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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
Oporto bottled

Perfumed, elegant and very attractive on the nose. Lively, tannic and massively fruity in the mouth. Lots of mid-palate activity, really attractive. Sweet with soft tannins and 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 very enjoyable.

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Price: £285.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Single Harvest Tawny Port
Presented in Taylor's Beechwood case

Taylors have just announced a limited release of their 1967 Single Harvest Tawny Port. This is a new release of a rich, mellow and spicy 1967 Single Harvest Port.

It is presented in a classic Taylor’s frosted bottle, and packaged in a high quality beech-wood box.

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 in spite of its age. …
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Price: £399.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Colheita Port
50cl Bottle

Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port

This rare port-wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1966 harvest until bottling in 2019.

Tasting Notes: The 1966 Port from Palmer has a light oak colour with a verdant edge on the rim highlighting a colheita of exceptional age and quality. Much elegance on the nose with orange peel, walnuts, figs and a touch of honey. On the palate there is a lightness that is balanced by a good acidity. This port wine delivers a beautiful flavour supported by a long, long finish. Outstanding.


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Price: £159.00
Stock: 24 in Stock

Colheita Port
75cl Bottle

Exclusive to Vintage Wine and Port

This rare port-wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1966 harvest until bottling in 2019.

Tasting Notes: The 1966 Port from Palmer has a light oak colour with a verdant edge on the rim highlighting a colheita of exceptional age and quality. Much elegance on the nose with orange peel, walnuts, figs and a touch of honey. On the palate there is a lightness that is balanced by a good acidity. This port wine delivers a beautiful flavour supported by a long, long finish. Outstanding.


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Price: £189.00
Stock: 18 in Stock

Colheita Port
Gold - International Wine Challenge

Colheita Ports like the 1966 Messias are known for their exceptional aging potential. The extended aging in oak barrels allows the wine to develop complexity and a smooth, mellow character over time.

Award tasting note
"Light mahogany with wide lemon rim, raisin dated and tangerine on the rich, warm nose, generous, profound but stylish on the palate with rich supple fruit and a flossy texture, savour & deep with lovely fleshing 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: £189.00
Stock: 18 in Stock

Vintage Port
Half Bottle- Unlabelled

The 1966 Croft Vintage Port is a distinguished example of mid-20th-century port craftsmanship from one of the oldest port houses, founded in 1588. The 1966 vintage is celebrated for its exceptional quality, with Croft's offering recognized for its depth, balance, and longevity. This vintage showcases a slightly deeper core and an elegant bouquet of mulberry, tobacco, and balsamic notes. On the palate, it presents flavors of wild strawberry, fig, and a touch of lemongrass, complemented by a silky texture and a well-integrated finish. It is often regarded as a "little gem" and superior to Croft's 1963 vintage. …
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Price: £135.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port
Badly damaged labels

The 1966 Croft Vintage Port is a distinguished example of mid-20th-century port craftsmanship from one of the oldest port houses, founded in 1588. The 1966 vintage is celebrated for its exceptional quality, with Croft's offering recognized for its depth, balance, and longevity. This vintage showcases a slightly deeper core and an elegant bouquet of mulberry, tobacco, and balsamic notes. On the palate, it presents flavors of wild strawberry, fig, and a touch of lemongrass, complemented by a silky texture and a well-integrated finish. It is often regarded as a "little gem" and superior to Croft's 1963 vintage. …
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Price: £225.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port
Unlabelled | Embossed Plastic Capsules

Tasting Notes: A slightly deeper core compared to the ’63. The nose is very ripe with mulberry and tobacco with a hint of balsam, just lacking a little freshness and delineation. The palate is similar to the ’63, very well-balanced and cohesive, a slightly viscous texture, fresh and surfeit with joie-de-vivre and vivacity. Wild strawberry, lemongrass and fig towards the finish, this is certainly the “dark horse” of the decade and in my humble opinion, superior to the ’63. A little gem. Tasted November 2007. Neil Martin Wine Journal

