Portugal Region Report

Colheita Port, Douro
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The 2011 Burmester Colheita Port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. The Port is made from a single harvest (a "Vintage Tawny") and aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in their Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled at least seven years after the harvest.

The 2011 has a complex nose with dark berries, cress, coffee . Full-bodied and great balance. Smooth palate that reflects the nose. Very good length. Excellent.

Winemaking:
Hand-picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation. …
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Price: $38.11 USD
Stock: 60 in Stock

Vintage Port
Special Introductory Offer | only £79.95

The Delaforce 2011 Vintage Port is a distinguished wine that has garnered positive reviews from critics:

Wine Spectator rated it 93 points, highlighting its "powerfully fruity" character, with "deep, rich flavors of dark plum, raspberry preserves and violet, accented by plenty of ripe, spicy notes." The review mentions that "dark chocolate and allspice accents linger on the long finish, revealing hints of cardamom and ginger," and suggests that it is best enjoyed from 2020 through 2040.

This vintage is characterized by its deep, nearly black color and powerful black currant and berry aromas. …
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Price: $101.72 USD
Stock: 30 in Stock

Colheita Port, Douro

The 2011 Messias Colheita Port represents a rich and mature expression of a cask-aged Port, offering a taste of Portuguese winemaking heritage and the nuanced flavours that come from extended barrel aging.

Tasting notes:
The extensive barrel ageing has given this port wine a tawny colour with a reddish hue. Its complex aroma includes dried fruits, nutty notes, caramel, and hints of spice and vanilla. The texture is smooth, elegant, and has a long, lingering finish.

Serving & Food Pairing
Colheita Ports are ready-to drink and do not require decanting. Best enjoyed slightly chilled at 12-13ºC they will work wonders if pairing with treacle tart, crème brulee or nut based desserts, like hazelnut praline. …
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Price: $36.83 USD
Stock: 38 in Stock

Vintage Port , Douro

The 2011 vintage of Messias Vintage Port is considered a standout year, characterized by its depth, complexity, and ability to age gracefully. This vintage port is ready to open and enjoy now however, will also reward those who will age it further in the cellar. Drink now-2050+.

Tasting notes
Deep ruby colour with a hint of purple at the rim.Rich and complex aromas of ripe dark fruits, including blackberry, plum, and black cherry. Chocolate, black pepper and clove and occasional hints of violets or herbs. On the palate it is full-bodied and rich, with velvety tannins. Ripe fruit flavours linger on the palate, accompanied by notes of dark chocolate, tobacco, and a hint of oak. …
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Price: $151.41 USD
Stock: 19 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro | Includes Barros gift box as illustrated
94 Points Wine Spectator

A 2011 Barros Vintage Port Wine.
In the same year Barros celebrated its 100th anniversary, the exquisite 2011 Barros Vintage Port surprised Kim Marcus of Wine Spectator with a "burst on the palate," being a "powerful and heavy" wine, with hints of "raspberries and blueberries, balanced with freshness and acidity." For this American critic, this wine is "distinct, revealing powerful notes of smoke and spices in a refined finish." Recommended by the critic, this wine is ready to drink now.
*** 94 Points Wine Spectator ***


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Price: $101.72 USD
Stock: 19 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
IMPERIAL BOTTLE (6 Litre) in oak case

A rare 6Lt bottle of the 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Cockburn Port.

"Great nose here with flowers, leaves and a wet earth character. Full body, lightly sweet with a massive finish. This is muscular, toned and intense. Superb: the greatest ever vintage Port from here! This is tasting much better than from barrel. 3,000 cases produced of this mechanically trodden wine. Try after 2024." 98 Points James Suckling
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Price: $1,138.75 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port IMPERIAL BOTTLE 6.0L

This 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Croft comes from the near perfect viticultural conditions in the Douro Valley and Croft's highly regarded Quinta da Roêda during 2011. This Quinta always forms the core around which Croft craft their Vintage Port blend, yet in this excellent year all of the blend's components have been sourced from here, producing a scented, exotic and lusciously opulent style. In the words of wine-maker David guimareans, the high perfomance of Quinta da Roêda gave this vintage 'an additional layer of density and depth of flavour' with silky, integrated tannins and powerful grip on the finish. …
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Price: $1,081.49 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port HALF BOTTLE 37.5cl

Reviews
"Very inky in hue, this is very tight indeed, with classic Dow dryness/austerity – firm tannins and a yet to be mined concentrated seam of minerals, black currant, berry and cherry. At this very early stage of its life, it means you are more conscious of the spirit, but this positively unshowy Port plainly has a long life ahead given its deep reserves of fruit and imposing structure. Impressively hewn."Sarah Ahmed www.thewinedetective.co.uk

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Price: $113.24 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
***19.5 Points- JancisRobinson.com***
***97-99 Points- RobertParker.com***

