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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: 6 in Stock

Colheita Port
50cl Bottle
Was £119
Special Offer £89.50

The 1977 Palmer Port Colheita is a rare single-harvest Tawny Port, matured in seasoned oak casks for more than forty years. From one of the most celebrated vintages of the 20th century, this Colheita offers superb maturity, richness and elegance. A remarkable wine for collectors and a memorable choice for milestone celebrations. Drink now or enjoy until 2035+.


Tasting Notes:
Deep amber-tawny with coppery glints. The bouquet is intensely complex, with aromas of dried figs, dates, toasted almonds, caramelised orange peel and subtle hints of coffee and spice. The palate is smooth and layered, showing flavours of raisin, toffee, walnut and honey balanced by lively acidity. …
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Price: £89.50
Stock: 30 in Stock

Colheita Port
150cl Magnum
Was £225
Special Offer £185
Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port

The 1977 Palmer Port Colheita is a distinguished single-harvest Tawny Port, aged for more than four decades in seasoned oak casks. This rare and venerable Colheita captures the depth and refinement of the 1977 vintage, offering extraordinary complexity and smoothness. A collector’s treasure and an ideal choice for celebrating milestone occasions. Drink now or savour until 2035+.


Tasting Notes:
Deep amber-tawny with copper highlights. The nose is wonderfully mature, displaying aromas of dried figs, dates, roasted walnuts, caramelised orange peel and subtle hints of spice and coffee. …
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Price: £185.00
Stock: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port

Founded: 1834 by George Delaforce, a Huguenot descendant who emigrated from France to England before settling in Porto.

Early Trade: Built on strong export links with Northern Europe, particularly Germany and Scandinavia.

Family-Owned: The Delaforce family managed the company for over a century, establishing a reputation for reliability and traditional winemaking.

🍷 House Style – Vintage Port
Delaforce Vintage Ports are known for being:

Elegant and aromatic, rather than powerfully structured.

Typically medium-bodied, with a focus on floral notes (violet, lavender), sweet red fruits, and spiced chocolate. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port

​The 1977 Kopke Vintage Port is a testament to the enduring quality of Kopke, the oldest Port wine house established in 1638. Renowned for its ability to age gracefully, this vintage offers a unique tasting experience for Port enthusiasts.​

Tasting Notes:

Appearance: Deep, dark ruby color, nearing opacity.​

Aroma: Ripe and soft dark and red berries, with lovely sweetness and friendly acidity. ​
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Palate: Elegant and sweet, with good acidity, offering a harmonious balance between fruit and structure. ​
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Maturity and Storage:
The 1977 Kopke Vintage Port has matured beautifully over nearly five decades. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Colheita Port
92 Points- Robert Parker
Gold Award - IWC

Colheita Ports like the 1977 Messias are aged in oak barrels for extended periods, often more than thirty years, which allows them to develop a distinctive character and smoothness over time. This aging process enhances their depth and complexity, making them highly prized among Port enthusiasts.

Tasting notes
Tawny colour with amber reflections, indicating extended oak barrel aging. Its nose features dried fruit aromas, nut notes, complex spice aromas, and subtle caramel, toffee, and vanilla notes. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a smooth texture, with rich flavors of caramelized nuts, dried fruits, and butterscotch. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 18 in Stock

Quinta da Cachao Vintage Port

This 1977 Vintage Port Wine from Messias is an great port from an outstanding year. Quinta do Cachão is a distinguished wine estate within the portfolio of Caves Messias. Located in the Douro Valley, the estate benefits from the region's prime terroir for producing high-quality Port wines. This vintage port has been aged to perfection and now drinking at peak.

Tasting Notes:
Pale tawny colour with garnet highlights. Caramel and nuts in the nose with cinnamon and clove spice. Well structured palate and balanced, with smooth tannins that give it great staying power. Mature, elegant and complex with an attractive and good finish. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 19 in Stock

Vintage Port
Magnum 1.5L
Excellent provenance - library release

Calem Vintage Port in Magnum from 1977, one of the great vintages of the late 20th century. These bottles Port has been stored in Calem cellars in Porto since bottling until purchase and export to Vintage Wine and Port. The bottles are in excellent condition.

Tasting notes: The 1977 Calem Vintage Port is an orange-tinged pale tawny colour. A powerful nose of light dried fruit, morello cherry, roasted coffee and caramel. Medium bodied, good balance between the alcohol and tannins with fig and raisin flavours. A very good enjoyable long finish. Outstanding 95/100 (TC) Tasted at the Port Forum 02/20 From Magnum. …
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Price: £195.00
Stock: 24 in Stock

Vintage Port

Croft, 1977 Vintage Port

Vintage & Background
The 1977 vintage ranks among the greatest Port vintages of the 20th century, producing wines of exceptional depth, structure, and longevity. Croft, one of the oldest and most historic Port houses (est. 1588), crafted a particularly elegant and expressive wine in this year, known for its rich fruit, balance, and graceful evolution over time. Now with nearly five decades of age, it offers a rare chance to experience a fully mature classic from this legendary vintage.

