heady aura of gumcistus and wild herbs. On a deeper register, exotic notes of cedarwood and jasmine provide an additional dimension of complexity. The wine has an attractive leanness and muscularity with sinewy, linear tannins that integrate seamlessly into the mid palate and then re-emerge to hold the wine in a confident grip. Energised by a racy acidity, the intense berry flavours continue to build into the long finish. …
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Price: £165.00
Stock: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro - Half Bottle 37.5cl

The 2016 Taylor's classic Vintage Port is deep purple black with a narrow magenta rim. High notes of pure, intense woodland fruit with lively accents of green apple, fresh plum and raspberry. Around this core of bright, singing fruit is a heady aura of gumcistus and wild herbs. On a deeper register, exotic notes of cedarwood and jasmine provide an additional dimension of complexity. The wine has an attractive leanness and muscularity with sinewy, linear tannins that integrate seamlessly into the mid palate and then re-emerge to hold the wine in a confident grip. Energised by a racy acidity, the intense berry flavours continue to build into the long finish. …
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Price: £49.50
Stock: 24 in Stock

Colheita Port

The 2015 Palmer Port Colheita is a fine single-harvest Tawny Port, matured in seasoned oak casks to showcase the elegance of the 2015 vintage. Smooth and complex, this Colheita is ready to drink now but will continue to evolve gracefully in bottle over the coming decades. An excellent choice for both collectors and Port lovers. Enjoy now or cellar until 2040+.


Tasting Notes:
A warm amber hue with golden reflections. Aromas of dried fruits, toasted almonds, orange peel and hints of caramelised sugar rise from the glass. The palate is silky and layered, with flavours of fig, raisin, toffee and sweet spice balanced by fresh acidity. …
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Price: £27.95
Stock: 15 in Stock

White Port
75cl Bottle
Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port

Palmer White Port 2015 (Douro, Portugal)

A bright, vintage-dated White Port that balances youthful fruit with the first hints of cask-aged complexity. The 2015 shows a clear deep-gold hue and an inviting nose of orange blossom, lemon oil and white peach, layered with acacia honey, vanilla pod and blanched almond. On the palate it’s medium-sweet yet lifted, with lively acidity carrying flavours of candied citrus, ripe pear and apricot, rounded by nougat and gentle baking spice from time in old oak. A discreet saline snap keeps things precise, leading to a long, tapering finish of orange zest, almond cream and a light cedar echo. …
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Price: £26.95
Stock: 23 in Stock

Vintage Port
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The 2015 Vintage Quevedo Port Wine is a deep dark ruby with hints of purple. It Has a rich nose of ripe fruits like blueberry, cherry, plum, a touch of cacao and wild flowers. The pallet is full, intense and persistent, presenting fine and round tannins. Long finish with chocolate notes.


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Price: £35.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port
90 Points- Wine Advocate

The 2015 Vintage Quevedo Port Wine is a deep dark ruby with hints of purple. It Has a rich nose of ripe fruits like blueberry, cherry, plum, a touch of cacao and wild flowers. The pallet is full, intense and persistent, presenting fine and round tannins. Long finish with chocolate notes.


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Price: £59.95
Stock: 37 in Stock

Messias Clássico Garrafeira Tinto
Bairrada Red Wine
92 Points - The Wine Advocate

A staff favourite, this richly textured red wine comes from the up and coming Bairrada region in Portugal. It is made by the indigenous grape Baga, the flagship variety of the region, aged for 24 months in 50% new French barriques. Baga's small berries and thick skins make for intense, tannic wines. This wine is a strong representation of the Bairrada region and the Baga grape.

Tasting Notes
Intense ruby colour with garnet highlights. On the nose the wine shows Atlantic characteristics, including balsamic nuances of resin and cedar, as well as iodine and salty sensations. It has a large structure on the palate, with excellent tannins, and a high potential for ageing. …
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Price: £32.95
Stock: 25 in Stock

10 Year Old Tawny Port
91 points - Wine Enthusiast

The Messias 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a blend of wines that have been aged for an average of ten years in oak barrels, which imparts a rich, complex character to the final product. Tawny ports, in general, are known for their smoothness and nutty flavours, and the 10-year aging process enhances these characteristics, adding layers of dried fruit, spice, and caramel notes.

Tasting Notes
Golden amber with hints of mahogany, reflecting its aging process. Rich and complex aromas with bags of spice, caramel, marmalade, nutty and fig flavours. Wonderfully viscous and warm on the palate, it delivers a fully textured and well-structured river of dried fruit flavours. …
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Price: £26.95
Stock: 60 in Stock

10 Year Old Tawny Port
4.5 LITRES
91 points - Wine Enthusiast

The Messias 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a blend of wines that have been aged for an average of ten years in oak barrels, which imparts a rich, complex character to the final product. Tawny ports, in general, are known for their smoothness and nutty flavours, and the 10-year aging process enhances these characteristics, adding layers of dried fruit, spice, and caramel notes.

Tasting Notes
Golden amber with hints of mahogany, reflecting its aging process. Rich and complex aromas with bags of spice, caramel, marmalade, nutty and fig flavours. Wonderfully viscous and warm on the palate, it delivers a fully textured and well-structured river of dried fruit flavours. …
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Price: £189.00
Stock: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port
94 Points Wine Spectator

The Quinta Das Carvalhas 2015 Vintage Port is a made in an exceptional year, and harvested from 100-year-old vineyards producing a powerful, very complex, and concentrated port wine.