RARE MAGNUM FORMAT

Fonseca declares its vintages only in the most exceptional of years, and in 2011, like many, Fonseca benefitted from a perfect ending to the growing season, ensuring optimum ripeness for their grapes. This allowed deep, powerful and aromatic wines to be made on each of the Fonseca Quintas in the Távora and Pinhão valleys. 2011 has thus given Fonseca another opportunity to express the best characteristics of its vintage port to conoisseurs: its concentration of black fruits, its firm tannic grip, its dense velvety texture and its vibrant aromatics. It bears the promise of many years of development in bottle. …
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Price: $362.62 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro

The 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Fonseca has been described as "heady, opulent nose. Completely enveloping, Smells as though there is going to be the most fabulous texture. Wow! All stops pulled out for this one. It's all absolutely gorgeous intensity of sweet fruit on the front palate and then gradually the schist and structure reveal themselves. This is really wonderful stuff. So tempting to sip it decades before it is ready." Jancisrobinson.com

Fonseca declares its vintages only in the most exceptional of years, and in 2011, like many, Fonseca benefitted from a perfect ending to the growing season, ensuring optimum ripeness for their grapes. …
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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Graham's Stone Terraces, Vintage Port, Douro
In Presentation Case

A rare bottle of Graham's Stone Terraces Vintage Port.

At Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos two parcels have produced consistently extraordinary wines which for years have been at the heart of Graham’s declared Vintage Ports.

Both Parcel #43, known as Port Arthur, and #37, Vinha dos Cardenhos, are planted on old stone-walled terraces, Port Arthur facing primarily east and Vinha dos Cardenhos facing north. The combination of their aspects and their being on stone walled terraces which hold and reflect the heat of the sun, makes the wines from these two parcels very different in character from the rest of the primarily south-facing soil-terraced quinta. …
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Price: $884.28 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port
*** 95-97 Points- Wine Advocate ***

The Graham’s 2011 Vintage Port Wine is a profound and complex wine of incredible intensity. Purple-black to the rim, this wine gives fine aromas of blue-violets, black China tea and ripe red fruit. On the palate, it offers an initial taste of powerful and vigorous fruit, merging into flavours of bitter black chocolate and fine acidity with balanced and mature, but not dry, tannins. The final flavour is clean and perfectly defined. This wine will age well, evolving into a finely balanced and elegant wine in the decades to come.

"Though the nose is very tight, there’s an attractive whiff of violets and black pepper. …
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Price: $127.17 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Single Harvest Tawny Port inl Gift Tube

Graham 2011 Single Harvest Tawny. On the 16th June 1373, Portugal and England signed the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty, a commitment to peace, friendship and cooperation between the two nations. 650 years later, this remains the world’s oldest unbroken alliance. To mark this momentous occasion, we have decided to bottle two casks of Graham’s 2011 Single Harvest Tawny Port. This limited edition port will be sold exclusively in the UK and Portugal.

This remarkable port was produced in one of the finest vintage years of the 21st century and this is the first occasion our family has chosen to bottle a Single Harvest Tawny Port from the auspicious 2011 vintage. …
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Price: $117.69 USD
Stock: 7 in Stock

Single Harvest Tawny Port inl Gift Tube
450cl Rheoboam

Graham 2011 Single Harvest Tawny. On the 16th June 1373, Portugal and England signed the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty, a commitment to peace, friendship and cooperation between the two nations. 650 years later, this remains the world’s oldest unbroken alliance. To mark this momentous occasion, we have decided to bottle two casks of Graham’s 2011 Single Harvest Tawny Port. This limited edition port will be sold exclusively in the UK and Portugal.

This remarkable port was produced in one of the finest vintage years of the 21st century and this is the first occasion our family has chosen to bottle a Single Harvest Tawny Port from the auspicious 2011 vintage. …
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Price: $699.79 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port , Douro
***94-96 Points -Neil Martin for The Wine advocate***

This 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Niepoort is a blend of several Cima Corgo vineyards & (old field blend) varieties including; Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão and Touriga Nacional and was 100% foot trodden in granite lagares with 100% stems. The wine was aged for 2 years in “toneis” and some pipes. A vibrant Port in colour and on the palate with lovely florality – violets – and black pepper lift to its well defined its sweet, ripe, juicy and intense swathes of berry and plum fruit. Long and persistent with a ripe but palpable chassis of tannins. Already so charming and elegant such is its exquisite balance – built for the long haul. …
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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Magnum Bottle
***94-96 Points -Neil Martin for The Wine advocate***

This 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Niepoort is a blend of several Cima Corgo vineyards & (old field blend) varieties including; Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão and Touriga Nacional was 100% foot trodden in granite lagares with 100% stems. The wine was aged for 2 years in “toneis” and some pipes. A vibrant Port in colour and on the palate with lovely florality – violets – and black pepper lift to its well defined its sweet, ripe, juicy and intense swathes of berry and plum fruit. Long and persistent with a ripe but palpable chassis of tannins. Already so charming and elegant such is its exquisite balance – built for the long haul. …
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Price: $304.09 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in gift box
*** 90-92 Points Neil Martin ***

