Portugal Region Report

Vintage Port

Graham’s 1983 Vintage Port
A classic from one of the Douro’s most prestigious houses, the 1983 Graham’s Vintage Port exemplifies the estate’s rich, opulent house style. Now at full maturity, it offers layers of depth, complexity, and balance.

Tasting Notes:
The nose opens with an intense bouquet of stewed blackberries, figs, and cassis, interwoven with warm notes of cedar, liquorice, cocoa, and hints of spice. On the palate, it is full-bodied and luxurious, delivering ripe dark fruit, dates, and sweet spice, supported by silky tannins and a long, elegant finish. The structure remains firm yet refined, showcasing its impressive aging potential. …
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 10 in Stock

Porta dos Cavaleiros, Dao

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 26 in Stock

Vintage Port
***94 Points- Wine Advocate***
Rewaxed

The 1983 Ramos Pinto has a startling intensity with a superb and slightly evolved cherry-red colour. A notoriously intense, lively and energetic nose that gives it a masculine quality. Aromas of red fruits and of red gooseberry, cherry and plum preserves emanate from a solid structure. A strong, solid attack. Energetic and fresh on the palate with a fruity flavour and a good acidic base. Excellent integrity. Firm, elegant tannins and a long life ahead of it. A powerful and velvety finish.
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage port

From the excellent 1983 vintage the Royal Oporto has big alcohol, and very light fruit. Tones down pretty quickly and is a pleasant drink but with much warmth.
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Price: £79.95
Stock: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port

The Warre's 1983 Vintage Port is a distinguished wine from a vintage that, while initially overshadowed by the 1985s, has matured gracefully over the decades. Warre's, known for its elegant and refined style, produced a Port in 1983 that offers a unique tasting experience, reflecting both the house's signature characteristics and the nuances of the vintage year.​

In the glass, the 1983 Warre's displays a maturing hue, with plenty of dark pigment remaining. The nose is delightful, offering a perfumed and savory complexity, with spicy notes of black liquorice, orange zest, tar, and rose petals. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Colheita Port
Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port

The 1990 Palmer Port Colheita is a rare single-harvest Tawny Port, aged for more than three decades in seasoned oak casks. This superbly mature Colheita reveals the richness and elegance of the 1990 vintage, offering great depth and harmony. An outstanding choice for collectors or to mark a special occasion. Drink now or enjoy until 2035+.


Tasting Notes:
Deep amber-tawny with golden highlights. The bouquet is layered and complex, showing notes of dried figs, dates, toasted walnuts, caramel and hints of orange peel. On the palate, flavours of raisin, toffee, roasted almond and warm spice are lifted by lively acidity, which balances the richness beautifully. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 42 in Stock

Quinta Do Cachao Vintage Port

The 1982 Messias Vintage Port from the Quinta do Cachao vineyard has had several decades to mature and develop complex tertiary flavours. This port wine is near its peak, offering a sophisticated drinking experience.

Tasting Notes
Medium garnet colour with a developed tawny hue. Mature and complex aromas of dried fruits such as figs, dates, and raisins, as well as secondary notes of nuts, leather, tobacco, and a hint of spice and chocolate. Smooth and well-balanced on the palate, with a rich tapestry of flavours including dried fruits, nuts, caramel, and spice. The tannins would have mellowed significantly, providing a silky texture. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 33 in Stock

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Single Harvest Tawny Port

1982 Graham’s Single Harvest Tawny Port – Colheita Port

Bottled in 2013, commemorative bottling to celebrate the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge

A magnificent, mature Colheita Tawny Port from one of the Douro Valley’s most iconic Port houses. Graham’s, founded in 1820, is celebrated for its rich, opulent style and long-lived fortified wines, and this 1982 Single Harvest Port — drawn from a single exceptional vintage and aged for over 40 years in seasoned oak — perfectly captures the house’s trademark depth and elegance.

