1974 Wine and Port Vintage
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A 1974 wine from Italy will make a perfect 50 year old wine gift. Celebrated as a great vintage in Italy at the time, the 1974 vintage is now still considered to be very good. The 1974 vintage produced a large crop, close to the 1964 but with less quality. Summer was hot and dry and a mild autumn allowed the grapes to ripen fully. The wines produced are characterised as being fairly firm and tannic with low acidity but good, rich fruit. The harvest time was very long and lasted through November. Wines produced in this year have reached full maturity but continue to hold.
Bordeaux: A massive crop was produced, but the 1974 wines from Bordeaux were hard and tannic and lacked the ripeness of the 1975 vintage. The wines have declined gracefully over the decades and only the top houses will be drinkable nowadays.
Portugal:
The 1974 port vintage produced some excellent single harvest colheita, making a port from this year the ideal 50 year old wine gift for a 50th birthday or anniversary. For vintage ports it was a moderate year that was not declared by the major port houses; despite a huge crop, very few vintage port wines were bottled from this year and the bottles that were produced are very rare.
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Bardolino, 1974
Liston *** BIG GALLON BOTTLE OF 3,78 Liters ***
The Bardolino wine is obtained mainly from the grapes of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and possibly with the addition of other grapes minors. It has a brilliant ruby red colour. It is delicately fruity, with hints of cherry, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, currant and spices (cinnamon, clove, black pepper). It has a great drinkability and an extraordinary ability to match the food.
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Price: $375.97 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Chateau Margaux, 1974
Margaux, 1er Grand Cru Classe
"Complex and refined bouquet with red and black fruits and cigar box scents. Normal to firm bodied, soft as well as sticky tannin and a good dose of acidity. Creamy and some bitterness in the long aftertaste." Cellar Tracker Review
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Price: $503.42 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Chianti, 1974
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Barone Ricasoli
Special Offer | Was £119 | Now £89
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: $113.43 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Gattinara, 1974
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Nervi Luigi - Riserva
Special Offer | Was £129 | Now £99
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, rose petals and smooth tannins.
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Price: $126.17 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Gattinara, 1974
Umberto Fiore
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: $126.17 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Grignolino, 1974
Podere S. Antonio - Livio Pavese
The Grignolino wines 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: $113.43 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Inferno, 1974
Pelizzatti
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: $113.43 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Messias, 1974
A 30 Year Old Tawny and a 20 Year Old Tawny
Presented in Our Two-Bottle Leather Effect Gift Box
A wonderful gift for a 50th anniversary. This double gift box contains two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port beautifully presented in a silk lined gift box:
Messias 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.
Messias 30 Year Old Tawny:
This 30 Year Old 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: $164.41 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock
Nebbiolo, 1974
San Martino *** BIG GALLON BOTTLE OF 3,8 LITERS ***
The Nebbiolo has a lovely earthy bouquet. The nose has cherries, dark cherries, tar and slight dried rose notes. Complex and layered. Nice acidity. Medium tannins still present. Cherries on the palate too. Nice finish. Great food wine. Nebbiolo is a fickle grape famed as much for its pale appearance as for its tannic character and produces some of the most perfumed and richly flavored wines. Though generally only medium-bodied, the wines possess rose and anise scented aromatics and deep flavors of cherry, orange peel and subtle green herb tones.
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Price: $419.31 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Nebbiolo, 1974
Giordano
The Nebbiolo has a lovely earthy bouquet. The nose has cherries, dark cherries, tar and slight dried rose notes. Complex and layered. Nice acidity. Medium tannins still present. Cherries on the palate too. Nice finish. Great food wine. Nebbiolo is a fickle grape famed as much for its pale appearance as for its tannic character and produces some of the most perfumed and richly flavored wines. Though generally only medium-bodied, the wines possess rose and anise scented aromatics and deep flavors of cherry, orange peel and subtle green herb tones.
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Price: $126.17 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Nebbiolo, 1974
Fratelli Serio e Batista Borgogno
This 50 year old wine makes a wonderul gift for someone celebrating their 50th Birthday or anniversary
The Nebbiolo has a lovely earthy bouquet. The nose has cherries, dark cherries, tar and slight dried rose notes. Complex and layered. Nice acidity. Medium tannins still present. Cherries on the palate too. Nice finish. Great food wine. Nebbiolo is a fickle grape famed as much for its pale appearance as for its tannic character and produces some of the most perfumed and richly flavored wines. Though generally only medium-bodied, the wines possess rose and anise scented aromatics and deep flavors of cherry, orange peel and subtle green herb tones. …
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Price: $164.41 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Real Companhia Vinicola do Norte de Portugal, 1974
Porto Da Silva
Colheita Port 1974
A very rare bottle of 1974 Colheita Port from the cellars of Real Companhia Velha
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Price: $312.25 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Recioto, 1974
Valpantena, Sweet Red Wine
"Recioto," as in "Recioto della Valpolicella," refers to a dessert wine made from grapes that were dried on mats after picking. This process turns the grapes closer to raisins, concentrating the flavors. The wines are lovely and taste how you'd expect raisins-turned-wine to taste, rich and sweet.
