Portugal Region Report

Vintage Port
Special Library Release
** 97 Points Lisa perotti Brown - in Asia **
** 96 points Robert Parker **

The 1994 is one of Dow's finest Vintage Ports from the latter half of the twentieth century. It was widely praised by wine critics and writers shortly after its release, receiving consistently high ratings. For the second time since the original en primeur launch, the Symington family has decided to release a limited quantity from their maturing stocks in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. This wine has perfect provenance, having matured solely in the ideal conditions of the Dow vintage cellars, which are located near the Atlantic Ocean and benefit from the moderating maritime climate.

The 1994 Dow's Vintage Port exemplifies the classic style of the house, marrying fruit intensity with complexity and finesse. …
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Price: $237.36 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port
** 97 Points Lisa perotti Brown - in Asia **
** 96 points Robert Parker **

The 1994 Dow's Vintage Port exemplifies the classic style of the house, marrying fruit intensity with complexity and finesse. While already showing immense pleasure in its youth, it promises to reward further aging in the cellar, evolving and maturing gracefully for decades to come.

Tasting Notes:
The 1994 Dow's Vintage Port is a deep, opaque ruby wine with a complex bouquet of blackberry, cassis, plum, cherry compote, dried figs, violet, rose petal, dark chocolate, espresso beans, and exotic spices. On the palate, it has bold flavors of black fruit preserves, bittersweet chocolate, roasted coffee beans, and toasted oak. …
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Price: $184.32 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Ferreira `Dona Antónia` 30-Year-Old Tawny Port
Decanter Presented In Gift Box
***95 Points-GOLD- Decanter World Wine Awards***
***95 Points- GOLD MEDAL- IWC 2024***

The Dona Antonia 30-Year-Old Tawny Port by Ferreira is a luxurious and complex wine, showcasing the mastery of the tawny port-making craft.

Tasting Notes
This luxurious and complex wine shows rich and inviting aromas with a blend of dried fruit, nutty aromas, and wood notes. On the palate, it has a velvety texture and a symphony of flavors, with layers of caramelized sugar, toffee, honeyed sweetness, and dark chocolate.The finish is long and lingering, with the wine's myriad flavors unfolding gradually and leaving a lasting impression. Subtle echoes of dried fruit, nuts, and spices linger on the palate, inviting contemplation and reflection. …
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Price: $125.91 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port
*** 97 Points - Parker ***

A 1994 Fonseca Vintage Port is a highly esteemed wine. The consensus among critics that the 1994 Fonseca Vintage Port is a remarkable wine, possessing the depth, complexity, and aging potential characteristic of a top-tier Vintage Port from an outstanding vintage.

Tasting notes
This astounding port is a deep, opaque ruby color with hints of garnet at the rim. It has complex aromas of blackberry, plum, and dark cherry, cocoa, vanilla, and exotic spices. The palate is full-bodied and rich, with ripe black fruits dominating, layers of dark chocolate, espresso, and baking spices adding depth. …
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Price: $224.10 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port

So much going on. Red and black berries. Caramel, graham cracker, cinnamon, and baking spices. Silky smooth on the palate and sweet tannins on the finish. A great wine.
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Price: $119.28 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

30 Year Old Tawny Port - Small Bottle - 20cl

The Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny Port is a masterpiece of aged Port craftsmanship. Unlike Vintage Ports, which spend only a short time in oak barrels before bottling, Tawny Ports like Graham's 30 Year Old are aged for three decades or more in seasoned oak casks. This extended aging allows the wine to develop a mellow and harmonious character, with flavors integrating and evolving over time.

Tasting notes
The Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny Port is a mesmerizing amber wine with gold glimmers, hinting at its decades-long oak casks. Its aromas are delicate, with layers of un-drenched raisins, succulent figs, and caramelized dates taking center stage. …
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Price: $29.11 USD
Stock: 32 in Stock

Vintage Port

The 1994 Morgan Vintage Port is a notable wine from a historic company, which had a rich history of producing high-quality ports. 1994 was considered an classic, excellent year for port production, with ideal weather conditions contributing to the quality of the grapes.

Tasting Notes Dark brown centre, paling at the rim. Nose of boiled sweets. Easy, balanced entry with the tannins still noticeable and with a bit of bite from the spirit. Fruity mid-palate with many layers of complexity. The aftertaste is gentle but evident and starts with cherry juice flavours before the bitter-dryness of slightly unripe hazlenuts. …
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Price: $119.28 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock

30 Year Old Tawny Port
Includes Presentation tube
*** 17/20 Points- Jancis Robinson ***

Aged in wooden casks in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, the final blend of this 30 Year Old Tawny Port by Offley resulted in an amber coloured wine, with appealing greenish hints. Its bouquet is intense and complex, with notes of caramel, mocha, toasted nuts and tobacco leaf. This is a very well-balanced and unctuous wine that shows a delicate structure and sublime finish.

