1970 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations:

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n France, Bordeaux enjoyed a legendary vintage for both its dry wines and the sweet wines of Sauternes. The Burgundy vintage was also very good. Champagne, Alsace and the Loire Valley also enjoyed excellent years and many great wines were made. For the Rhône valley, the vintage was legendary particularly for southern Rhône reds.Italy enjoyed a spectacular year and both Piedmont and Tuscany produced rich, age-worthy wines. Port also experienced a legendary year – and many of the wines will still be drinking brilliantly now – as did neighbouring Spain, which also made many fine reds. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 56 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
This Year in History: Fun Fact: Fast food restaurants serving hamburgers, fried chicken and French fries arrived in Britain and became popular during the 1970s.
Eurovision Winner: Ireland with the song "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana
Top Grossing Movie: Love Story
Bordeaux: An outstanding vintage, against which others are often compared. The 1970 is the best vintage between the outstanding years of 1961 and 1982. Perfect weather led to huge crop that set a record at the time, but was also of a high quality across all regions. The wines generally have a dark colour, are fragrant, have full body and a richness of fruit. The wines produced are consistent and will continue to drink well for decades to come.
Italian: The Italian 1970 wine vintage was an outstanding one for the wine regions of Tuscany and Piedmont. The 1970 wine vintage produced rich, structured, full bodied wines that are still drinking well today. In Tuscany the spring was unusually cold resulting in a late bud break. This was mitigated by a long hot summer which continued well into autumn. The producers took advantage to harvest late, obtaining very good sugar levels. The vintage was excellent for Chianti and Brunello. In Piedmont, it was a very good vintage obscured by legendary 1971 vintage. Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo all shine through.
Portugal: The 1970 Port Vintage was universally declared as a vintage of outstanding quality. Ideal growing conditions produced what is now a classic, outstanding vintage. The 1970 port wines have great balance, good structure, and will age superbly for decades to come. Declared by all the major port houses, 1970 is one of the finest Port vintages - a bottle from this year would make a stunning wine gift for a birthday or anniversary.
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Taylor Fladgate, 1970
Vintage Port Unlabelled, Embossed Capsules
The 1970 Taylor’s Vintage Port is one of the most celebrated Ports of the 20th century—a legendary wine from a widely declared and universally admired vintage. Renowned for its immense structure, concentration, and ageing potential, this bottling epitomizes Taylor’s house style: firm, linear, and built for the long haul. Over five decades later, it remains a benchmark for mature Vintage Port and continues to impress those lucky enough to open a well-stored bottle.
In the glass, the wine shows a deep garnet centre with a fading amber rim, offering immediate aromatic complexity. The nose is expansive and refined, …
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Price: £175.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 1970
Vintage Port
The 1970 Taylor’s Vintage Port is one of the most celebrated Ports of the 20th century—a legendary wine from a widely declared and universally admired vintage. Renowned for its immense structure, concentration, and ageing potential, this bottling epitomizes Taylor’s house style: firm, linear, and built for the long haul. Over five decades later, it remains a benchmark for mature Vintage Port and continues to impress those lucky enough to open a well-stored bottle.
In the glass, the wine shows a deep garnet centre with a fading amber rim, offering immediate aromatic complexity. The nose is expansive and refined, …
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Price: £185.00
Stock: 8 in Stock
Tocai, 1970
Rosso, Tenuta S. Anna
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: £79.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Vecchio Maniero, 1970
Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo, Piedmont *** BIG GALLON BOTTLE OF 3,78 LITERS ***
This wine from the good 1970 vintage is made with the long lived Nebbiolo grape. this is a black-skinned red wine grape variety most famous for creating the 'tar and roses' scent of Barolo wines from Piedmont, north-western Italy. The grape's very name is evocative of its home among the misty foothills of the western Alps; the nebbia (Italian for 'fog') after which it is named frequently arrives on early October mornings, when the Nebbiolo harvest is in full swing.
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Price: £329.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Vin Santo, 1970
Badia a Coltibuono
Vino Santo has been made in Tuscany since at least medieval times, and was probably named 'holy wine' because of its use during the Mass. Antinori has been making vinsanto for centuries. A dessert wine bright yellow in colour with amber hues. Generous, complex aromas with hints of honey and dried fruit. A well-structured, pleasantly sweet and lingering flavour.
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Warre's Vintage Port, 1970
Vintage Port
Daveys of London Wine ta
The Warre's 1970 Vintage Port, released to commemorate the house's 300th anniversary, is a distinguished example from one of the most celebrated Port vintages of the 20th century. This wine showcases Warre's signature style—elegant, floral, and refined—offering a compelling alternative to the more robust expressions from producers like Graham's or Fonseca.
