1969 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Port: A vintage Port from the 1969 vintage makes a perfect 51 year old wine gift for a birthday or anniversary. Some excellent Colheita (Tawny) Ports were produced from the 1969 harvest and these are highly recommended by our wine buyer. The 1969 vintage was good enough to yield a few single Quinta vintage ports, notably Taylors Vargellas and some exceptional Colheita ports.
Italian: 1969 was a good vintage for Italian wines. The weather was good throughout the year enabling the grapes to reach a high degree of ripeness. Of particular note are the heavyweight, long-lived wines such as Barolo, Brunello and lighter wines such as Chianti and Valpolicella. The wines are now fully mature and still drinking well.
Bordeaux: The 1969 wine vintage was unkind to Bordeaux reds. Rain during the September harvest contributed to what was a small crop of light-weight wines that lacked longevity. Only first growth wines will be drinkable. However, sweet wines from the regions of Sauternes and Barsac were very good in this year and will last for many more years.
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Palmer Port, 1969
Sale
Single Harvest Tawny Port
*** 50cl Bottle ***
The 1969 Palmer Colheita Port has been a phenomenal bestseller for VWP. We have persuaded Palmer to make one final small batch.This will be the last batch ever made as stocks will then be exhausted.
Tasting Notes: The 1969 Palmer has a deep mahogany colour with olive highlights on the rim highlighting that this is a wine of great age. On the nose it has a very fine, elegant aroma of honey, caramel and butterscotch infused with a spicy redolence of black pepper and cinnamon. There are layers of complexity here with wild herbs and mint. The palate is perfectly balanced with a fresh acidity and sweetness. …
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Price: $192.98 USD
Stock: 15 in Stock
Palmer Port, 1969
Single Harvest Tawny Port
Magnum 150cl Bottle
We have specially commissioned just 6 magnum size bottles to be made of the Palmer 1969 Single Harvest Tawny.
Announcing the arrival of Palmer 1969 Colheita Port - exclusive to VWP. This port-wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1969 harvest until it was bottled this year.
Tasting Notes: The 1969 palmer has a deep mahogany colour with olive highlights on the rim highlighting that this is a wine of great age. On the nose it has a very fine, elegant aroma of honey, caramel and butterscotch infused with a spicy redolence of black pepper and cinnamon. There are layers of complexity here with wild herbs and mint. …
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Price: $409.57 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
1969 D'Oliveiras Madeira, 1969
Sercial, Madeira
Special Offer | Was £199 | now £179
This 1969 Madeira from D’Oliveira has flavors of Raisins, plums, walnuts and a hint of prunes in this wonderful Madeira. The scent fills the room as soon as it is open. Pouring it into the glass you notice the crystal clear golden brown color with hints of red. You swirl and smell, noticing the raisins and the walnuts. You take a sip, the flavors of raisins and plums fills the front of your mouth, not too sweet. You swish and swallow, the walnuts taking over in the back of the mouth. The taste lingers… *Bottled in 2015
Madeira is an extremely rare wine to find being a unique wine produced in the Madeira island. …
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Price: $248.52 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Barolo, 1969
Denegri Lorenzo
Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
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Price: $220.75 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Barolo, 1969
Marchesi Villadoria - Riserva Speciale
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: $234.63 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Chateau Cheval Blanc, 1969
St Emilion Premiere Grand Cru Classe
Nose retained some black fruit, healthy and concentrated. In the mouth it was exquisite, a fine mature Bordeaux with sweetness, lenght, concentration and good length. Thorougly enjoyable and not tired in the least!" Cellar tracker.com Deep mature colour. Amazingly good nose. Stables, leather, smoke, salt/mineral, cassis, tobacco and pencil/graphite. Stringent, lots of tannins, but still fruit that stand up to the tannins. On the palate this wine offers leather, coffee, tobacco, meat and blood. Quite light body, but very nice mouthfill and the finish is quite long - 25 to 30 sec. " cellartracker. …
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Price: $687.24 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Chateau La Tour Blanche, 1969
Sauternes 1er Grand Cru Classe
This 1969 La tour Blanche, was reconditioned at the estate possibly in 2006. This is a lovely sauternes with the typical candied fruits notes. Enjoyable wine.
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Price: $206.87 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock
Chianti, 1969
Alvaro Gaggelli
Chianti, situated in Tuscany in central Italy, is home to probably the best-known and most iconic of all Italian wines.
The area’s most highly regarded wines come from the Chianti Classico zone which is the heartland of the Chianti wine region – its traditional and longest-established vinicultural area. This fame is due not just to the high quality of the wines, but also to the classico zone's iconic Tuscan landscape and wine making traditions. This Chianti is characterised by its red and black cherry character, intermingled with notes of wild herbs, mint and spice, supported by a racy acidity and mellow tannins. …
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Price: $95.80 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
J W Hart, 1969
New
Colhieta Single Harvest Port
Magnum (1.5l)
Price: $409.57 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock
Maury, 1969
Domaine mas Mouriane
The 1969 Sweet wine from Maury is a dark plummy red colour. Sweetness and dark berry fruit on the nose. The palate is port like, chewy, cinnamon. Long long finish - Outstanding. A great match with chocolate dessert.
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Price: $165.22 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Perlavilla, 1969
Villa Tona
The Valtellina is amazingly fresh for a forty year old wine. This wine has a wonderful taste of citrus fruit, apples and cherries which are still present after about an hour. A very pleasant wine.
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Price: $68.03 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Barolo, 1969
Giovanni Scanavino
Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
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Price: $234.63 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Barolo, 1969
Valtinera - Riserva
Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
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Price: $206.87 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Barolo, 1969
Minuto F.lli - Riserva Speciale
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: $192.98 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Chateau Guiraud, 1969
Sauternes
This is a classic Sauternes with a great deal of sweetness, plenty of ripeness, and obvious aromas of toasty, smoky new oak. The wine exhibits finesse and complexity, a style of Sauternes that will have its admirers, particularly among those who like to drink these wines as an aperitif.
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Price: $276.28 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Chateau Latour, 1969
Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classe
A rare example from the 1969 vintage. In decline but still has smokey, grilled meat notes with eucalyptus.
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Price: $548.40 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Kinclaith, 1969
Signatory Vintage, 35 Year Lowland Single Malt Rare Reserve
Distilled 28th may 1969
Bottle 118 of 189
Drawn from cask 301144 20th October 2004.
Kinclaith had the distinction of being the last malt distillery to be built in Glasgow. It was part of the complex housing the Strathclyde grain distillery. after completion in 1957, the vast bulk of its production presumably went into the Long John Blends.
Kinclaith has always been extremely rare as a single malt bottling. This bottling is from a very small number of casks still known to exist today.
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Price: $2,075.60 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Spanna, 1969
Francoli - Riserva
Spanna has often been cited by wine experts as one of Italy’s greatest ageing wines. Spanna’s longevity can be attributed, at least in part, to the addition of smaller amounts of less tannic, more acidic grape varieties. Tasting notes: The nose opens up beautifully after about an hour and the wine has gorgeous ripe and sweet fruit, nice acidity, and perfectly softened tannins.
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Price: $81.91 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Taylor's Port, 1969
Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
This Port from the good, but not declared, 1969 vintage is mature now but will last for some years. The Port is still opulent, very deep with a good nose and is sweet with good body.
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Price: $312.38 USD
Stock: Out of Stock