Serving & Food Pairing:
Tawny 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: $92.76 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Quarles Harris Vintage Port

The 1994 Quarles Harris is a wine that exemplifies the quality and tradition of Port production. It's a wine that offers both immediate pleasure and the potential for further aging, reflecting the best of what the Douro Valley can produce.

Tasting Notes The 1994 Quarles Harris has a delicious smooth, plump and juicy, blackberry fruit flavour, with just a hint of spice A strong, almost earthyness to the palate holds the blackberry fruit, with good ripe tannins, which lingers and improves. The richness of the berry fruit leads to a vibrant and solid finish.

Serving and Food pairing
Vintage Port is best served slightly below room temperature, around 16-18C. …
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Price: $104.76 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Library stock from Ramos Pinto
***94 Points- Robert Parker- Wine Advocate***

The 1994 Ramos Pinto Quinta Ervamoira is a distinguished vintage Port from the Quinta de Ervamoira estate, which is one of the notable vineyards owned by Ramos Pinto, noted for its unique terroir that contributes a distinctive character in its wines.

Tasting Notes
This is a deep, dark ruby vintage port with a complex nose of ripe dark fruits, chocolate, spices, and floral undertones. Its full-bodied, velvety texture and concentrated fruit flavours make it a long-lasting and persistent wine. With aging potential, it can develop further complex tertiary flavours like dried fruit, nuts, and tobacco. …
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Price: $171.06 USD
Stock: 59 in Stock

Quinta do Passadouro, Vintage Port

The 1994 Quinta do Passadouro is a superb example of a high-quality Vintage Port from an excellent vintage.

Tasting Notes
Sweet, with a balanced structure due to firm tannins and good acidity. Its full-bodied palate features ripe black fruits, dark chocolate, figs, coffee, spices, cloves, cinnamon, licorice, and earthy undertones. The tannins are firm and well-integrated, providing structure and longevity. The acidity is well-balanced, complementing the sweetness and richness. The finish is long and persistent.

Serving & Food Pairing
Vintage Ports are best decanted and served slightly below modern room temperature: 16° to 18° C. …
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Price: $119.28 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

Quinta Poço do Lobo - Cabernet Sauvignon, Bairrada
Excellent Provenance, library release.

The Cabernet Sauvignon Quinta Poço do Lobo from the excellent 1994 harvest in Portugal is deep garnet in colour, indicating maturity. On the nose, intense aromas of ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, and plum are layered with notes of cedar, vanilla, and baking spices. Subtle hints of tobacco and leather add complexity. On the palate it is full bodied and velvety with black cherry, cassis and chocolate with hints of graphite and espresso. Well-balanced acidity provides freshness and structure, leading to a long, lingering finish.

Serving and Food pairing
This wine is best decanted and served at room temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. …
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Price: $104.76 USD
Stock: 22 in Stock

Vintage Port
***94 Points (outstanding) Wine Journal ***

The 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Port is esteemed for its impeccable balance, complexity, and aging potential. It exemplifies the mastery of winemaking at this historic estate and stands as a testament to the exceptional quality of Douro Valley Ports.

Tasting Notes
The 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Port is a deep, rich wine with a complex nose of black fruit, dried figs, raisins, dates, dark chocolate, tobacco, leather, and floral accents. Its palate is rich and concentrated, with ripe fruit flavors dominating. The wine's balance between sweetness and acidity provides structure and vitality. …
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Price: $131.28 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

30 Year Old Tawny Port
***95 Points- Gold- Decanter 2024***
***96 Points GOLD Award- IWC 2024***
Presented in Sandeman Gift Box

Sandeman is a regular IWC and Decanter World Wine Awards Gold- and Trophy-winner for its supremely refined tawnies. A premium aged tawny port, meticulously crafted and aged in oak casks for an average of 30 years.

Tasting Notes
The Sandeman 30 Year Old Tawny Port is of a deep amber amber colour with intense aromas of honey and spices, underscored with deep flavours of dried apricots, hazelnuts and vanilla, creating a rich yet elegant combination. Luxuriously smooth and well-balanced on the palate, this is offering a harmonious blend of dried fruits, nuts, and caramel flavours. …
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Price: $99.39 USD
Stock: 14 in Stock

30 Year Old Tawny Port
HALF BOTTLE (37.5 cl)

The Taylor's 30 Year Old Tawny Port is a venerable and distinguished fortified wine, crafted by one of the most esteemed Port houses in the Douro Valley.

Tasting notes
This 30-year-old tawny from Taylor's own vineyards shows incredible length a deep, old gold colour with hints of dried fruit and honey offsetting the rich nutty aromas. Lush, silky richness with an elegant, slightly austere quality which is quite distinctive. Subtle dried fruit flavours underly, exotic layers of caramel and nuts culminating in an endless finish.

Serving & Pairing
Tawny Ports are ready-to drink and do not require decanting. …
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Price: $56.95 USD
Stock: 26 in Stock

Vintage Port
***94 Points- RobertParker***

The Warre's Vintage Port from 1994 is an excellent choice for both enthusiasts and collectors, offering a taste of the exceptional craftsmanship and terroir of the Douro Valley.

Tasting Notes
The 1994 Warre's Vintage Port is a deep ruby-red wine with a nose of ripe black fruits, spice, tobacco, and dark chocolate. The palate is full-bodied and luscious, with a remarkable balance between fruit, acidity, and tannins. Its long and satisfying finish is a testament to its maturity and complexity. The wine has excellent aging potential, with properly stored bottles revealing even greater complexity and depth over decades. …
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Price: $157.80 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Special Library Release
***17.5 Points- JancisRobinson.com***
***94 Points-Wine Advocate***

Port houses occasionally release library editions or special bottlings from older vintages, especially for significant anniversaries or events. Symington Family Estates, decided to release a library edition of the 1994 Warre's Vintage Port. This is a limited offering aimed at collectors and enthusiasts to showcase the wine's development over time and to provide an opportunity to experience mature Port at its peak.

Tasting Notes
Hanging on well to its deep, dark red colour, suggesting a still youthful wine. Very expressive aromas with Warre’s characteristically fresh, floral element (rose garden fragrance). …
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Price: $224.10 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

Quinta Poço do Lobo - Cabernet, Bairrada

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: $91.50 USD
Stock: 105 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port
Silver Medal- International Wine Challenge 2017

A rare chance to purchase an aged Unfiltered Late Bottled Vintage Port with over 30 years of maturation in cask and bottle. These have been stored in the winemakers cellars until we imported them last year. Unfiltered LBVs will throw a 'crust' (aka: sediment) just like a Vintage Port and so needs to be decanted. This Port wine has a mature character with, sweet raisin and spice with ripe black fruits, fig, prune, damson and cinnamon notes. Elegant with great balance, fully mature, gentle and inviting. savour it on its own or with a platter of cheeses.

Maynard's history dates back to 1652 when Walter Maynard, …
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Price: $59.60 USD
Stock: 31 in Stock

Colheita Port
*** 94 Points- Wine Advocate ***

*** 90 Points, Roy Hersh - For the Love of Port ***

The 1992 Quevedo Colheita is an outstanding quality and value effort from this family-run estate. Oscar and Claudia Quevedo have produced a light brown port with hints of amber. On the palate there are nuts and a lovely light molasses note with coffe and spices The finish is long and lingering as befits a quality port such as this. Outstanding!

Reviews:
"This was a cask sample which Oscar Quevedo had sent to me by way of Vinologia and how often do you get to try 16 year old bottled cask samples of any wine? I can't begin to describe the color as we sat beneath the bridge on the Porto side, sipping and talking during the wee hours our first night in country (Andy/ Stewart/Roy). …
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Price: $118.02 USD
Stock: 15 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro | Presented in own Wooden Gift Box
*** Special Offer | Was £99 | Now £59.95 ***
Excellent Provenance - Burmester Library release
Offer ends 31st July

This 1992 Burmester Vintage Port from the fabulous 1992 Port Vintage has outstanding provenance! This bottle has been stored at the Burmester cellars on Porto since bottling until it was acquired by us earlier this year.

The 1992 Burmester is a beautiful mature tawny colour. On the nose it has cocoa, chocolate together with a hint of mint. On the palate this is quite complex - medium bodied with a perfect balance between the acidity, tannins and flavours, there is a little spiciness in the mouth that adds to the experience. Long, long finish. This is in a good place and should hold well for the next decade or so. …
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Price: $79.49 USD
Stock: 14 in Stock

Vintage Port

Tasting notes: Medium depth of colour with a red rim, on the aroma starting to show some wonderful bottle age which follows through on the palate with a mild bitter chocolate character and fresh dark fruits. Good weight Freshness and extract on the palate leading to a spirit dominated finish.


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Price: $157.80 USD
Stock: 11 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: $104.76 USD
Stock: 57 in Stock

Vintage Port
93 Points - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 1992 Quinta de la Rosa Vintage Port offers a chance to enjoy a well-crafted wine from a reputable producer and a noteworthy vintage year. Its rich complexity, aging potential, and harmonious balance make it a standout choice for special occasions or as a memorable addition to a port wine collection.

Tasting Notes
The 1992 Quinta de la Rosa has a deep garnet color, indicative of its maturity and concentration. The bouquet is rich and complex, featuring aromas of dark berries, blackcurrants, and plums, along with notes of figs, raisins, and subtle hints of spice and cedar. Full-bodied and robust on the palate, with a smooth texture and well-integrated tannins. …
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Price: $131.28 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Quinta Poço do Lobo - Cabernet Sauvignon, Bairrada

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: $78.24 USD
Stock: 111 in Stock