In the glass, it shows a deep amber hue with golden reflections, the hallmark of long cask ageing. …
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 6 in Stock

Quinta do Noval Nacional

The 1982 Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port is a legendary wine from one of the most revered producers in the Douro Valley. Quinta do Noval's "Nacional" bottling is particularly special, as it comes from a tiny plot of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines, producing wines of unparalleled intensity and rarity.

Vintage Overview
1982 Port Vintage: While not widely declared as a "classic vintage," 1982 was a solid year with warm, favorable weather. Many ports from this vintage are noted for their elegance and approachability. For Quinta do Noval Nacional, the exceptional quality of the vineyard often transcends the overall vintage conditions, making it a standout regardless of the broader year. …
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Price: £895.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Quinta do Noval Nacional

86/100 Wine Spectator
90/100 Wine Doctor

Noval is particularly famous for its Nacional, a Port produced in some years only from a 2 hectare parcel at the heart of the Noval vineyard where ungrafted vines survive. This is remarkable, because phylloxera, the root munching aphid that necessitates grafting vines onto resistant American rootstock, is endemic in the Douro

"This a gloriously wild, rich, sensual port with a rich spicy nose and flavour and a sweet, full glorious length and aftertaste" Drink now - 2033. M Broadbent *****

"Pale cherry colour. Evolved spicy, earthy nose with dusty, herby notes. …
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Price: £895.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Library stock
***17/20 Points- Jancis Robinson.com***

1982 was characterised by above average temperatures and an ample water supply, resulting in a long maturation. Containing about 70% Barroca, this vintage was made almost exclusively of grapes from Quinta da Ervamoira.

The wine has discreet and generous aromas of violet, plum, chocolate and ripe fruit, with notes of wood and vanilla. Velvety in the mouth, with a smooth intensity. The wine is well balanced with a light dried prune flavour supported by ripe tannins. The wine will only improve with time.
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 48 in Stock

Colheita Port

The 1980 Messias Colheita port is well-regarded for its balanced sweetness and complex profile, making it a great choice for those who enjoy tawny and colheita style ports.

Tasting notes:
Pale Tawny wine, with personalized aromatic evolution, with well defined tertiary aromas, enhancing a noble wood with vanillas, good and elegant presence of the “Vinagrinho”, noble volatile acidity, and spices, mild notes of pepper and clove with a slight nutmeg touch. At taste is powerful and fresh revealing well its age, delighting us with its long after taste.

Serving & Food Pairing
Colheita Ports are ready-to drink and do not require decanting. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 33 in Stock

Quinta Cachao Vintage Port

A very rare bottle of Vintage Port from the good 1980 Vintage.
1980 was a good year. Remain in Light by The Talking Heads was released, The Shining appeared in the cinemas and Messias produced this vintage 1980 port, rich with wild fruit and rich chocolate notes. Yes, 1980 was amazing.

75 cl
20% ABV
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Colheita Port in Gift Tube
95 Points - Wine Spectator

The 1980 Quinta das Carvalhas Colheita Port is a rare and exquisite wine, offering a rich taste of history. Perfect for special occasions and celebrations, especially those that call for a vintage wine. It makes an excellent gift for anniversaries, birthdays, or as a collector's item.

Tasting Notes
Deep amber in colour, classic for its age. On the nose, reveals immense aromatic intensity, with notes of bitter almond, toasted nuts and raisins, beautifully complexed with hints of old oak and caramel. On the palate, the wine’s age adds a complex, slightly oxidative quality that is both unique and intriguing, yet with the intensity driven by age and the acidity that creates a long, lasting finish. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 13 in Stock

Vintage Port

A 1980 Ramos Pinto Port is also likely to be a fantastic choice. The 1980 vintage is highly regarded for port wines, and Ramos Pinto is a respected producer, so you're probably in for a treat.

Vintage ports from 1980 often display intense flavors of dark fruits, such as blackberry, plum, and cherry, along with notes of chocolate, spices, and sometimes even a hint of tobacco. These wines typically have a velvety texture and a long, satisfying finish.

