1994 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations: A short summary of the fabulous 1994 Vintage with our top recommendations Visit our 1994 Wine and Port Offer Page 1994 Wine and Port
If you were born or have an anniversary in 1994 - then you are in luck! The 1994 vintage produced some of the finest Ports and wines of the late 20th century, with exceptional quality in Bordeaux, the Douro Valley, and various regions of Italy. These wines are highly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs as they are drinking well and continue to command high prices.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: The 1994 vintage is generally rated as good but a little inconsistent. The top estates produced some very fine wines that are far superior to those in the poor years between 1991 and 1993. The best 1994 Bordeaux wines are characterised by high tannin levels with rich fruit and should mature well over the next few years.
Italian: In Tuscany, the Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile and Brunello had a very good year with a warm early Spring. The good weather conditions carried through to the harvest season with healthy, ripe fruit. In Piedmont prolonged rain caused serious problems, however a few producers still made good Barolo and Barbaresco wines.
Portugal: A 1994 Vintage Port makes a great 30 year old wine gift for a 30th birthday or anniversary: 1994 was one of the great vintages of the 20th Century that produced classic, monumental port wines with rich fruit character. While these wines can be approached in their youth, the best need 20 years in bottle, making them mature for drinking now or perfect to age for another 20 years. Our wine buyer highly recommends the 1994 Taylor's Vintage Port , an outstanding Vintage Port that scored an incredible 100 points from Wine Spectator and 97 from Robert Parker.
Spain: This was the ‘Aaah!’ vintage; after three years of drought and indifferent quality, nature relented and provided one of the best vintages of the century (compared by many producers with the legendary 1964). The grapes showed tremendous ripeness, colour and extract. This was a truly great vintage in the making, although (or perhaps because) it was relatively low in quantity.
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Palmer Port
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30 Year Old Tawny Port
Special Offer | Was £79.95 | Now £59.95
Exclusive to VWP.
Tasting Notes: The Palmer 30 Year tawny has a pronounced aroma intensity that is very rich with nuts and cigar box. There is further complexity of nutmeg and black pepper. On the palate the wine is very balanced between acidity and sweetness that gives a luxurious mouthfeel. Lovely richness of fruitcake, fig, caramel and toffee. This port has a lovely, rich long finish.
STORAGE
The wine is ready to drink and does not require decanting. The bottle should be kept upright protected from direct sunlight.
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Price: $77.44 USD
Stock: 38 in Stock
Quevedo
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30 Year Old White Port in own presentation gift box
***93 Points - Wine Advocate***
Presented in Quevedo Gift Box
Special Offer | was £89.95 | Now £69.95
This outstanding 30 Year Old white port from Quevedo is a UK exclusive to Vintage Wine & Port.
A blend of some of the finest whites from Oscar and Claudia's cellars this exquisite white port has an average age of 30 years maturation. The wine is light-golden in colour. On the nose there are orange citrus notes, apricots and almonds. Full bodied on the palate with a good acidity and a long, lingering finish with marmalade notes- this intense wine is very fine indeed. Acidity, concentration and wood from the long ageing all come together to give a Port that is dry while very rich.
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Price: $90.35 USD
Stock: 60 in Stock
Quevedo, 1994
Colheita Port
Only 300 bottles released by popular demand. The 1994 Quevedo was voted "Port of the Night" during a recent tasting with Oscar and so we persuaded him to release a small quantity.
The 1994 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 coffee and spices The finish is long and lingering as befits a quality port such as this. Outstanding!
Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, sheltered from light and temperature fluctuations, and the bottle should remain in an upright position. …
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Price: $127.88 USD
Stock: 7 in Stock
Quinta da Devesa
30 year old White Port(50cl)
Devesa Presentation Box
***94 Points- Wine Advocate***
Quinta da Devesa Port Wines are produced exclusively from lots vinified and aged in the estate. Since 1941, vintages considered of superior quality by the family winemakers, were kept and stored in wooden barrels in the winery cellars.
