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Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port Oporto Bottled
REWAXED

This Taylor's Vintage Port from the good 1969 vintage is mature now. This is an excellent choice for both enthusiasts and collectors, offering a taste of the exceptional craftsmanship and terroir of the Douro Valley.

Tasting notes
Lovely tawny colour with a brick hue. The nose shows violets and sweet cherry with hints of wintergreen. On the palate it may not be as sweet as the earlier Ports from the 60s, but that is very much a good thing. Improved with air time, and by the end could almost detect some rich and sweet stewed fruits and Christmas spices balanced by the warming alcohol. …
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Price: £385.00
Stock: 6 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port Oporto Bottled

This Taylor's Vintage Port from the good 1969 vintage is mature now. This is an excellent choice for both enthusiasts and collectors, offering a taste of the exceptional craftsmanship and terroir of the Douro Valley.

Tasting notes
Lovely tawny colour with a brick hue. The nose shows violets and sweet cherry with hints of wintergreen. On the palate it may not be as sweet as the earlier Ports from the 60s, but that is very much a good thing. Improved with air time, and by the end could almost detect some rich and sweet stewed fruits and Christmas spices balanced by the warming alcohol. …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Colheita Port
50cl Bottle

Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port
The 1968 Palmer Port Colheita is an exceptionally rare single-harvest Tawny Port, aged in seasoned oak casks for more than five decades. This venerable vintage offers extraordinary maturity, elegance and depth, making it a true collector’s piece and an unforgettable wine for marking special occasions. Drink now or enjoy over the next decade.


Tasting Notes:
Deep mahogany-tawny with golden highlights at the rim. The bouquet is richly evolved, with aromas of dried figs, dates, toasted walnuts, caramelised orange peel, coffee and warm spice. …
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 12 in Stock

Colheita Port
96 Points - Wine Advocate (MS)

Ports from older vintages like the 1968 Messias Colheita are considered rare and highly collectible. They are sought after by Port enthusiasts and collectors for their rarity, quality, and historical significance.The extended aging process that colheita ports undergo allows the wines to develop a complex bouquet and a smooth, mellow character.

Tasting notes
This 1968 Colheita Port wine is a cask-aged single vintage, with a medium brown colour and amber rim. It has a clean, developed nose with notes of toffee, caramel, vanilla, hazelnuts, figs, and sweet baking spices. The palate is smooth, with medium acidity, tannins, and pronounced flavour intensity. …
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Price: £325.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Malvedos Vintage Port
Very badly bin soiled labels

This vintage port still retains a rich dark ruby colour. Complex coffee and burnt sugar on the nose. A fully mature port with a medium body, elegant body and complex jammy red fruits with coffee and burned sugar notes.

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Price: £285.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Malvedos Vintage Port

This vintage port still retains a rich dark ruby colour. Complex coffee and burnt sugar on the nose. A fully mature port with a medium body, elegant body and complex jammy red fruits with coffee and burned sugar notes.

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Price: £295.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port-Exceptional Provenance
Sandeman Cellars Library Stock Release

*** Exceptional Provenance ***

Vintage Wine and Port have secured a few ultra-rare bottles of 1968 Sandeman's Port. These bottles are of exceptional provenance - they are library stock released exclusively to VWP from the Sandeman Cellars in Oporto.

Tasted by our wine buyer at the Sandeman 20 Vintage Tasting November 2013. "Tawny rim; good nose, some cigar, spice and chocolate, dried fruit. On the palate, ripe and sweet not quite in tune but still quite opulent with integrated tannins. Excellent finish - my first tasting of a '68 and quite a surprise for a generally undeclared year. (Tony Carter, November 2013) - 92 Points (Outstanding). …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 37 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
High shoulder level, Rewaxed

Transparent, golden red hue with a fine-grained sediment in the glass. High-toned nose with beautiful sweet raspberry aromas - not unlike an top banyuls. Equally elegant and youthful on the palate, this harmonious '68 drinks like a charm and will keep for decades. -CellarTracker Review