A 1980 Ramos Pinto Port would be perfect for sipping on its own after a meal or paired with rich desserts like chocolate truffles or a flourless chocolate cake. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port

An outstanding 30 year old port just reaching full maturity. Reviews: Wine Spectator, October 1988 “Excellent Port from an overlooked vintage”. Malcolm Gluck, The Guardian, 23rd December 1995 “Overwhelmingly fruity and flowing. Beautiful, round and smooth. Quite exceptional”. WINE, December 2001 93 Points “The best colour thus far with a rich peppery nose and a meaty, complex long finish. Excellent”. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine, Published 2002 Four Stars (Very Good) “Best wine of the evening…Still very deep; fragrant; extraordinarily dense, figgy flavour and impressive, very dry finish”.
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Price: £89.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port

One of the Douro Valley’s finest vineyards, Bomfim is the heart of some of the company’s greatest Ports, having provided wines for Dow’s Vintage Ports ever since it was acquired in 1896. The estate is situated in the centre of the best wine-producing area known as the ‘Cima Corgo’, which offers an ideal balance between the relatively wet ‘Baixo Corgo’ to the west and the intense heat of the ‘Douro Superior’ to the east. In the good year’s when Dow’s does not ‘declare’ a Vintage, the best Ports of Quinta do Bomfim are carefully selected and bottled as Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port. These wines are exceptionally good. …
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Frei Joao - Reserva, Bairrada - MAGNUM

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Malvedos Single Quinta Vintage Port

The 1979 Graham's Malvedos port is less mature than previous tastings. The port is medium ruby about 40% opacity, Pleasant tannins on the mouth, good body, notes of cherries and liquorice with a good long finish.

20% ABV 1.5L
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Price: £179.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Colheita Port in Gift Tube

This is a wine of exceptional quality and elegance, a Casa Burmester classic that is made from a single harvest - a "Vintage Tawny" - aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in our Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled, at the very least, after seven years and in accordance with demand.

This is a wine of exceptional quality and elegance. Colheita ports are made from a single harvest - a "Vintage Tawny" - aged in small oak barrels. It is bottled, at the very least, after seven years and in accordance with demand.

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Price: £139.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Colheita Port
150cl Bottle

Tasting note: With amber colour and golden hints this wine has an intense bouquet, dominated by the remarkable presence of the dried fruits with a refined touch of spices. In the mouth it is concentrated, firm and elegant. This wine of great deepness and with a noble character has an impressive and persistent finish.


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: £148.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Colheita Port
Decanter 2021 Silver Award Winner
Comes in Original Gift Box

***94 Points- Mark Squires, eRobertParker.com 23 March 2016***

Review:
The 1978 Kopke Colheita Tawny Port was bottled in 2015 with 119 grams per litre of residual sugar and a bar top cork (typical for the house). It is very graceful for its age, finishing with a wave of sweetness, fruit and sugar. Emphasizing the caramel more than the molasses, this is irresistibly delicious, but it becomes more complex and puts on weight as it airs and warms. The wine shows off its power and hints of Brandy on the rather tense finish, too. Overall, this is a beauty that becomes more impressive the longer you sit with it. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Ferreira Vintage Port - Cellar Release
MAGNUM FORMAT 150cl
Includes Original Wooden Gift Box

This rare 1978 port wine is an exceptional wine produced from a careful selection of grapes grown on the company's estates.

Referred to since 1751, Ferreira has always been a synonym for great quality Portuguese wine. The history of the brand is intertwined with the history of the evolution of the Douro Demarcated Region, delimited in 1756, and its Port and still wines. Years later, the family company came under the management of Antónia Adelaide, widow of António Bernardo II.

Known to be a woman gifted with exceptional energy and a rare commercial talent, she managed to give a great boost to viticulture in the Douro and develop a notable social welfare activity in the region. …
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Price: £495.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Porta dos Cavaleiros, Dao

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese winemaking in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 118 in Stock

Vintage Port

This Port is now beginning to reach its full maturity and is ready for drinking. As it ages further, it will begin to develop gently into a more tawny style Port. This Port should probably be drunk over the next few years although it is still showing remarkable balance and finesse. Fully mature and ready for drinking now.


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Price: £139.00
Stock: 9 in Stock