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Tasting Notes:
Clear, intense golden aspect with greenish copper notes. The nose shows great complexity, with aromas of nuts. In the mouth it is soft, velvety and long. 94 pts Robert Parker -
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Price: $90.35 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock
Quinta da Devesa
30 year old Tawny Port in presentation box (75cl)
***94 Points - Robert Parker***
This Port Wine is the result of a blend of aged wine from Quinta da Devesa, developed with noble grapes used in the Douro region, aged in wooden casks at the Quinta da Devesa cellars.
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Tasting Notes:
The NV 30 Year Old Tawny Porto was bottled in 2017 with a bar-top cork and 114 grams of sugar. Another complex, crisp tawny, this adds power and depth to the 20 this issue, but it is mostly along the same lines. Showing exceptional length on the finish, this lingers beautifully. This is impressive on many fronts, if you appreciate complexity more July 2019 (Mark Squires)
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Price: $103.27 USD
Stock: 33 in Stock
Burmester
30 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro
Presented in Gift Tube
***94 Points - Robert Parker***
We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
Deep brown colour with greenish hints. Complex and powerful nose, dominated by the strong presence of the dried fruits and spices, combined with a subtle and refined note of vanilla. In the mouth it is concentrated, silky and engaging. A wine with an irreprehensible structure, great character and an apotheotic finish.
The Burmester 30 Year Old Tawny is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance.
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Price: $103.27 USD
Stock: 49 in Stock
Kopke, 1994
Vintage Port
HALF BOTTLE 37.5cl
A very rare bottle of Vintage Port from Kopke.
This port from the outstanding 1994 vintage has a light mature straw colour. Excellent bouquet of red fruit, candy floss. Good body, caramel, with a good long finish.
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Price: $77.44 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock
Messias
30 Year Old Tawny Port
***Special Offer | WAS £89.95 | NOW £59.95***
***91 Points Wine Advocate (Mark Squires)***
This aged Tawny Port from Messias has a characteristic bouquet of of dried fruits, spices and roasting, most evident in wines matured in the barrel. In the mouth, turns out to be a soft and harmonious wine, with a very persistent aroma and a good long finish.
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Price: $77.44 USD
Stock: 35 in Stock
Quinta Das Carvalhas
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30 Year Old Tawny Port
***93 Points Wine Enthusiast***
Includes FREE 50ml Taster Sample
Special Offer | was £89.95 | Now £79.95
Quinta das Carvalhas 30 Year Old tawny Port: We are delighted to exclusively offer these outstanding Ports and wines from one of the most iconic estate in the Douro Valley.
"With the maturity of this fine wine has come wisdom without wrinkles. The Port has a velvet texture that just slips by—the dried fruits offer a glimpse through the wine's maturity. Drink this wine now." — Roger Voss
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Price: $103.27 USD
Stock: 51 in Stock
São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
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30 Year Old Tawny Port
94 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Special Offer | Was £119 | Now £99
Deep tawny colour. Intense aromas like dried fruits and honey. Full-bodied, smooth and harmonious on the palate with a great balance between sweetness and acidity. Long and persistent finish.
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Price: $127.88 USD
Stock: 31 in Stock
São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
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30 Year Old White Port
*** 92 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate ***
Special Offer | Was £119 | Now £99
Golden colour. Intense aromas of dried fruits and spices with a special touch of white pepper in the palate. Long and very persistent finish.
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Price: $127.88 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock
30 Year Old Offley
Tawny Port (Comes in Green Gift Tube as illustrated)
Tasting notes
Amber in colour, with appealing greenish hints. Its bouquet is very intense and complex, with notes of caramel, mocha, nuts and tobacco leaf. This is a very well-balanced and unctuous wine that shows a delicate structure and sublime finish.
Production method
Hand-picked grapes undergo stalk-removal and crushing before fermentation, under controlled temperature, with skin maceration. The addition of wine alcohol at the ideal moment sets the balance between the wine's body and bouquet. Ageing in wooden casks in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, the final blend results from a selection of wines between 25 and 40 years. …
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Price: $90.35 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Burmester's 30 Years of Tawny Port
20 Year Old Tawny and a 10 Year Old Tawny ***Presented in Our Two-Bottle Leather Gift Box***
A wonderful gift for a 30th anniversary. This double gift box contains two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port beautifully presented in a silk lined gift box:
Burmester blends its magnificent Tawny Ports from its extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports matured in the firm’s cool and tranquil cellars, (known as ‘lodges’) in Oporto on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.