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Price: £465.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Single Harvest Tawny Port
Presented in an original Taylor's gift case

During its five decades of ageing in oak casks, this wine has taken on an attractive pale mahogany colour with olive amber highlights. On the nose, the wine displays fine oaky aromas and complex spicy, nutty, cigar box notes against a warm mellow background of butterscotch and molasses. The smooth velvety palate is lifted by a crisp acidity which gives the wine an attractive freshness despite its age. The finish is immensely long with rich, spicy, black pepper flavours lingering on the palate. Finely constituted and beautifully balanced, this rare Single Harvest Port would be an exceptional tribute to any anniversary. …
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Price: £349.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Oporto Bottled
Rewaxed

Transparent, golden red hue with a fine-grained sediment in the glass. High-toned nose with beautiful sweet raspberry aromas - not unlike an top banyuls. Equally elegant and youthful on the palate, this harmonious '68 drinks like a charm and will keep for decades. -CellarTracker Review

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Price: £485.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Colheita Port in Gift Tube

1967 Burmester Colheita Port - exclusive to VWP. Directly from the old cellars at Burmester, you get a part of Burmester's own treasure chest - namely a Colheita from 1967. It has been freshly bottled in 2021, which means it has been stored for a full 54 years!

We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.


Reviews:
Lovely dark caramel colour, with some truffle and tea notes, edges of olive and green fruits (fig). The maturity on the palate is obvious, again with fabulous sweetness and brown sugar richness, Muscovado and walnuts, but the hallmark of the fresh orange and lemon acidity plays against that and the coffee and walnut cake sweetness and richness. …
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Price: £225.00
Stock: 51 in Stock

Quinta Cachao Vintage Port

The 1967 Quinta do Cachão Vintage Port from Messias represents a notable bottling from their renowned estate in the Douro Valley, Portugal. Vintage Ports are among the rarest category of ports making them a valued addition to any Port and Wine enthusiast's collection.

Tasting Notes
Tawny in colour with well-developed aromas in the bottle, intense and complex with notes of spices and dry fruit. The palate shows freshness and smooth tannins, with a long and pleasant finish.

Serving and Food pairing
Vintage Ports are best decanted and served slightly below modern room temperature: 16° to 18° C. …
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Price: £192.50
Stock: 10 in Stock

Vintage Port
***18/20- Jancis Robinson***

A superb port from a good vintage. Heavy crust with a good pale red colour (most of the colour is in the crust). Wonderful fruity/alcohol nose and the taste is sublime. Still has a few years in it yet.


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Price: £189.00
Stock: 9 in Stock

Vintage Port
***18/20- Jancis Robinson***

A superb port from a good vintage. Heavy crust with a good pale red colour (most of the colour is in the crust). Wonderful fruity/alcohol nose and the taste is sublime. Still has a few years in it yet.


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Price: £179.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Quinta Da Roeda Vintage Port
Rewaxed
Very Top Shoulder

"Deep ruby red, with intoxicating aromas of dark chocolate, pepper, spice and black forest fruits. This mouth-filling wine has a sweet attack followed by punchy, rich, ripe fruit and sweet spice. Big and bright with a lovely length, this wine has a long life ahead of it."


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Price: £229.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Quinta Da Roeda Vintage Port
Very Top Shoulder

"Deep ruby red, with intoxicating aromas of dark chocolate, pepper, spice and black forest fruits. This mouth-filling wine has a sweet attack followed by punchy, rich, ripe fruit and sweet spice. Big and bright with a lovely length, this wine has a long life ahead of it."


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Price: £189.00
Stock: 6 in Stock

Vintage Port - In Original Krohn Box as illustrated
*Library stock from Krohn Cellars*

These bottles have impeccable provenance having been held in Krohn's own cellars since bottling. They were imported by VWP in December 2016.

Tasting note: Outstanding!! Pale tawny fading to amber on the rim. The nose is complex and multi-dimensional, notes of wild herbs, plum and mocha, coffee, tobacco around around a warm core. The palate displays a smooth, silky texture and finishes with a burst of rich mellow flavour. The finish is long and elegant. A, finely constituted port that is drinking well now but with careful cellaring it will hold for a few years.