Tasting Notes
According to the producer, "the intense purple colour of this Quinta das Carvalhas Vintage Port 2015 reveals that we are dealing with a young wine. On the nose it denotes a bouquet of ripe fruit combined with floral nuances and rockrose. On the palate it is firm and mineral, with great definition. At the same time, it is elegant and rich in soft tannins, with a long and persistent finish". …
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Price: £69.95
Stock: 5 in Stock

Colheita Port in Gift Tube

Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port, this fine 2015 Colheita port from the iconic producer Quinta das Carvalhas makes a great celebratory drink for a special occasion or anniversary.

Tasting Notes
Deep amber in colour, with rich aromas of dried fruits, nuts, caramel, and subtle spices, often with a touch of vanilla and honey. On the palate it is smooth and well-rounded, with flavours of figs, raisins, nuts, toffee, and a hint of citrus zest. The oak aging imparts a mellow, velvety texture. It finishes with a long and elegant aftertaste, with a balanced sweetness and a hint of spice. …
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Price: £29.95
Stock: 29 in Stock

Vintage Port in Box
92 Points - Wine Advocate

The Cálem 2015 Vintage Port Wine is noted as having aromas of “black fruit and hints of spice and cocoa” with a “robust and sweet” palate. It is a blend of 30% Touriga Naçional, 30% Touriga Franca, 30% Tinta Roriz and 10% Sousão.

Winemaker and oenologist, Carlos Alves, said: “2015 was an unusual year. Exceptional wines from the Douro Superior but some imbalance in Cima Corgo and Baixo Corgo. 2015 wines have a vibrant acidity and demanded an extensive and detailed work at the winery.”


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Price: £49.95
Stock: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port- MAGNUM, Douro
Includes Cockburn Wooden Presentation Case
***94 Points-James Suckling***

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine is only the second Cockburn’s vintage Port made by the Symington family since it acquired the brand name from Beam in 2010, having bought the vineyards and cellars in 2006. Its declaration of a 2015 vintage Port is the latest in a number of innovations and investment to mark the company’s bicentenary, with the brand having been founded in 1815. Up until the 1950's Cockburn’s was one of the Douro’s leading Port producers, with its Ports commanding some of the highest prices at international wine auctions. However its rapid expansion into the mass market in the second half of the century served to damage its reputation for fine wines. …
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Price: £139.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
RARE DOUBLE MAGNUM Bottle 3L
((In storage - allow 10 days for delivery))

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine is only the second Cockburn’s vintage Port made by the Symington family since it acquired the brand name from Beam in 2010, having bought the vineyards and cellars in 2006. Its declaration of a 2015 vintage Port is the latest in a number of innovations and investment to mark the company’s bicentenary, with the brand having been founded in 1815. Up until the 1950's Cockburn’s was one of the Douro’s leading Port producers, with its Ports commanding some of the highest prices at international wine auctions. However its rapid expansion into the mass market in the second half of the century served to damage its reputation for fine wines. …
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Price: £345.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
SIX LITRE Bottle, Imperial
Please Allow 7 Days For Delivery

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine is only the second Cockburn’s vintage Port made by the Symington family since it acquired the brand name from Beam in 2010, having bought the vineyards and cellars in 2006. Its declaration of a 2015 vintage Port is the latest in a number of innovations and investment to mark the company’s bicentenary, with the brand having been founded in 1815. Up until the 1950's Cockburn’s was one of the Douro’s leading Port producers, with its Ports commanding some of the highest prices at international wine auctions. However its rapid expansion into the mass market in the second half of the century served to damage its reputation for fine wines. …
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Price: £895.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Quinta de Roeda- MAGNUM
***90 Points- Wine Advocate***

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine from Croft has an intense purple-black centre surrounded by a vivid magenta rim. A typical Quinta da Roêda Vintage Port nose made up of a rich plump dark berry compote infused with notes of ripe tropical fruit and the subtle pungency of wild herbs. Warm notes of liquorice, dark chocolate and spice contribute to the wine’s opulent character. The palate is smooth, round and full of rich, jammy flavour. The wine’s silky texture conceals the firm, well-knit tannins which emerge on the finish to provide an attractive firmness and grip. Characteristically of the 2015 Vintage Ports, the wine is immediately appealing but will continue to gain in elegance and refinement over the next three decades. …
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Price: £95.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Quinta de Roeda- Double Magnum 3L bottle

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine from Croft is a very rare Double Magnum. (3L) This vintage port features an intense purple-black centre surrounded by a vivid magenta rim. A typical Quinta da Roêda Vintage Port nose made up of a rich plump dark berry compote infused with exotic notes of ripe tropical fruit and the subtle pungency of wild herbs. Warm notes of liquorice, dark chocolate and spice contribute to the wine’s opulent character. The palate is smooth, round and full of rich, jammy flavour. The wine’s silky texture conceals the firm, well-knit tannins which emerge on the finish to provide an attractive firmness and grip. …
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Price: £245.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Quinta de Roeda Vintage Port
9 Litre bottle
Please Allow 7 Days For Delivery

This 2015 Vintage Port Wine is a very rare Imperial (6L) This vintage port features an intense purple-black centre surrounded by a vivid magenta rim. A typical Quinta da Roêda Vintage Port nose made up of a rich plump dark berry compote infused with exotic notes of ripe tropical fruit and the subtle pungency of wild herbs. Warm notes of liquorice, dark chocolate and spice contribute to the wine’s opulent character. The palate is smooth, round and full of rich, jammy flavour. The wine’s silky texture conceals the firm, well-knit tannins which emerge on the finish to provide an attractive firmness and grip. …
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Price: £795.00
Stock: 1 in Stock