Appearance & Nose
Brick-garnet in colour with a gently fading rim, the wine shows its maturity beautifully. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Vintage Port

Dalva 1977 Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage is widely regarded as one of the standout declared years of the twentieth century, and Dalva’s example captures the depth and longevity for which the vintage has become renowned.

Now fully mature, the wine shows a deep garnet core fading to a warm brick rim. The nose is generous and expressive, offering aromas of black cherry, plum compote and dried fig, layered with notes of cocoa, cedarwood, tobacco leaf and sweet spice.

On the palate, it retains impressive structure while delivering the silky texture that only decades of careful bottle ageing can bring. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port- MAGNUM
Presented in Dows Wooden Gift Case

Please note that this is a rare magnum format (1.5 L)
Medium cranberry red center and slight bricking on the edge. Intoxicating floral fragrance that filled the room, during its nine hour decant; accented by anise, plum and raspberry notes and a bit of spirit. Fresh, fleshy grape, dark cherry and fig flavors melded with underpinnings of licorice, chocolate and warming spirit. It's developing into a stunning middle-aged Port at 34 years of age, with little signs of nearing peak yet. Rich and multi-faceted, smooth and velvety ... even more so the second day it was opened. The acidity was near perfect and the tannins are tame but omnipresent; while the finish was spicy, warm and extremely long. …
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Price: £325.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port- MAGNUM

Please note that this is a rare magnum format (1.5 L)
Medium cranberry red center and slight bricking on the edge. Intoxicating floral fragrance that filled the room, during its nine hour decant; accented by anise, plum and raspberry notes and a bit of spirit. Fresh, fleshy grape, dark cherry and fig flavors melded with underpinnings of licorice, chocolate and warming spirit. It's developing into a stunning middle-aged Port at 34 years of age, with little signs of nearing peak yet. Rich and multi-faceted, smooth and velvety ... even more so the second day it was opened. The acidity was near perfect and the tannins are tame but omnipresent; while the finish was spicy, warm and extremely long. …
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Price: £315.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage port

Reviews
Very pale mahogany red, watery in texture and weak rim. On the nose are cranberries and brown sugar with just a touch of sweet pea perfume. Wonderful sweetness in the mouth, with golden sultanas over the tart dried cranberries. The tartness is lovely and balances out the sweetness of the wine very well. There is so much complexity in the mid-palate that you can hold this wine in your mouth for ages, but eventually you have to swallow. And when you do there is an explosion of flavour which, after a brief flare of heat, works itself into a very long black licorice and aniseed aftertaste. …
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Price: £169.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port

1977 Fonseca Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage stands among the greatest declared years of the twentieth century for Vintage Port, producing wines of extraordinary depth, concentration and longevity. Fonseca, renowned for its rich, opulent house style, produced one of the benchmark wines of the vintage — a Port that has evolved magnificently over decades in bottle.

Tasting Notes:
Now showing a deep garnet core with a brick-tinged rim, the nose is intensely aromatic and layered, offering ripe blackberry, cassis and plum alongside notes of fig, dark chocolate, cedarwood and warm spice. With further air, hints of tobacco leaf, walnut and dried herbs emerge. …
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Price: £189.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Vintage Port

Graham’s, 1977 Vintage Port

Vintage & Background
The 1977 vintage is recognised as one of the defining years of the 20th century for Port – a classic declared vintage that produced wines of immense depth, power, and longevity. Graham’s, renowned for its rich and opulent house style, crafted a benchmark wine in 1977 that remains one of the finest expressions of the year. Sourced from top vineyards including Quinta dos Malvedos, this Port has spent nearly five decades evolving into a beautifully mature yet still vibrant wine.

Appearance & Nose
Deep garnet core with a gently tawny rim, showing superb colour for its age. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port

Here is a refined VWP-style tasting note for 1977 Morgan’s Vintage Port:

1977 Morgan’s Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage is recognised as one of the great declared years for Vintage Port, producing wines of depth, structure and exceptional longevity. Morgan’s interpretation of this celebrated vintage has matured gracefully over the decades, offering classic Douro character with the complexity that extended bottle ageing brings.

Tasting Notes:
Deep garnet with a brick-tinged rim, the nose reveals layered aromas of dried blackberry, plum and fig, interwoven with notes of walnut, cedarwood and tobacco leaf. …
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 6 in Stock

Vintage Port

From the outstanding 1977 vintage. The excellent Niepoort is one of the smallest producers of port. Their ports are sought after by collectors and port lovers.