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Price: £299.00
Stock: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port - Library stock from Krohn Cellars

These bottles have impeccable provenance having been held in Krohn's own cellars since bottling. They were imported by VWP in Dec 16.

Tasting note: Outstanding!! Pale tawny fading to amber on the rim. The nose is complex and multi-dimensional, notes of wild herbs, plum and mocha, coffee, tobacco around around a warm core. The palate displays a smooth, silky texture and finishes with a burst of rich mellow flavour. The finish is long and elegant. A, finely constituted port that is drinking well now but with careful cellaring it will hold for a few years.


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Price: £299.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port

1967 Martinez Vintage Port



Producer:

Martinez, founded in 1790, is a traditional Port house best known for its Vintage Ports of finesse and longevity. With deep ties to the Douro Valley, Martinez has long been respected for producing Ports with elegance, balance, and classic character.



Vintage:

The 1967 vintage is regarded as a softer, earlier-maturing year, offering charm and approachability rather than massive structure. Many wines from this harvest are now fully mature, delivering delicate complexity and a graceful drinking experience. …
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port

A rare bottle of Quinta do Noval 1967 Vintage Port

Tasted at the Port Forum in 2017.
Review:
A lovely cherry red colour, 40% opaque. Another wonderful nose, with sweet cherry and mature spiced fruit. Thick in texture and flavoured with sweet red apples combine to give an impressive palate presence. Awesome balance and a terrific palate. Fragrant fruit drives the aftertaste, followed by a delicious cherry finish with a great length. This is a very fine vintage port and was my wine of the night. 94/100. Decanted 13 hours. AHB.


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Price: £395.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port
(Library stock from Sandeman cellars, Oporto)

*** 93 Points for the Love of Port ***

These bottles were recently acquired from Sandeman's cellars in Oporto as part of their historic library stock. They have been specially relabelled by Sandeman to mark their 50th Anniversary.

Reviews:
93 Points Roy Hersch: "There is a first time for everything. This gentle giant is one of the very best of the Ports I have had from the lackluster 1967 vintage, which managed to produce a few very well-made VPs. The Sandeman is still in great shape. Due to the lighting it is impossible to tell the color. The aromatics dance out of the glass with ultra-potent, sweet violet and floral notes with a hint of mocha. …
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Price: £325.00
Stock: 13 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Good levels
Bin Soiled Labels

Perfumed, elegant and very attractive on the nose. Lively, tannic and massively fruity in the mouth. Lots of mid-palate activity, really attractive. Dry and tannic with a strong core of acidity that just makes the mouth water uncontrollably. A big but hot aftertaste with lots of black licorice dominating a long length. Very decent sipping wine and very enjoyable.

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Price: £229.00
Stock: 7 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Plain Labels
Level in Neck

Perfumed, elegant and very attractive on the nose. Lively, tannic and massively fruity in the mouth. Lots of mid-palate activity, really attractive. Dry and tannic with a strong core of acidity that just makes the mouth water uncontrollably. A big but hot aftertaste with lots of black licorice dominating a long length. Very decent sipping wine and very enjoyable.


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Price: £175.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Oporto Bottled Bin Soiled Labels

Perfumed, elegant and very attractive on the nose. Lively, tannic and massively fruity in the mouth. Lots of mid-palate activity, really attractive. Dry and tannic with a strong core of acidity that just makes the mouth water uncontrollably. A big but hot aftertaste with lots of black licorice dominating a long length. Very decent sipping wine and very enjoyable.


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Price: £285.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
Excellent level

Perfumed, elegant and very attractive on the nose. Lively, tannic and massively fruity in the mouth. Lots of mid-palate activity, really attractive. Dry and tannic with a strong core of acidity that just makes the mouth water uncontrollably. A big but hot aftertaste with lots of black licorice dominating a long length. Very decent sipping wine and very enjoyable.

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Price: £239.00
Stock: 16 in Stock