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1968 Wine and Port Vintage

Vintage Summary and Recommendations: 1968-port
Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 1968 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 1968 vintage, our top recommendations and region reports. Scroll down to see all of our wines currently available. If you cannot find what you are looking for please call us on 01425 837177 or Contact Us. We would love to help you with your wine choice!

The 1968 vintage for Bordeaux was the product of an extremely wet August and generally bad growing season making the overall quality low. Burgundy also suffered with very little to recommend it. For Italy, 1968 marked another good year and saw the first public release of Sassicaia. Port was also good but few houses declared. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 58 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.


Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:

  • Palmer 1968 Single Harvest Tawny Port
  • Bodegas Toro Albala 1968 Don Px Seleccion Montilla Moriles
  • Barbera 19689 Centro Pigiatura Fiore
  • Chateau Latour 1968 Pauillac Premiere Grand Cru Classe
  • Sandeman 1968 Vintage Port

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    Bordeaux: Poor weather throughout the growing and harvest seasons led to a small, low quality, vintage. Most of the 1968 wine produced was consumed within a few years of the vintage and very few examples exist today. Those that still exist are well into decline and are unlikely to be of good drinking.
     
    Italian: 1968 was a good year for Italian heavyweight wines such as Barolo and Brunello. Whilst Bordeaux suffered from a poor vintage, 1968 marked somewhat of a renaissance for Italian wines particularly those from Tuscany and Piedmont. 1968 was the vintage that Sassicaia was first offered on the open market.
     
    Portugal: Making an excellent wine gift for a birthday or anniversary, 1968 Port wines follow a strong run of vintages in the 1960's. The summer was hot and dry with no rain whatsoever in June and July, and only a little in August and September. The harvest should have produced solid good wines. However, only a few vintage ports (Sandeman) and Single Quinta ports were declared. There are still a few Colheita ports available which are drinking very well but stocks are tiny. These bottles are now very rare!

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    Barolo, 1968

    Giordano - Riserva, Barolo, Piedmont

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Price: £159.00
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    Barolo, 1968

    Pasquale Veglio - Cascina Bruni, Barolo, Piedmont

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Price: £149.00
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    Barolo, 1968

    Marchesi Fracassi di Torre

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Price: £169.00
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    Blandys, 1968

    Sercial Vintage Madeira
    19.5 Points - Richard Mayson
    300cl Double Magnum Bottle In Individual Box
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    The Blandy’s are unique in being the only family of all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and manage their own original wine company, maintaining a tradition that goes back to
    1811. The family’s vintage Madeira collection is unrivalled and their vintage room has been described as a “cathedral of wine”, storing wines dating back to the 18th century.

    Tasting Notes
    Bright amber-gold colour with greenish reflections. The nose is complex, revealing notes of dried citrus peel, toasted almonds, and subtle smoky undertones. Crisp acidity balances flavours of roasted nuts, orange zest, and a hint of sea salt.
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    Chateau Latour, 1968

    Pauillac Premiere Grand cru Classe (high shoulder)

    This rare wine from the renowned Chateau Latour vineyards still has a deep colour and a good bouquet.
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    Price: £495.00
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    Chateau Latour, 1968

    Pauillac Premiere Grand cru Classe (Top shoulder)

    This rare wine from the renowned Chateau Latour vineyards still has a deep colour and a good bouquet.

    Château Latour, located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, France, is one of the most prestigious and historically significant wine estates in the world. Classified as a First Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, Château Latour is renowned for its powerful, long-lived red wines primarily made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and other classic Bordeaux varietals. The estate's terroir, characterized by its gravelly soils, contributes to the exceptional quality and complexity of its wines.
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    Price: £565.00
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    Chateau Latour, 1968

    Pauillac Premiere Grand cru Classe MAGNUM (top shoulder)

    This rare wine from the renowned Chateau Latour vineyards still has a deep colour and a good bouquet.
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    Chianti, 1968

    Fassati

    Chianti, situated in Tuscany in central Italy, is home to probably the best-known and most iconic of all Italian wines. Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are primarily made with Sangiovese grape whereas the Vernaccia grape is the basis of the white Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
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    Chianti, 1968

    Santa Cristina - Antinori

    Chianti, situated in Tuscany in central Italy, is home to probably the best-known and most iconic of all Italian wines. Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are primarily made with Sangiovese grape whereas the Vernaccia grape is the basis of the white Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
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    Price: £79.00
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    Coteaux de Languedoc, 1968

    Margnat Freres

    This lovely wine exhibits ripe cherry and plummy aromas. Dense, with fine sweetness on the attack, a well integrated tannin level and a medium body with a subtle finish.
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    Dolcetto, 1968

    Franco

    A native black grape variety of Northern Italy grown almost exclusively in the provinces of Cuneo and Alessandria in Piedmont. It is relatively easy to cultivate, although it is susceptible to fungal diseases. It ripens before Barbera and Nebbiolo and is often grown in high north-facing sites which would be unsuitable for Nebbiolo. The finest Dolcetto wines come from grapes grown on soils rich with white marls, especially those found on the right bank of the River Tauro. The wines generally are low in tannins and acidity and are usually fruity and fragrant, often with hints of almonds.
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    Price: £69.00
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    Gattinara, 1968