Reviews:
"Light, bright red color. Perfume of candied red fruits and roses. Tasted of red fruits, roses and violets. More roses and violets. Some citrus peel as well, but muted. Silky, seductive and elegant. Alcohol well integrated. This was a truly amazing and luscious port, even if not what I expected. More fruit and flowers than most ports are, but just beautiful. Glad I still have one more bottle." Cellar Tracker




"Niepoort is to Vintage Port what Krug is to Champagne. …
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Price: £229.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

1977 Offley Boa Vista Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage is widely regarded as one of the finest declared years of the 20th century for Vintage Port, producing wines of depth, power and remarkable longevity. Offley’s Quinta da Boa Vista, one of the Douro’s historic estates, crafted a Port in this year that has matured beautifully over nearly five decades.

Tasting Notes:
Now displaying a deep tawny-garnet hue with a brick-tinged rim, the nose is complex and expressive, revealing aromas of dried blackberry, plum and fig layered with notes of walnut, cedarwood, tobacco leaf and sweet spice. On the palate it is full-bodied yet harmonious, with well-integrated tannins that have softened with age. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port

***18/20, Jancis Robinson***

Healthy ruby with a brick rim. Quite subtle already; there is some perceptible evolution of colour and flavour here. Mineral rather than fruit flavours dominate. Very big and full. Very, very sweet indeed - in fact I thought it was from a Portuguese house. This wine delivers a pretty good combination of power, interest and, especially, sweetness. This is not a wine to be ignored! But it's a very particular style....without enormous tannic reserves. Jancis Robinson
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Real Companhia Velha Vintage Port

Royal Oporto 1977 Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage stands among the great declared years of the modern era, and Royal Oporto’s expression offers both maturity and classic structure.

Now fully evolved, the wine presents a deep garnet colour shading gently towards brick at the rim. The nose is layered and inviting, with aromas of black cherry, dried plum and fig, complemented by notes of dark chocolate, leather, cedar and sweet spice.

On the palate, it shows impressive harmony. The once firm tannins have softened into a smooth, rounded texture, yet there remains a reassuring backbone that gives the wine shape and persistence. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 19 in Stock

Vintage Port

1977 Smith Woodhouse – Vintage Port

A great year and a quietly classic house: the ’77 Smith Woodhouse is now at a glorious, mature plateau. Deep garnet shading to tawny at the rim; the nose is layered and refined—black cherry liqueur, fig and date, sweet orange peel, cacao and coffee bean, with violet, cedar and a touch of eucalyptus. The palate is silken and beautifully knit: sweet blackberry and kirsch glide over lively acidity and velvety, resolved tannins; notes of walnut, dark chocolate and baking spice lead to a long, graceful finish with candied citrus and cocoa.

Producer note: Smith Woodhouse (part of the Fladgate partnership) is known for concentrated, …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port

Taylor’s, 1977
Vintage Port

The 1977 vintage is widely regarded as one of the great declared years of the 20th century, producing Vintage Ports of exceptional structure, concentration and longevity. Taylor’s, one of the most revered names in the Douro, released a 1977 that has become a benchmark for both the house and the vintage.

Renowned for its firm backbone, precision and remarkable ageing potential, Taylor’s style is typically powerful in youth, evolving slowly over decades into a wine of depth and refinement. The 1977 exemplifies this character, combining intensity with classical balance. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 21 in Stock

Vintage Port- MAGNUM

Robert Parker writes.... "This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades. Their tawnys are also among the very best, though somewhat expensive. The 1977 has consistently been at the top of my list of vintage ports in this great vintage, although the Dow, Graham, and Fonseca are equally splendid. It is a mammoth, opaque, statuesque vintage port of remarkable depth and power. …
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Price: £495.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port in Decanter
Exclusive to VWP

The Maynard's 50 year old tawny is our latest addition to our 50 year old Port line-up. Maynard's is renowned for its excellent quality at outstanding value and this 50 year old gem is no exception! This is also a UK exclusive for VWP.

Named after the first established English Port wine shipper in Oporto, Walter Maynard, this aged Port has been blended from historic stocks of tawny Port to give an average age of 50 years and is released under the new 50 year old tawny Port category.

Presented in a decanter, this is a powerful port with complex nuttiness aromas in harmony with spicy notes, warm roasted coffee and cinnamon hints from the long contact with oak wood during the ageing process. …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 59 in Stock

Colheita Port in Decanter
Exclusive to VWP

The 1976 Maynard’s Colheita Port is a beautifully aged single-harvest tawny, matured in seasoned oak casks for decades before bottling. Colheita Ports differ from Vintage Ports in that they spend extended time in barrel rather than bottle, developing extraordinary complexity, softness, and layered depth. This 1976 expression reflects nearly half a century of careful maturation, offering a taste of history in every glass.

In the glass, it shows a glowing amber-brown hue with olive-green tinges at the rim — a signature of long barrel aging. The nose is intensely aromatic, bursting with dried fruits, roasted nuts, orange marmalade, and hints of vanilla, old leather, and exotic spices. …
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Price: £189.00
Stock: 72 in Stock