Rating 93 points (outstanding)

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Price: £225.00
Stock: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port
UK bottled Army and Navy Bottling

Tasting Notes: A slightly deeper core compared to the ’63. The nose is very ripe with mulberry and tobacco with a hint of balsam, just lacking a little freshness and delineation. The palate is similar to the ’63, very well-balanced and cohesive, a slightly viscous texture, fresh and surfeit with joie-de-vivre and vivacity. Wild strawberry, lemongrass and fig towards the finish, this is certainly the “dark horse” of the decade and in my humble opinion, superior to the ’63. A little gem. Tasted November 2007. Neil Martin Wine Journal

Rating 93 points (outstanding)

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Price: £225.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port
Top Shoulder Level
Unlabelled | Embossed Wax Capsule

The 1966 Fonseca Vintage Port is widely celebrated as one of the finest examples of classic Port from the 20th century. Produced in a declared vintage year, this wine exemplifies Fonseca's signature style—rich, powerful, and built for longevity. Even after nearly six decades, it continues to impress connoisseurs and collectors with its complexity and vitality.

In the glass, the 1966 Fonseca typically displays a deep ruby hue with subtle garnet reflections, indicating its maturity. The nose is intensely aromatic, offering a bouquet of black cherries, plums, violets, and hints of bitter chocolate and tobacco. …
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Price: £285.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vintage Port
typed label | Embossed Wax Capsule

The 1966 Fonseca Vintage Port is widely celebrated as one of the finest examples of classic Port from the 20th century. Produced in a declared vintage year, this wine exemplifies Fonseca's signature style -rich, powerful, and built for longevity. Even after nearly six decades, it continues to impress connoisseurs and collectors with its complexity and vitality.

In the glass, the 1966 Fonseca typically displays a deep ruby hue with subtle garnet reflections, indicating its maturity. The nose is intensely aromatic, offering a bouquet of black cherries, plums, violets, and hints of bitter chocolate and tobacco. …
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Price: £295.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Vintage Port

The grapes for Gould Campbell Ports are drawn from vineyards in the Cima Corgo area of the Douro, where the yields are very low (about one pipe - 550 litres - per 1,000 vines) but the wines have immense complexity and depth. The winery is situated at Pinhão, where a proportion of the wines are made in modern temperature controlled fermentation tanks, however a significant proportion of the wines for Gould Campbell Ports are still made in small quintas in the hills around Pinhão, using the ancient method of treading the grapes by foot in stone tanks called laggers.

Reviews Michael Broadbent "Vintage Wine" (Broadbent, 2002)
"Three notes at comparative tastings in 1993, still impressively powerful yet elegant and lovely. …
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Price: £199.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
BBR label

A superb port from a classic vintage. The medium garnet colour has held up quite well with some bricking on the rim, but otherwise this wine is still showing youth and it has the backbone for a long life ahead. Complex layers of cocoa and spice with excellent balance and the velvety mouth- feel that gains extra credit.


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Price: £189.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Embossed capsule - White plain label

From the outstanding 1966 Port vintage. The 1966 Quinta do Noval has a medium dark-red towards garnet, with plum, ripe berry, chocolate and tar aromas and flavours, this medium-bodied Port is now showing very nicely in its maturity. Moderate and very soft tannins, with sweet tobacco and cherry flavours on the finish.

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Price: £185.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Nacional

Quinta do Noval Nacional is undoubtedly one of the most legendary fortified wines in the world. It is produced from a small area at the heart of the Quinta do Noval vineyard planted with ungrafted vines that have remained untouched by Phylloxera


Warm, complex nose with a hint of herb and medicine, as well as some floral notes. Soft, mellow palate with liquorice and old furniture. Beautifully complex: warm, soft and intense. 93/100


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Price: £1,450.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Peatling and Cauldron Labels

A superb port from a classic vintage. The medium garnet colour has held up quite well with some bricking on the rim, but otherwise this wine is still showing youth and it has the backbone for a long life ahead. Complex layers of cocoa and spice with excellent balance and the velvety mouth- feel that gains extra credit.


