1965 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations: A short summary of the 1965 Vintage with our top recommendations 1965 Wine and Port
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The 1965 vintage for both Bordeaux and Burgundy was fairly abysmal, blighted by bad weather. Whereas Italy, produced some very good age-worthy wines. Port went undeclared but some nice colheitas were made and could still be drinking well now. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 61 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: 1965 Bordeaux Wines are generally considered to have produced a poor vintage due to wet weather. It is unlikely that anything other than the first growths will have stood the test of time.
Italian: Whilst Bordeaux suffered from poor weather, Piedmont and Tuscany produced an abundant crop of long-lived wines that still make good drinking today.
Portugal: Port wines from 1965 make a great wine gift, whether for a birthday or anniversary. Ports of this year were shaped by a hot dry summer, with a little welcome sporadic rain. In general they are rich and powerful port wines with burnt coffee bean tawny characteristics typical of a hot vintage. The vintage was not declared by the major port houses who were looking ahead to the glorious 66 vintage, and there are very few single quintas port around, however there are some outstanding colheita ports available.
11 products found.
Toro Albalá, 1965
DON PX, Sweet Wine from Montilla Moriles, Spain
Magnum Bottle 1.5L
Don PX Selección 1965 Magnum from Bodegas Toro Albalá is an extraordinary aged Pedro Ximénez, drawn from a historic vintage and bottled in an impressive 1.5L format. This wine was aged in seasoned oak casks for decades, undergoing a slow oxidative maturation process that built layer upon layer of complexity. The magnum bottling ensures additional freshness and ageing potential, making it a rare and valuable find for collectors and connoisseurs of old fortified wines.
In the glass, it is almost pitch black with flashes of amber at the rim, and its texture is dense and syrupy. The nose is intensely aromatic, …
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Price: £365.00
Stock: 5 in Stock
Messias, 1965
Quinta Do Cachao Vintage Port
Messias 1965 Vintage Port
A remarkable rarity from the distinguished 1965 vintage, this Library Release Vintage Port from Messias offers a unique opportunity to enjoy a true piece of Portuguese wine history. Unlike the Colheita Ports of the same year, which matured in cask, this wine has aged gracefully in bottle for over six decades. It belongs to one of the rarest categories of Port – a wine made to be savoured slowly and shared on the most special occasions.
Tasting Notes
Now 60 years old, the 1965 Vintage shows a medium amber hue with delicate orange tones. The nose is clean and complex, offering pronounced aromas of dried fruits, caramel, grenadine, grilled hazelnuts, toasted almonds, and a hint of fresh mint. …
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Price: £295.00
Stock: 16 in Stock
Blandys, 1965
Sercial Madeira 1965
New Library Release
Sercial 1965, one of the family’s most iconic wines, is the second chapter in this prestigious series, with only 867 bottles being released,
totalling 650 litres. With an eye on future generations, Blandy’s reaffirms its commitment to preserving this unique legacy, with the past,
present, and future rooted in the know-how and patience that have always characterized the company since 1811. This 2025 release
marks another historic milestone for Blandy’s, with a wine that has undergone 60 years of ageing in casks.
Amber-gold with an old gold-greenish nuance, very exuberant and characteristic. …
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Price: £545.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Fonseca Port, 1965
Guimaraens Single Quinta Port
The 1965 Fonseca is a rare and highly prized single-vintage release from one of the Douro’s most distinguished houses. Although not a universally declared vintage, Fonseca chose to bottle this wine due to the exceptional quality of fruit harvested that year—producing a Vintage Port that has stood the test of time with remarkable grace. Now well over half a century old, it remains a beautiful expression of mature Port, offering depth, nuance, and Fonseca’s signature opulence in a gentler, more contemplative form.
On the nose, the wine is wonderfully evolved, with lifted aromas of dried fig, rose petal, caramelised orange peel, and soft baking spice. …
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Price: £495.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Fonseca Port, 1965
Guimaraens Single Quinta Port
The 1965 Fonseca is a rare and highly prized single-vintage release from one of the Douro’s most distinguished houses. Although not a universally declared vintage, Fonseca chose to bottle this wine due to the exceptional quality of fruit harvested that year—producing a Vintage Port that has stood the test of time with remarkable grace. Now well over half a century old, it remains a beautiful expression of mature Port, offering depth, nuance, and Fonseca’s signature opulence in a gentler, more contemplative form.