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Price: $164.41 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Recioto, 1974
New
Cantina Tessari, Sweet Red Wine
This wine is made from grapes harvested in various vineyards located on hills in the Valpolicella zone (Mezzane and Tregnago hills). Different sources and different grape varieties are important to obtain well-balanced wines with the fine structure that only a few single areas in the Valpolicella zone can provide. Notes: Color: strong ruby red. Clear and transparent. Bouquet: notes of vanilla and ethereal airs depending on the period of aging in the barrel; notes of sweet fruits such as currants, blueberries, cherries depending on the varieties of grapes. Flavor: wine with a velvety, raisiny character combined with the structure and typical stylish bitterness to give it good balance. …
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Price: $189.90 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Rivesaltes, 1974
Vin Doux Naturel- Roussillon
Ambre Hors d'Age, Les Vignerons Catalans
Sweet Wine
Rivesaltes wines from the hot Roussillon region in France, are perhaps the most underrated sweet wines in the world. This 1974 sweet wine displays a dark amber colour with a mature bouquet of sandalwood, dried rum raisins, smoky burnt caramel, bitter orange zest, dates and more. On the palate it is smooth and with a pleasant mouthfeel. Can match perfectly from aperitif to digestif and it is wonderful with caramel and fruit based desserts.
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Price: $126.17 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Sangiovese di Romagna, 1974
Cesari *** BIG GALLON BOTTLE OF 3,78 LITERS ***
Good-quality Sangiovese is prized for its high acid, firm tannins and balanced nature. Savory flavors of dark cherries and black stone fruit are characteristic, and may be backed by secondary notes of tomato leaf and dried herbs. The use of oak has become more popular and this coaxes richer flavors from the grapes, tending toward plum and wild raspberry.
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Price: $419.31 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Sassella, 1974
A. Pelizzatti
Valtellina Superiore Sassella wines are made under the Valtellina Superiore DOCG, specifically from grapes grown in the village of Sassella. Sassella is one of five viticultural sub-zones specifically identified as producing Valtellina wines of particularly high quality: the other four are Grumello, Inferno, Maroggia and Valgella. Sassella is considered to be the finest of these, and the pinnacle of the Valtellina viticultural zone.
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Price: $113.43 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock
Sogno di Bacco, 1974
Umberto Fiore
Sogno di Bacco is made from thelong lasting nebbiolo grape. Nebbiolo 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: $113.43 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
St Magdalena, 1974
St. Florin
St. Maddalena is an area covering the lower, south-facing slopes above Bozen-Bolzano. The “Kienaster” vineyard where this particular wine comes from is situated near the village of St. Pauls. It is made from the Vernatsch-Schiava grape and a very small proportion of Lagrein. The extremely favourable climatic conditions combined with very steep vineyards result in a dark ruby wine, finely scented, soft and velvety on the palate.
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Price: $100.68 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Taylor's Port, 1974
Crusted Port - Bottled in 1974
Crusted Port is a very small category, named because of the 'crust' of sediment that it forms in the bottle.
Invented by the British-owned Port houses predominantly for the British Port drinker, it is intended to be a more economical alternative to Vintage or Late Bottled Vintage.
Crusted is a blend of several harvests, which are bottled without being filtered and laid down to mature like Vintage wines. Using this approach allows the manufacturer to use some of the lesser harvests but still produce a good rich full bodied wine at an economical price.
Usually a year is stated on the label which, because the wine was made from a blend of harvests, is the year in which the wine was bottled. …
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Price: $375.97 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Valgella Lombardia, 1974
A. Pelizzati
This wine from the Vagella region is made predominantly from Nebbiolo grapes (used in the more famous Barolo wines). The wines are characterised by having cheery ad tea notes with forest floor notes. These wines are best consumed alongside game or red meat dishes.
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Price: $126.17 USD
Stock: 7 in Stock
Valpolicella, 1974
Liston *** BIG GALLON OF 3,78 LITERS ***
The Valpolicella zone is bordered to the west by the Bardolino DOC, located along the banks of Lake Garda, which produces similar wines to basic Valpolicella using many of the same grapes. The historical "heart" of Valpolicella winemaking is in the Monti Lessini hills located northwest of the town of Verona. In 1968, the boundaries of the region were extended far eastward towards the DOC production zone of Soave and south to the plains of the northern bank of the Po river and its tributary the Adige.
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Price: $381.07 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Warre's Port, 1974
Late Bottled Vintage Port
This 1974 wine belongs to the port category "Late Bottled Vintage" and has a mature character with, sweet raisin and spice with ripe black fruits, fig, prune, damson and cinnamon notes. Elegant with great balance, fully mature, gentle and inviting.
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Price: $286.76 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Sandeman
50 Year Old Tawny Port
***95 Points- GOLD- Decanter 2023***
Special Offer | Was £289 | Now £270
Beautiful pale tawny in colour. The 50-Year-Old Tawny is exceptionally pronounced and complex in aroma profile. Intense aromas of dried fruits, roasted walnuts, toffee and spice burst out of the glass. Velvety smooth on the palate, with a bright acidity keeping the decadent flavours on the straight and narrow and all culminating in a deliciously lingering finish.
There are few more iconic images in the world of wine than the ‘Don’, the logo created for the Sandeman family in 1928 by George Massiot Brown. The cape was modelled on the attire worn by university students in Porto, while the wide-brimmed hat was a nod to the family’s presence in Jerez. …
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Price: $344.11 USD
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Chianti, 1974
New
Fattoria Pieve a Pitiana
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: $126.17 USD
Stock: Out of Stock