Burmester 20 Year Old Tawny:
***Gold medal Decanter World Wine Awards,2015***
***90 Points- Outstanding, Aggregated critic score***
Burmester 20 Year Old Tawny Port has plenty of sweet fruits and ripe dark brown sugar and raisins. …
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Price: $109.73 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock
Calem Port, 1994
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Vintage Port
Excellent provenance | Calem Library Stock
Special offer | Was £119 | Now £79.95
The Calem 1994 Vintage Port has been stored in the Calem cellars and released in 2020.
The 1994 Calem Vintage Port has a deep garnet colour, with a hint of blue in the meniscus. Black fruits and blackberries dominate on the nose with tobacco and spirits. Beautiful in the mouth with alcohol and resolved tannins, great fruit still dominates. Lovely finish. 92/100 TC VWP 11/19
Vivino review:
It has a dense, even, opaque crimson colour, with a very rich, dark well of black fruit and floral aromas, with all sorts of mineral and delicately spicy nuances. On the palate this has a beautifully focused sweetness, with a supple, svelte quality of black fruits, that is pure and very long and silky through the mid palate. …
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Price: $103.27 USD
Stock: 36 in Stock
Churchill's Port
30 Year Old tawny port 50cl bottle
Churchill's 30 Years Old Tawny Port is an expression of Douro terroir, combined with delicate ageing in seasoned oak casks. The result of this combination is a port full of finesse that retains Churchill's characteristic fresh identity.
Compared to other Port Wine shippers, most of which were established around the turn of the18th/19th centuries, Churchill’s history is short. Johnny Graham founded Churchill’s, (named after his wife’s maiden name) in 1981, making it the first British port company to be established in fifty years. The grapes are hand-picked and processed into ancient granite lagares, where they are trodden by foot while fermentation naturally occurs. …
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Price: $102.04 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Dow's, 1994
Vintage Port
** 97 Points Lisa perotti Brown - in Asia **
** 96 points Robert Parker **
** 97 Points Lisa perotti Brown - in Asia **
** 96 points Robert Parker **
Reviews
"Deep garnet colour. The nose is just beginning to evolve into musky, dried plum and raisin aromas with whiffs of tree bark, nutmeg, cumin and cloves. The palate is seriously big and voluptuous with medium to high acidity and a medium to firm level of fine tannins. Very long finish." In Asia.
"The massive 1994 is unquestionably the finest Dow I have tasted since the 1977. This opaque purple-colored wine is not as developed or flamboyant as Fonseca, but it is super-concentrated and multi-layered, with huge masses of fruit and some tannin in the finish. …
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Price: $179.55 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Dow's, 1994
Vintage Port
Special Library Release
The 1994 is one of the finest Dow’s Vintage Ports of the second half of the twentieth century. It was widely acclaimed by wine critics and writers soon after its initial release, earning consistently high scores. For only the second time after the original en primeur launch, the Symington family have decided to release a restricted quantity from their own maturing stocks in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. This wine has perfect provenance having matured solely under the ideal conditions of the Dow vintage cellars, whose location benefits from the moderating maritime climate of the nearby Atlantic Ocean. …
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Price: $231.21 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Fonseca 30 Years of Tawny Port Gift
30 Years of Tawny Port A 75cl 20 Year Old Tawny and a 50cl 10 Year Old ***Presented in Our Two-Bottle Leather Effect Gift Box***
A wonderful 30th Birthday or Anniversary Gift.
Fonseca 20 Year tawny port (75cl):
*94 Points*- Wine Spectator.
Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny is deep amber in color with russet highlights. Its superb bouquet is a complex marriage of ripe, plummy, mature fruit, warm spicy overtones of cinnamon and butterscotch and subtle oak nuances.