Tasting notes highlight its deep garnet core with a subtle browning rim, indicative of its maturity. The nose is fragrant and perfumed, featuring aromas of violets and red fruits. On the palate, it delivers rich, voluptuous flavors backed by firm tannins, with a bitter-sweet dark chocolate concentration and a lingering plummy finish. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Warre's Vintage Port, 1970
Vintage Port
The Warre's 1970 Vintage Port, released to commemorate the house's 300th anniversary, is a distinguished example from one of the most celebrated Port vintages of the 20th century. This wine showcases Warre's signature style—elegant, floral, and refined—offering a compelling alternative to the more robust expressions from producers like Graham's or Fonseca.
Tasting notes highlight its deep garnet core with a subtle browning rim, indicative of its maturity. The nose is fragrant and perfumed, featuring aromas of violets and red fruits. On the palate, it delivers rich, voluptuous flavors backed by firm tannins, with a bitter-sweet dark chocolate concentration and a lingering plummy finish. …
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 4 in Stock
Warre's Vintage Port, 1970
Vintage Port
The Warre's 1970 Vintage Port, released to commemorate the house's 300th anniversary, is a distinguished example from one of the most celebrated Port vintages of the 20th century. This wine showcases Warre's signature style—elegant, floral, and refined—offering a compelling alternative to the more robust expressions from producers like Graham's or Fonseca.
Tasting notes highlight its deep garnet core with a subtle browning rim, indicative of its maturity. The nose is fragrant and perfumed, featuring aromas of violets and red fruits. On the palate, it delivers rich, voluptuous flavors backed by firm tannins, with a bitter-sweet dark chocolate concentration and a lingering plummy finish. …
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Price: £169.00
Stock: 3 in Stock
Kopke, 1970
Quinta St Luiz
1970 Kopke Quinta de São Luiz Vintage Port
Producer:
Founded in 1638, Kopke is the oldest Port house and has a long tradition of crafting wines of elegance and longevity. The Quinta de São Luiz estate in the Douro Valley provides some of the house’s finest fruit, with old vines rooted on steep schist terraces overlooking the river. It is here that Kopke produces its most characterful Vintage Ports.
Vintage:
1970 is recognised as one of the great classic Port vintages of the 20th century, producing wines of exceptional structure, concentration, and ageing potential. …
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Price: £149.00
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Borges, 1970
Vintage port
1970 Borges Vintage Port
The 1970 vintage is widely regarded as one of the great classic declared years for Vintage Port, producing wines of structure, longevity and remarkable ageing potential. Over five decades on, the 1970 Borges Vintage Port offers a beautifully mature and characterful expression of this celebrated year.
Tasting Notes:
Deep tawny-garnet in colour with a brick-tinged rim, reflecting its long bottle evolution. The nose is layered and complex, revealing aromas of dried blackberries, fig and date intertwined with notes of walnut, cedarwood, tobacco leaf and sweet baking spice. …
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Price: £139.00
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Calem Port, 1970
Vintage Port
From the excellent 1970 vintage, the Calem 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. There are fine chocolaty tannins adding plush depth, and the spirit is nicely integrated. This wine has lovely balance too, with excellent length, emphasising the harmony and structure of the wine.
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Price: £139.00
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Chateau Liot, 1970
Barsac
A wonderful fruity dessert wine from the 1970 vintage that is still drinking well.
Château Liot is a 20-hectare property producing on average 5,500 cases per year. It is located in the south-west of the Barsac appellation and its vineyards border those of Château Climens. Liot's vineyards (Sémillon 85%, Sauvignon Blanc 10%, Muscadelle 5%) lie on a gravel/silt/alluvial topsoil and limestone subsoil.
The grapes are fermented in vats and the wine is then matured in oak barrels (15% new) for 15-18 months. Liot's wines are typically fresh and refined and display marvellous purity of fruit.
About Chateau Liot Château Liot is a prominent wine estate situated in the Sauternes appellation of Bordeaux, France. …
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Price: £99.00
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Chateau Musar, 1970
Bekaar Valley, Lebanon, Gaston Hochar
Very top shoulder
73 cl bottle
A rare bottle of 1970 Chateau Musar.