    Giancarlo Travaglini - MAGNUM 1,5 LITER

    Gattinara is a red Italian wine produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown within the boundaries of the commune of Gattinara which is located in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara in the Piedmont region. The wine is made from a minimum of 90% Nebbiolo grapes and is renowned for its longevity. Notes: a meaty, chunky wine with a subtle, clean nose. Hints of tar and bark, with undertones of cherries and rose petals. Light tannins.
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    Price: £199.00
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    Gattinara, 1968

    Borgo Cav. Ercole
    Clearance Offer | Was £119 | Now £57

    Gattinara is a red Italian wine produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown within the boundaries of the commune of Gattinara which is located in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara in the Piedmont region. The wine is made from a minimum of 90% Nebbiolo grapes and is renowned for its longevity. Notes: a meaty, chunky wine with a subtle, clean nose. Hints of tar and bark, with undertones of cherries and rose petals. Light tannins.
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    Graham's, 1968

    Malvedos Vintage Port

    This vintage port still retains a rich dark ruby colour. Complex coffee and burnt sugar on the nose. A fully mature port with a medium body, elegant body and complex jammy red fruits with coffee and burned sugar notes.

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    Price: £295.00
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    Graham's, 1968

    Malvedos Vintage Port
    Embossed Capsule - Remains of labels

    This vintage port still retains a rich dark ruby colour. Complex coffee and burnt sugar on the nose. A fully mature port with a medium body, elegant body and complex jammy red fruits with coffee and burned sugar notes.

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    Price: £285.00
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    Grignolino, 1968

    Villadoria - Riserva Conte di Cavour

    The Grignolino wine have a light ruby red color, tending to orange with aging. Have a characteristic odor and delicate in the mouth are dry, slightly tannic, bitter pleasant, with a characteristic aftertaste.
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    Price: £69.00
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    Inferno, 1968

    F.B. Acqui
    Clearance Offer | Was £89 | Now £50

    Inferno is one of five viticultural sub-zones specifically identified as producing Valtellina wines of particularly high quality: the other four are Grumello, Sassella, Maroggia and Valgella. Inferno means 'hell' in Italian, and refers to the slopes between Sondrio town and the village of Tresivio. Although DOC laws do not explain the origins of this name, it has been suggested that in summer the slopes here get noticeably hotter than the rest of the valley. Just across Sondrio to the west is Sassella, the finest of the Valtellina sub-zones.
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    Price: £50.00
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    Merlot, 1968

    Tenuta Sottomonte di Butrio

    Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
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    Price: £69.00
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    Minervois, 1968

    Margnat

    This lovely wine exhibits ripe cherry and plummy aromas. Dense, with fine sweetness on the attack, a well integrated tannin level and a medium body with a subtle finish.
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    Price: £89.00
    Stock: 1 in Stock

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    Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, 1968

    Casal Thaulero

    Montepulciano is a red wine grape variety grown widely in central Italy, most notably its eastern Abruzzo, Marche and Molise regions. The variety was named after the Tuscan parish of Montepulciano, but, confusingly, is not used in the famous wines produced there (see Vino Nobile di Montepulciano). Globally appreciated for their soft flavors, strong color and gentle tannins, Montepulciano wines are typically best consumed in their youth and with food. The deep-purple juice of Montepulciano grapes is used in varying proportions to produce wines under roughly 50 of Italy's DOC and DOCG titles. Although sometimes used on its own,
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    Price: £79.00
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    Rioja, 1968

    Rioja Palacio Glorioso Reserva

    Rioja Palacio Glorioso Cosecha Gran Reserva 1968

    The 1968 Rioja Palacio Glorioso Cosecha Gran Reserva is a beautifully mature example of traditional Rioja, offering elegance, subtle complexity and gentle savoury depth after more than five decades of ageing. The colour is now a pale garnet with pronounced brick-orange tones at the rim, reflecting its long and graceful evolution.

    The nose is delicate, refined and classically styled. Aromas of dried cherry, redcurrant and plum skin are layered with leather, tobacco, old wood, vanilla and soft coconut from extended American oak ageing. Notes of forest floor, dried herbs, orange peel and gentle spice add further nuance and authenticity.
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    Rosè di Bolgheri, 1968

    Antinori

    *** Please note that this wine is for early consumption and is sold as curiosity only and therefore excluded from our guarantee ***
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    Price: £49.00
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    Rosso, 1968

    Fontana Candida

    Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity
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    Price: £89.00
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    Rosso, 1968

    Fontana di Papa - Colli Albani

    Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity
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    Price: £59.00
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    Rosso di Berchidda, 1968

    Cantina Soc. Giogantinu, Sardinia

    This 1968 red wine from Sardinia is an unusual and rare blend of indigenous and international grape varieties. The wine should display a garnet colour with with aromas and flavours of ripe fruit and jam.

    It’s been almost 70 years since a small group of winegrowers from the town of Berchidda in Sardinia decided to get together to create the Giogantinu cooperative.

    The cooperative still upholds the dedication, commitment and desire to cultivate their vineyards with care.


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    Price: £99.00
    Stock: 14 in Stock

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