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Price: £189.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Wine society labels
Excellent Provenance and condition

The Sandeman 1966 is a superb port from a classic vintage. The medium garnet colour has held up quite well with some bricking on the rim, but otherwise this wine is still showing youth and it has the backbone for a long life ahead. Complex layers of cocoa and spice with excellent balance and the velvety mouth- feel that gains extra credit.


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Price: £199.00
Stock: 8 in Stock

Vintage Port
Good level - Bin soiled label

The Sandeman 1966 is a superb port from a classic vintage. The medium garnet colour has held up quite well with some bricking on the rim, but otherwise this wine is still showing youth and it has the backbone for a long life ahead. Complex layers of cocoa and spice with excellent balance and the velvety mouth- feel that gains extra credit.


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Price: £185.00
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port
Unlabelled | Excellent Provenance

The 1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a distinguished wine from an exceptional vintage. This port exhibits an intense ruby color and an elegant, fresh nose with floral notes reminiscent of violets. On the palate, it offers a harmonious balance of intense fruit flavors, notably figs, supported by a well-structured mineral and tannic framework. The wine maintains a refreshing quality, with flavors that persist through a long finish. Notably, it still possesses the potential for further aging, indicating years of great life ahead.

Critics have praised this vintage for its elegance and complexity. …
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Price: £265.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
Unlabelled | Excellent Provenance

The 1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a distinguished wine from an exceptional vintage. This port exhibits an intense ruby color and an elegant, fresh nose with floral notes reminiscent of violets. On the palate, it offers a harmonious balance of intense fruit flavors, notably figs, supported by a well-structured mineral and tannic framework. The wine maintains a refreshing quality, with flavors that persist through a long finish. Notably, it still possesses the potential for further aging, indicating years of great life ahead.

Critics have praised this vintage for its elegance and complexity. …
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Price: £285.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Single Harvest Tawny Port

Taylors have just announced a limited release of their 1966 Single Harvest Tawny Port. This is a new release of a rich, mellow and spicy 1966 Single Harvest Port.

It is presented in a classic Taylor’s frosted bottle, and packaged in a high quality beech-wood box.

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 in spite of its age. …
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Price: £449.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Vintage Port
Harveys bottling

The 1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a distinguished wine from an exceptional vintage. This port exhibits an intense ruby color and an elegant, fresh nose with floral notes reminiscent of violets. On the palate, it offers a harmonious balance of intense fruit flavors, notably figs, supported by a well-structured mineral and tannic framework. The wine maintains a refreshing quality, with flavors that persist through a long finish. Notably, it still possesses the potential for further aging, indicating years of great life ahead.

Critics have praised this vintage for its elegance and complexity. …
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Price: £265.00
Stock: 7 in Stock

Vintage Port

Viera de Sousa 1966 Vintage Port is a rare and fascinating wine from one of the more under-the-radar but deeply respected family-run Port producers. The Viera de Sousa family has been involved in winemaking in the Douro Valley for generations, though their name has gained broader recognition only more recently. A 1966 vintage from them represents not just a well-aged Port, but a beautiful piece of family heritage and old-school craftsmanship.

The 1966 vintage itself was a declared year and widely considered excellent — not quite as powerful as 1963, but producing wines of superb elegance, structure, and ageing potential. …
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Price: £195.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Vintage Port
White plain label

Warre’s Vintage Port 1966 is another classic from a strong declared vintage and represents the house’s elegant, understated style beautifully. The 1966 vintage overall produced structured, balanced Ports with great ageing potential, and Warre’s offering from that year has long been admired for its finesse, complexity, and gentle maturity.

By now, Warre 1966 has taken on a deep amber-tawny hue with brick-orange highlights. On the nose, it shows wonderfully evolved aromas — think dried fruits (figs, dates, and cherries), orange peel, walnuts, leather, and subtle spices like cinnamon and clove. …
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Price: £249.00
Stock: 3 in Stock