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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: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port

Purple fading to red and finally pink at the rim. Rich blackberries on the nose along with very faint stewed strawberries. The tannins were powerful on Christmas day but mellowed some by the next evening. The blackberries carried through as a prominent flavor, but added a sourish note almost like a sour cherry. The finish starts out with a rich butter cookie note, but then quickly switches to grape stem.


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Price: £119.00
Stock: 1 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: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port

Taylor Fladgate 1980 Vintage Port is a classic expression from one of the Douro’s most prestigious houses, produced in a year that yielded elegant, long-lived wines. Now with more than four decades of bottle age, the 1980 Taylor has developed into a beautifully mature Vintage Port, showing the finesse, structure and aromatic lift that define the house style. It is widely regarded as one of the standout wines of the vintage.

The nose is richly evolved yet wonderfully fresh, offering lifted aromas of dried blackberry, cherry liqueur, fig and plum. Layers of violets, cedar, cocoa and warm spice emerge with time, alongside subtle notes of eucalyptus—an unmistakable Taylor signature. …
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Price: £99.00
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

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: 8 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Bin soiled label

This 1978 Single Quinta from Taylor Fladgate is a great colour. 70% opaque. Bright cherries on the nose, holding well. On the palate hints of the Vargellas fire. Long aftertaste and plenty of tannins. Excellent. VWP (TC) note 08 Tasting the Port Forum - 2018.


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Price: £149.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Mid-High Shoulder

This 1978 Single Quinta from Taylor Fladgate is a great colour. 70% opaque. Bright cherries on the nose, holding well. On the palate hints of the Vargellas fire. Long aftertaste and plenty of tannins. Excellent. VWP (TC) note 08 Tasting the Port Forum - 2018.


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Price: £129.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Colheita Port
150cl Magnum
Was £250
Special Offer £195
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: £195.00
Stock: 11 in Stock

Colheita Port
50cl Bottle

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: £99.00
Stock: 35 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: 6 in Stock

Quinta St Luiz 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: 20 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: £159.00
Stock: 20 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: £225.00
Stock: 25 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: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port

Dalva Vintage Port 1977 is manufactured by the company Dalva Ports, which was founded in 1862 and enjoys a very good reputation among connoisseurs. As usual with such old Vintage Ports, the Dalva Port 1977 is extremely complex, deep and harmonious. Very, very tasteful!
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port

1977 Dow’s – Vintage Port (Douro, Portugal)

A heralded vintage from a house famed for drier, more structured Ports—now in magnificent, mature form. Deep garnet shading to tawny at the rim. The nose is complex and classical: black cherry liqueur and plum compote, fig and date, orange peel, cacao and espresso, with violets, cedar, mint/eucalyptus and warm spice.

Silken yet authoritative on the palate. Sweet dark fruit and kirsch glide over lively acidity; the once-firm Dow’s tannins are now velvety and seamless. Layers of walnut, dark chocolate, licorice and clove lead to a long, tapering finish of cocoa and candied citrus. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 17 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: 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: 4 in Stock