1974 Wine and Port Gift Suggestions
An introduction to the 1974 vintage and some gift recommendations by Andrew White.
1974 Wine and Port Offers | Recomendations and Special Offers
Barros Port, 1974
Special Edition 1974 Colheita Port
** 93 Points - Wine Advocate **
*** Silver Medal Decanter 2022 ***
Special Offer | Was £199 | Now £159
The 1974 Barros colheita is a very elegant 50 year old colheita port that was been bottled to celebrate …
$204.62 USD
Ryst Dupeyron Armagnac, 1974
Ryst Dupeyron Reserve Joseph Millesime vintage Armagnac
50cl bottle
Includes gift box
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £125
The 1974 Dupeyron Armagnac is the expression of a single year and has a unique character associated …
$160.86 USD
Palmer Port, 1974
Colheita Port, Douro
50cl Bottle
Special Offer | Was £139 | Now £119
1974 Colheita Port - 50cl Bottle. Exclusive to VWP.
This rare port-wine has been stored in seasoned …
$153.14 USD
Palmer Port, 1974
Colheita Port, Douro
75 cl Bottle
Special offer | Was £159 | Now £129
1974 Colheita Port - 75cl Bottle. Exclusive to VWP.
This rare port-wine has been stored in seasoned …
$166.01 USD
Quinta da Devesa
50 year old Tawny Port Presented in Gift Box Special Offer | Was £149 | Now £129
Quinta da Devesa 50-year-old tawny Port has a beautiful copper colour with an orange-green edge signifying …
$166.01 USD
Kopke, 1974
Colheita Port
Includes Kopke presentation box.
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £138.50
Kopke Port is the oldest port house. Established in 1638 by Nicolau Kopke and his son Cristiano, who …
$178.23 USD
Maynard's Port, 1974
1974 Colheita Port, Douro
** Exclusive to VWP **
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £139
1974 Colheita Port.
This rare port-wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1974 harvest …
$178.88 USD
1974 Wine and Port Gifts | 50 Year Old Wine Gifts
Vintage Port: 1974 has a special place in Portuguese history as this was the year of the Carnation revolution when the dictatorship of Salazar was replaced with democracy without a shot being fired. The 1974 port vintage produced some excellent single harvest colheita, making a port from this year the ideal 50 year old wine gift for a 50th birthday or anniversary. For vintage ports it was a moderate year that was not declared by the major port houses; despite a huge crop, very few vintage port wines were bottled from this year and the bottles that were produced are very rare.
Italian: Celebrated as a great vintage in Italy at the time, the 1974 vintage is now still considered to be very good. The 1974 vintage produced a large crop, close to the 1964 but with less quality. Summer was hot and dry and a mild autumn allowed the grapes to ripen fully. The wines produced are characterised as being fairly firm and tannic with low acidity but good, rich fruit. The harvest time was very long and lasted through November. Wines produced in this year have reached full maturity but continue to hold.
Bordeaux: A massive crop was produced, but the 1974 wines from Bordeaux were hard and tannic and lacked the ripeness of the 1975 vintage. The wines have declined gracefully over the decades and only the top houses will be drinkable nowadays.
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93 1974 WINE GIFTS Wines found.
1974 Graham Single Harvest Port
Single Harvest Colheita Port
4.5 Litre
** 95 points Wine Advocate **
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Only $2,380.74 USD
(4 in stock)
1974 Gattinara
Nervi Luigi, Piedmont, Italy, Red Wine
Special offer | Was £149 | Now £99
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Only $127.40 USD
(6 in stock)
Maynard's Port 1974
1974 Colheita Port, Douro
** Exclusive to VWP **
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £139
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Only $178.88 USD
(4 in stock)
Palmer Port 1974
Colheita Port, Douro
75 cl Bottle
Special offer | Was £159 | Now £129
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Only $166.01 USD
(66 in stock)
Palmer Port
50 Year Old Tawny Port
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £139
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Only $178.88 USD
(45 in stock)
Quevedo 1974
50 Year Old White Port
***96/100 Points -REVISTA DE VINHOS***
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Only $346.17 USD
(10 in stock)
Quinta da Devesa
50 year old White Port
Presented in Gift Box
Special Offer | Was £149 | Now £129
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Only $166.01 USD
(41 in stock)
Quinta da Devesa
50 year old Tawny Port Presented in Gift Box Special Offer | Was £149 | Now £129 ...more
Only $166.01 USD
(6 in stock)
Bodegas Toro Albalá 1974
Don PX 1974, Sweet Wine, Montilla-Moriles.
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Only $379.63 USD
(26 in stock)
Kopke
50 Year White Port
Half Bottle 37.5cl
Special Offer | Was £139 | Now £124.50
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Only $160.22 USD
(23 in stock)
Kopke 1974
Colheita Port
Includes Kopke presentation box.
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £138.50
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Only $178.23 USD
(2 in stock)
Messias 1974
50 Year Old Tawny Port
Includes Messias Wooden Gift Box
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Only $250.94 USD
(11 in stock)
Quinta Das Carvalhas
50 Year Old Tawny Port
95 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Special Offer | Was £295 | Now £225
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Only $289.55 USD
(17 in stock)
Sandeman
Only $347.46 USD
(Out of stock)
São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
50 Year Old Tawny Port
*** 96 Points -Alex Probst- World of Fine Wine ***
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Only $449.12 USD
(11 in stock)
São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
50 Year Old White Port
50cl bottle
*** 95 Points- Wine Advocate ***
...more
Only $508.32 USD
(3 in stock)
50 Year Old Madeira
Only $243.22 USD
(2 in stock)