The Offley Porto Vintage 2011 Port Wine is produced from Quinta da Boavista and other vineyards in the Pinhão area. Sogrape describes it as: "A wine with an extremely intense colour. A deep, almost-opaque, red. Exceptionally rich aromatically. Black fruits of the forest, especially plum, stand out in the nose, with woody notes of pine and cedar, floral tones of rockrose, hints of sous bois, and spices such as cloves and nutmeg. On the palate, an excellent body, well-present acidity, lively yet well-integrated tannins and hints of black forest fruits, again plum, but also cherry. An intense and persistent finish. …
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Price: $89.00 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
With own Cardboard Presentation Box
94 pts Wine Spectator

Review Scores
94 pts Wine Spectator - This is one of the very few Ports where you can discern a scintilla of over-ripeness on the prune and raisin-scented bouquet. It is very heady, but there is a little nail-varnish in the background. The palate is smooth and viscous on the entry – a hedonistic, fiery, honeyed, almost “unctuous” Vintage Port that needs to develop more restraint and reserve on the finish, which is slightly cloying.
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Price: $89.00 USD
Stock: 14 in Stock

Vintage Port
***95 Points Wine Spectator***

From the exceptional 2011 vintage, only 750 cases of this stunning Vintage Port were made.

95 Wine Spectator

"An exuberantly fruity style, with floral-infused raspberry, dark cherry and currant flavors that are pure and fresh. Minerally midpalate, showing mocha and peppery notes on the long, muscular finish. Pure, complex and almost monolithic. Best from 2030 through 2050. 750 cases made."

94 Wine Enthusiast

"Great berry and plum fruits leap out of the glass. It has a solid structure, to be sure, but it is the ripe character of the wine, a delicious balance between great fruit and acidity that dominates. …
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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 72 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
95 Points Wine Spectator

From the exceptional 2011 vintage, only 750 cases of this stunning Vintage Port were made.

95 Wine Spectator

"An exuberantly fruity style, with floral-infused raspberry, dark cherry and currant flavors that are pure and fresh. Minerally midpalate, showing mocha and peppery notes on the long, muscular finish. Pure, complex and almost monolithic. Best from 2030 through 2050. 750 cases made."

94 Wine Enthusiast

"Great berry and plum fruits leap out of the glass. It has a solid structure, to be sure, but it is the ripe character of the wine, a delicious balance between great fruit and acidity that dominates. …
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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 24 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port, Douro
MAGNUM Bottle

Quinta de La Rosa is a small estate in the heart of the Port wine-growing region in Alto Douro, near Pinhao, owned and operated by the Bergqvist family.

The Quinta and its vineyards were given to the Bergqvist family as a Christening present by the Feuerheerds, who established the property in 1906.

It remains one of the few Single Quinta where the vineyards start at the bank of the Douro and rise 450 meters to the towering top of the mountain. From the river's edge to the top, one passes through 11 different microclimates. This gives La Rosa great flexibility to add variety and complexity to its Ports. …
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Price: $89.00 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro

The Quinta de Roriz 2011 Vintage Port has a powerful, floral nose with hints of tar and green tobacco. On the palate there is fresh blackberry and red plum, finishing with liquorice and mineral elements.

Quinta de Roriz 2011 Vintage Port is the first to be made by Prats & Symington, who purchased the quinta in 2009.

The varietals in the blend include 42% Touriga Nacional and 28% Touriga Franca, as well as two more unusual but classic Port grapes: 18% Tinta Francisca and 12% Sousão.

The Quinta de Roriz 2011 Vintage Port has a powerful, floral nose with hints of tar and green tobacco. …
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Price: $101.72 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro

The 2011 Taylor's Vintage Port Wine is made only in exceptional years, following the rigorous selection and tasting process to meet the requirements for declaration. Historically Taylor's has only declared a maximum of 3 vintages per decade. 2011 has been hailed as a classic vintage by all accounts. Ideal ripening conditions in this year have led Fladgate wine-maker David Guimaraens to conclude that the 2011s 'stand out for the purity of the fruit and the quality of the tannins, which are silky and well integrated but provide plenty of structure. The 2011 vintage is textbook Taylors in its structured aromatics and elegance (according to Fladgate Managing Director Adrian Bridge). …
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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock

Vintage Port

Warre’s 2011 shows the deep opaque purple colour of youth and is layered with aromas of sweet blackberry fruit and typically perfumed floral hints of rockrose and fresh violets. On the palate the wine has great finesse and balance, with traces of minerality running through the silky tannic backbone, leading to a long velvety finish.

Reviews: "Sweet, warm and mellow, with fresh pure blackberry and black cherry fruit, yet fresh with amazing purity, concentration and depth. Seductive and compelling. Score: 94–96/100" Jamie Goode, www.thewinedetective.


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Price: $125.96 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
IMPERIAL 6 lt Bottle
***93-95 Points, (NM) The Wine Advocate***

A very rare 6 lt Bottle of the 2011 Vintage Port from Warre's.

Warre’s 2011 shows the deep opaque purple colour of youth and is layered with aromas of sweet blackberry fruit and typically perfumed floral hints of rockrose and fresh violets. On the palate the wine has great finesse and balance, with traces of minerality running through the silky tannic backbone, leading to a long velvety finish.

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Price: $1,265.98 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock