1984 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations: A short summary of the fabulous 1984 Vintage with our top recommendations 1982 Wine and Port
The weather conditions during the the 1984 growing season were challenging across Europe with variable weather patterns leading to an uneven ripening and difficulties with grape maturation. As a result, the majority of Bordeaux and Italian wines from this vintage tend to lack the richness and concentration found in better years. In Portugal's Douro Valley, where Port wine is produced, the 1984 vintage was a good one, but not widely declared.
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Bordeaux: The Bordeaux vintage got off to a good start with a warm April. Things quickly went downhill after that; May was cool and rainy which led to poor flowering particularly for the Merlot crop. This had follow on problems in the Right Bank (St Emilion, Pomerol), as there was not enough ripe Merlot to create quality Bordeaux wine. The producers in the Left Bank tended to over compensate with more Cabernet Sauvignon. By the time July arrived, the vintage was lagging behind. July and August were warm, dry months which helped the left bank chateaux into thinking the vintage would end up fine, if their wines were Cabernet Sauvignon based. In September, Cyclone Hortense hit the Bordeaux wine region, the first in its history. Many right bank Chateau declassified their entire crop in St. Emilion and Pomerol. The left bank fared slightly better but the wines produced were diluted; few have survived today and those that have are now quite a rarity.
Italian: A challenging vintage that produced some good wines in Piedmont by those producers that adopted strict selection techniques. Some weaker wines were produced in Tuscany. The first three months of the year were cool. Although the weather in April was better, May was cold, cloudy and wet causing problems for bud-break. Flowering was therefore delayed by two to three weeks. The ripening process was hampered as a result of an unsettled summer, however the vintage was salvaged partly by a warm final ripening period for Barolo. In Tuscany this was Chianti's first vintage under the new quality enhancing DOCG laws. This was a poor vintage and no Riservas were made. Producers had to rely heavily on concentrated and severe selection to produce acceptable wines.
Portugal: A 1984 Port would make an excellent 40 year old wine gift, whether for a birthday or anniversary. Although there was no declaration of vintage this year, some attractive single Quinta ports were produced. These bottles are by now fully mature but will keep for years. The 1984 vintage started off with a cold wet spring, with summer not really starting until June. The first three weeks of September were fine, hot and dry, but at the end of September the temperature dropped sharply and it never recovered. However, there was good weather in the final part of the harvest and the winemakers' skills were tested in order to produce a good wine. Some excellent examples of the winemakers' talent are around, such as Messias, Warre, Dow and Fonseca. Some excellent single-harvest Colheitas were also produced.
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Graham's Port, 1984
40 Year Old Tawny Port
450cl Bottle - in wooden presentation box
Graham's 40 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, following careful selection, are matured in seasoned oak casks of until their peak of maturity is reached. These are among the most demanding and challenging styles of Port to produce requiring great skill and years of experience from the winemaker and blender. It is essential to strike the correct balance between the delicacy and elegance which results from prolonged cask ageing while retaining the fruit quality which lends this old Tawny its structure and longevity.
Golden amber with a pale green tinge at the rim which denotes great quality and class. …
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Price: $898.10 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Grignolino, 1984
Poderi Scanavino
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: $102.09 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Rosso, 1984
di Monti Abbaia, Cantina Soc. di Vermentino
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: $102.09 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock
Rosso di Montalcino, 1984
Castiglione del Bosco
Rosso di Montalcino is found in the same defined area as its bigger brother, the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG. Both are situated in the heart of Tuscany, in central Italy. This DOC was created in 1984 in order to make the most of the fruit from younger vines of new plantings. The idea was to create a fresher style of wine that needed considerably less ageing time (one year with only six months in oak) than its sibling. This would enable producers of Brunello to make money while waiting for their DOCG wine to age, as well as declassify any Brunello that had been ageing for two to three years but had not quite reached the required standards. …
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Price: $115.01 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Teroldego, 1984
Foradori - Vigneto Morei
Teroldego is a red Italian grape variety grown primarily in the northeastern region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. The wine Teroldego Rotaliano, which is made with this grape in Trentino, has had DOC status since 18 February 1971. It is planted on about 400 hectares and is cultivated by over 300 producers.
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Price: $115.01 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Sandeman
40 Year Old Tawny Port
***Decanter 2023 Platinum Award Winner***
Comes in Original Gift Tube
Was £179 | Now £149
Sandeman is a regular Decanter World Wine Awards Platinum Trophy winner for its supremely refined tawnies. This has lovely lifted aromas and flavours of chocolate, covered sultanas and orange peel. Seductive and creamy with perfect poise for its age.
Tasting Notes Deep and intense, with aromas of vanilla, oak and honey, Sandeman 40 Year Tawny Port has wonderful tasting notes of dried fruits, spices, and nut. Serve chilled to enjoy each layered flavour to the max.
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Price: $192.54 USD
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São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
40 Year Old Tawny Port
**** IWC Best 40 Year Tawny Port Winner ****
*** 95 Points - Robert Parker ***
Miguel Braga is a rising star in the Douro, known for his extraordinary Tawny Ports and red wines. The recipient of an International Wine Challenge trophy for the best 40 Year Old Tawny Port, Miguel Braga’s aged Ports are becoming must-haves for fine wine collectors.
The 40 Year Old Sao Leonardo by Mourao has a greenish tawny colour, intense aromas like dried fruits and honey. Full-bodied, smooth and harmonious in the palate with a great balance between sweetness and acidity. A long and persistent finish.
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Price: $166.70 USD
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Barbera, 1984
G. Troglia
Barbera is a wine of prestige, rich colors that refer generally to the ruby purple, just what clothes cardinals; the bouquet is ample and composite, with fruity notes of blackberry, cherry, strawberry and red fruit jam and spicy aromas reminiscent of cinnamon, vanilla, green pepper.
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Price: $115.01 USD
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Barolo, 1984
Marchesa Vincenza Stanga
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 with no problem at all.
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Price: $166.70 USD
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Boca, 1984
Poderi ai Valloni
The wines Boca must be made from grapes coming within the company, from the following varieties in the proportion indicated below: Nebbiolo (Span): from 70% to 90%; Vespolina and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese) alone or in combination from 10% to 30%. Colour: Bright ruby red evolves with slight nuances of garnet; Bouquet: elegant, ethereal and pleasing with a strong hint of violet; Taste: dry, velvety, fruity, balanced and full-bodied with a hint of pomegranate.
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Price: $115.01 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Brunello di Montalcino, 1984
Caprili di A. Bartolomei
Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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Price: $244.23 USD
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Chateau Beausite, 1984
St Estephe
The 1984 Beau-site has notes of wood, leather, cedar, lead, blackcurrant. Grippy tannins and good acidity. Fully mature - drink now.
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Price: $90.39 USD
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Chateau Latour, 1984
Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classe
Garnet core with degradated brick rim. A nose has moderate intensity: roasted herbs, truffles and black rustic fruit. More vigour and intensity than Mouton. The palate is well-knit with typical pencil-lead, cedar flavours.
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Price: $639.66 USD
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Chateau l'Evangile, 1984
Pomerol
Clearance Offer | Unlabelled - sold with plain label | Was £69 now £25
Note that the label has been badly damaged and we will sell this with a plain label. Identification can be confirmed on the branded cork visible through the glass on the bottle.
Chateau l'Evangile is located on the plateau in the commune of Pomerol. It is between Chateau Petrus and Chateau Cheval Blanc. This wine is fully mature, quite round, fruity, soft, elegant, and charming with L'Evangile's telltale violet, raspberry-like bouquet, this medium-bodied, velvety wine.
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Price: $89.16 USD
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Chateau Pichon Longueville Lalande, 1984
Réserve de la Comtesse
This second wine, produced by Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, is strongly characterised by its high proportion of Merlot. At the same time, the cabernet sauvignon gives the wine its structure and very “Pauillac” character. It is also very fruity, with lovely precision on the palate. This is a particularly delightful wine, with a wonderful structure and fine, elegant tannins. A perfect introduction to the mythical domaine of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.
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Price: $115.01 USD
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Chianti, 1984
Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano
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: $115.01 USD
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Cypres de Climens, 1984
Barsac- Sauternes
Sweet White Wine
The Cyprès de Climens is the second label wine of Chateau Climens.
The wines are made primarily from the Sémillon grape, with Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle sometimes playing supporting roles. The beauty and depth of the wines depends on the unique fall weather conditions in this part of Bordeaux — especially the early morning mists that rise from the nearby rivers — that allow the development of Botrytis cinerea, commonly known as noble rot, on the grapes. This fungus gives the grapes their concentrated sweetness without diminishing the all-important acidity that makes the wines so vibrant. …
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Price: $90.39 USD
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Dow's
40 Year Old Tawny Port ***92 Points- Wine Enthusiast***
Dows 40 Year Old Tawny Port A beautiful translucent amber-golden colour and an almost transparent rim with exquisite fragrances of delicate dry fruit coupled with a hint of fine marmalade. A luxuriously silk-like palate with polished elegance and notes of fruit preserves. The complex, long and slightly dry finish reveals nutty praline notes ending with a tea leaf flourish
Dow’s Port is one of the most famous names in the Port trade and today is owned and managed by the fifth generation of the Symington family. The family, whose experience dates back over 100 years, supervises all the vineyards, winemaking and ageing of this wine. …
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Price: $179.62 USD
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Fonseca Port, 1984
Guimaraens Single Quinta Vintage Port
Fonseca is one of the great port lodges, producing the most exotic and most complex port. It excels in its magnificently complex, intense bouquet of plummy, cedary, spicy fruit and long, broad, expansive flavors. With its lush, seductive character, one might call it the Pomerol of Vintage ports. The 1984 is magnificently scented, full-bodied, creamy, rather forward, but showing great length and character.
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Price: $218.39 USD
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Graham's Port
40 Year Old Tawny Port
Includes Presentation Tube
Graham's 40 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, following careful selection, are matured in seasoned oak casks of until their peak of maturity is reached. These are among the most demanding and challenging styles of Port to produce requiring great skill and years of experience from the winemaker and blender. It is essential to strike the correct balance between the delicacy and elegance which results from prolonged cask ageing while retaining the fruit quality which lends this old Tawny its structure and longevity.
Golden amber with a pale green tinge at the rim which denotes great quality and class. …
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Price: $153.78 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Hine Grand Champagne Cognac, 1984
Champagne Cognac
Price: $381.21 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Rosso di Montalcino, 1984
Castiglion del Bosco
Rosso di Montalcino is found in the same defined area as its bigger brother, the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG. Both are situated in the heart of Tuscany, in central Italy. This DOC was created in 1984 in order to make the most of the fruit from younger vines of new plantings. The idea was to create a fresher style of wine that needed considerably less ageing time (one year with only six months in oak) than its sibling. This would enable producers of Brunello to make money while waiting for their DOCG wine to age, as well as declassify any Brunello that had been ageing for two to three years but had not quite reached the required standards. …
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Price: $115.01 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Taylor's 40 Year Old
Tawny Port - HALF BOTTLE (37.5 cl)
Only tiny quantities of this aged tawny port are produced each year, making the wines extremely rare and amongst the most revered in the world.
This Tawny port has been aged in oak casks for an average age of 40 years. During their long maturation they become tawny in colour and concentrated in their aromas. This port has very intense and elegant flavours which combine to give a smooth, fine finish.
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Price: $93.69 USD
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Taylor's Port
40 Year Old Tawny Port (Includes Taylor's presentation box)
Only tiny quantities of this aged tawny port are produced each year, making the wines extremely rare and amongst the most revered in the world.
This beautiful Tawny port has been aged in oak casks for an average age of 40 years. During their long maturation they become tawny in colour and concentrated in their aromas. This port has very intense and elegant flavours which combine to give a smooth, fine finish.
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Price: $160.24 USD
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Valdepenas, 1984
Bodegas los Llanos
Valdepeñas, which translates to “Valley of Stones,” is located south of Madrid in the southern border of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region. The Valdepeñas DO, which shares its name with the town, is almost fully surrounded by the expansive La Mancha DO. It is best known for its aloque or clarete, a light-bodied red wine that is a blend of both Cencibel and white Airén grapes. Although Airén vines are widely planted due to their tolerance of the semi-arid conditions, Tempranillo has become a critical element of Valdepeñas production. Due to the versatility of daily staples to higher quality wines that are well suited for oak barrel aging. …
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Price: $153.78 USD
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