Notes from Chateau Musar: Mistakenly, the most Bordeaux wine I ever made. This was unintentional. I was trying to reflect Lebanon in all its guises, all its
aspects. It had more Cabernet Sauvignon than any wine I’ve ever made, but this was when I could play as I wanted - there were no
rules to command me, so I just blended according to my palate – Serge Hochar
Tasting Notes
Dark shaded ruby; this is just the sort of colour I would expect from a 1970 red Bordeaux. Light, very Cabernet nose. If I were given
this blind I would be extremely tempted to head straight for Bordeaux, though it would have to be a comely château such as Palmer
perhaps, and a fairly ripe vintage. …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: Out of Stock
Chateauneuf du Pape, 1970
Patriarche Pere & Fils
The red wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape blossom and reach their prime between their third and fifth year, but their potential for aging is over ten years and more according to the vintage and storage conditions. Their color changes from intense garnet-purple in the early years to ruby after some cellaring. These wines are structured, with powerful and complex aromas of ripe fruit, mushrooms, truffles, underbrush, spicy notes, and wild animals.
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Price: £169.00
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Rebello Valente Vintage Port, 1970
Vintage Port
Robertson Bros were the shippers behind this brand, which was once one of the most reputable, though, since a fine 1970, very little Vintage Port bears the name.
**92 points Wine Spectator**
Drink it alone for dessert. It is like a delicious piece of fruitcake. Medium red, with a roasted, chocolate, earthy nose, medium-bodied, with plenty of tannins and roasted, fruity flavours on the palate. Will improve. (1989)
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Price: £119.00
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Rioja, 1970
Coto de Imaz- Gran reserva
Appearance: Brilliant ruby with russet hues—mature elegance starts in the glass
Aroma & Bouquet: Initially sweet oak and toast, evolving into coconut, leather, wet earth, with hints of red and dried fruit
Palate: Round, silky tannins and a persistent, complex finish; secondary flavours of red fruits, subtle spice, and cocoa nuances
Overall: Mature, well-integrated Gran Reserva showing tertiary complexity while retaining lively acidity and structure.
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Price: £119.00
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Rioja, 1970
Viña Albina- Rioja alta- Cenicero
Appearance:
Light garnet with a tawny-orange rim. Clear, delicate colour showing full maturity.
Nose:
Developed and expressive. Aromas of dried cherry, redcurrant, old leather, cedarwood, and dusty earth. Subtle notes of tobacco, dry herbs, and vanilla may appear with air.
Palate:
Light to medium-bodied with soft, resolved tannins and a bright thread of acidity. Flavours of dried red fruit, sandalwood, mushroom, and faint balsamic or orange peel. The structure is gentle, more about nuance than power.
Finish:
Moderate in length. Fades into savoury, earthy tones with a lingering note of dried spice and cedar. …
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Price: £75.00
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Rioja, 1970
Bodegas Santana
Wine from Rioja (and Ribera del Duero), aged for at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle, made primarily from the Tempranillo grape. Light and red-brown in colour, with intense vanilla aromas and substantial earthy flavour notes. Significant acidity and medium alcohol.
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Price: £69.00
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Rioja, 1970
Siglo - Felix Azpilicueta Martinez
Wine from Rioja (and Ribera del Duero), aged for at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle, made primarily from the Tempranillo grape. Light and red-brown in colour, with intense vanilla aromas and substantial earthy flavour notes. Significant acidity and medium alcohol.
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Price: £89.00
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Rioja, 1970
Carta de Plata - Berberana
Wine from Rioja (and Ribera del Duero), aged for at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle, made primarily from the Tempranillo grape. Light and red-brown in colour, with intense vanilla aromas and substantial earthy flavour notes. Significant acidity and medium alcohol.
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Price: £69.00
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Sandeman, 1970
Vintage Port
From the excellent 1970 vintage, the Sandeman has only just reached full maturity. A pale garnet colour with a powerful bouquet of sweet fruit introduces the beautiful blend of chocolate, cherry, and jammy fruit flavours. A very enjoyable port.
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Price: £129.00
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Taylor Fladgate, 1970
Colheita Single Harvest Port
Includes Taylor's oak gift case
Taylor’s has an extensive and enviable library of very old Ports and each year they release a 50 year old Single Harvest Port which represents the cream of their aged reserves.
Often referred to as Colheitas, these single harvest Tawny ports are a far cry from vintage port with very slow and gentle ageing in oak casks creating ports of extreme aromatic complexity with delightfully mellow structure. And the 1970 Port vintage was of one outstanding quality - ideal growing conditions produced what is now a classic vintage - universally declared by all the major port houses.
Taylors wine maker review:
Pale mahogany core surrounded by a broad pale gold rim with subtle olive highlights. …
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Price: £240.00
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