On the nose, the wine is wonderfully evolved, with lifted aromas of dried fig, rose petal, caramelised orange peel, and soft baking spice. …
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Price: £595.00
Stock: 3 in Stock
Fonseca Port, 1965
Guimaraens Single Quinta Port
The 1965 Fonseca is a rare and highly prized single-vintage release from one of the Douro’s most distinguished houses. Although not a universally declared vintage, Fonseca chose to bottle this wine due to the exceptional quality of fruit harvested that year—producing a Vintage Port that has stood the test of time with remarkable grace. Now well over half a century old, it remains a beautiful expression of mature Port, offering depth, nuance, and Fonseca’s signature opulence in a gentler, more contemplative form.
On the nose, the wine is wonderfully evolved, with lifted aromas of dried fig, rose petal, caramelised orange peel, and soft baking spice. …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Fonseca Port, 1965
Guimaraens Single Quinta Port
The 1965 Fonseca is a rare and highly prized single-vintage release from one of the Douro’s most distinguished houses. Although not a universally declared vintage, Fonseca chose to bottle this wine due to the exceptional quality of fruit harvested that year—producing a Vintage Port that has stood the test of time with remarkable grace. Now well over half a century old, it remains a beautiful expression of mature Port, offering depth, nuance, and Fonseca’s signature opulence in a gentler, more contemplative form.
On the nose, the wine is wonderfully evolved, with lifted aromas of dried fig, rose petal, caramelised orange peel, and soft baking spice. …
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Price: £295.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Graham's, 1965
Malvedos Vintage Port
Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos, 1965
Single Quinta Vintage Port
Summary
Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos 1965 Vintage Port is a rare and beautifully mature Single Quinta Port from one of the Douro Valley’s most celebrated estates. Quinta dos Malvedos, Graham’s flagship vineyard, consistently produces wines of remarkable richness and structure. With nearly six decades of bottle ageing, this wine has evolved into a refined and complex expression of mature Vintage Port.
Tasting Notes
The wine now shows a deep garnet colour fading to a tawny rim, reflecting its long maturation in bottle. The bouquet is wonderfully developed, …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Kopke, 1965
Colheita Port in Gift Box
96 Points - PORT TROPHY WINNER - IWC 2024
The 1965 Kopke Colheita Port is an exemplary, multi-awarded, single harvest port, renowned for its rich complexity and the depth of flavours developed over decades of aging in cask. The hand stenciled Kopke Port bottles express the traditional artisan quality and nostalgic appeal long associated with the enjoyment of the finest ports.
Tasting Notes
A deep amber port wine with a golden-amber rim, the 1965 Kopke Colheita Port is showcasing its extensive aging process. The aroma is intense and multifaceted, with notes of dried fruits, toffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, and spice. …
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Price: £245.00
Stock: Out of Stock
Banyuls, 1965
L'Archiviste, Domaines et Terroirs du Sud, Banyuls, France - Fortified Sweet Wine.
1965 is and Ideal 60th Birthday or Anniversary Gift. A genuine 1965 vintage makes this bottle an unforgettable gift for a 60th birthday or anniversary, combining rich flavour, rarity, and history in a single glass.
Tasting Note:
A remarkable expression of time and terroir, this 1965 Banyuls offers a deep mahogany hue with amber glints. The nose is intensely aromatic, showing evolved notes of fig compote, walnut, burnt orange peel, and toffee. On the palate, it is velvety and complex, unfolding layers of dried plum, cocoa nibs, leather, and rancio—the hallmark of prolonged oxidative ageing. …
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Price: £165.00
Stock: Out of Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 1965
1965 Taylors Single Harvest Port
Includes Taylor's presentation gift box
Taylors 1965 Very Old Single Harvest Port 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. The finish is immensely long with rich, spicy, black pepper flavours lingering on the palate. …
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Price: £365.00
Stock: Out of Stock