Fonseca 10 Year Old Tawny Port (50cl): Fonseca 10 Year Old Tawny is russet in colour with brilliant crimson highlights and a fragrant, ripe-fruit bouquet. Its smooth, silky texture and subtle oak nuances are balanced by a fresh acidity and tannic "grip" that culminate in a long, elegant, plummy finish. …
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Price: $90.35 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Fonseca Port, 1994
Vintage Port
*** 97 Points - Parker ***
reviews: "One of the most spectacular 1994s, this opaque purple-colored wine is an exotic, flamboyant, ostentatious port. Extremely fragrant and pungent, with a flashy display of jammy cassis, pepper, licorice, and truffles, this port is an attention-grabber. Awesomely rich, and full-bodied, with superb length, richness, and overall balance, it possesses a huge mid-palate, layers of flavor, an unctuous texture, and a blockbuster finish. Everything is in place, with the brandy and tannin well-integrated, even concealed by the masses of fruit and glycerin. This wine will drink fabulously well at age ten, but keep for up to thirty years". …
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Price: $218.30 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Graham's Port, 1994
Vintage Port
96 Points (parker)
Reviews: "In a port tasting, tasting Graham's is almost like tasting a big, rich, succulent Merlot after a group of blockbuster, tannic Cabernets. Sweeter and more obvious than many ports, the opaque purple-colored 1994 is fruity, powerful, and rich, with an addictive hedonistic quality. It will be ready to drink in 8-10 years and keep for up to 30. As always, this is a showy, flamboyant port that has the advantage of being slightly sweeter than other 1994s. A great Graham's. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2035." Parker Wine Advocate 1996
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Price: $166.63 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Graham's Port, 1994
Single Harvest Tawny Port
Includes Original Gift Tube
The 1994 Grahams Single Harvest has incredible aromas of dried fruit leaping from the glass. The palate is intensely flavoured with lovely notes of dried orange, and spice wrapped up in a full-bodied smooth texture. This is offset by a lovely note of molasses and figs. Perfectly balanced with a long finish this Graham’s 1994 Tawny Port is a treat and a rarity.
Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, sheltered from light and temperature fluctuations, and the bottle should remain in an upright position. If stored correctly, Colheita Ports will keep for decades in the bottle. …
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Price: $205.38 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Graham's Port
30 Year-Old Tawny Port
In original Graham's gift tube as illustrated
Graham's 30 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, following careful selection, are matured in seasoned oak casks of until their peak of maturity is reached. These are among the most demanding and challenging styles of Port to produce requiring great skill and years of experience from the winemaker and blender. It is essential to strike the correct balance between the delicacy and elegance which results from prolonged cask ageing while retaining the fruit quality which lends this old Tawny its structure and longevity.
Golden amber with a pale green tinge at the rim which denotes great quality and class. …
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Price: $95.59 USD
Stock: 18 in Stock
Graham's Port
30 Year Old Tawny Port - Small Bottle - 20cl
Light, orange-tinted amber colour, magnificent perfumed nose with great class showing an array of dried fruits. Outstanding mature concentrated palate with full honeyed fruit, gorgeously mellowed. Simply delicious with an aftertaste that lasts and lasts. An excellent alternative to Vintage Port at less formal occasions. Will keep for some weeks after opening.
Graham's 30 Years Old Tawny will surely make any lunch or dinner a memorable one. It is a fabulous accompaniment to dark chocolate, but can also be enjoyed on its own - it is an experience in itself.
Graham's 30 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, …
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Price: $28.35 USD
Stock: 35 in Stock
Offley Port, 1994
Vintage Port
The 1994 Offley Vintage Port has a beautiful light brick color. The nose is warm, intense and pervasive, with a lot of roasted almonds, black cherry and dark chocolate. There is quite a bit of alcohol upfront, reminding of an Amaretto. Full bodied with a smooth and creamy texture and the same layers of flavors on the palate. The chocolate lingers for minutes.
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Price: $103.27 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Quinta de Ervamoira, 1994
Vintage Port, Douro
Library stock from Ramos Pinto
***94 Points- Robert Parker- Wine Advocate***
The earthy nose is a little mute, but the maturing palate is rich and full of softening black fruit. The wine is now coming into its own, and while it lacks the complexity and punch of a great Port, it has plenty going on in its favor, including layers of spice and sweetness on the finish.
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Price: $166.63 USD
Stock: 59 in Stock