2019 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations: Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 2019 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 2019 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!
It is generally too early to be definitive about the 2019 vintage, however, due to the hot summer – it was the second-hottest year on record, globally – there are likely to be some brilliant wines.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
This Year in History: Fun Fact: – FIFA Women's World Cup: The most-watched British television broadcast of the year, 11.7 million viewers watch the England football team's 1–2 defeat to USA in the semi-final in Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Stade de Lyon) in Lyon, France.
Eurovision Winner: The Netherlands with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence.
Top Grossing Movie: Avengers: Endgame
Bordeaux: The 2019 Bordeaux vintage is widely regarded as an excellent year, producing wines that are rich, elegant and beautifully balanced. A warm, sunny summer followed by cooler nights allowed grapes to ripen fully while retaining freshness, giving reds deep colour, ripe tannins and vibrant fruit. Dry white wines are aromatic and crisp, while sweet wines from Sauternes show impressive concentration despite smaller yields. Overall, 2019 offers approachable wines in their youth with strong ageing potential, making it a great choice for both drinking now and cellaring for the future.
Douro Wines: The 2019 Douro vintage produced very good quality wines with impressive concentration and freshness. A hot, dry summer led to smaller berries and lower yields, while cooler nights before harvest helped maintain natural acidity and aromatic lift. The resulting red wines show rich dark fruit, firm but refined tannins and excellent structure, balanced by freshness rather than heaviness. Whites from the region are bright and expressive. Overall, 2019 Douro wines are powerful yet balanced, offering both early enjoyment and strong ageing potential.
Italian: The 2019 Italian vintage is considered a very strong and classic year across many key regions. A generally warm growing season with cooler nights allowed grapes to ripen steadily while keeping good natural acidity. The result is wines with vibrant fruit, fresh balance and refined structure. In regions such as Piedmont and Tuscany, reds show excellent ageing potential with elegant tannins, while many whites are aromatic and lively. Overall, 2019 Italy offers quality, balance and great drinkability, making it a dependable choice for both collectors and everyday enjoyment.
Portugal: The 2019 Port vintage in Portugal is considered a very good, classically styled year, though not universally declared by all major houses. A hot, dry summer reduced yields but produced small, concentrated grapes, while cooler conditions at harvest helped preserve freshness and aromatics. The resulting Vintage Ports show deep colour, intense dark-fruit character, firm yet polished tannins and vibrant acidity, giving both immediate appeal and the structure for long ageing. Overall, 2019 offers balanced, expressive Ports with excellent cellaring potential for those seeking quality without the rarity of a fully declared vintage.
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Vietti, 2019
Vietti Ravera, Barolo 98 Points - Wine Advocate
The grapes come from the famous MGA “Ravera” vineyard located in the municipality of Novello. Limestone- and clay-rich soil with Marls of Saint Agatha present. Ravera in Novello is a fabulous hillside vineyard with a western/south-western exposure. Altitude around 400 m asl; the average age of the vines is 34 years and there is a density of around 4500 plants per hectare over a total area of around 2.1 hectares. The oldest part was planted in 1935.
Winemaking: Grapes harvested by hand on 14 October 2019. After gentle pressing, the juice fermented for around four to five weeks in a steel tank, in contact with the skins. …
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Price: £225.00
Stock: 6 in Stock
Casa Ferreirinha, 2019
Quinta da Leda
***95 Points- Wine Enthusiast***
***94 Points- Robert Parker***
The 2019 Quinta da Leda is a top-quality red wine of great complexity and elegance, a fine example of the richness and modernity of great Douro wines today. Quinta da Leda is characterised by great complexity and elegance; distinctive and celebrated elements of the wines produced by Casa Ferreirinha, an internationally acclaimed brand with a rich tradition of producing quality Douro wines.
Tasting Notes A deep ruby colour. An aroma of good complexity with prominent notes of black fruits such as plums, spicy hints of black pepper, clove and curry, in addition to balsamic tones of cedar, tobacco box, shrubby notes and a very well-integrated wood element. …
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Price: £44.95
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Chateau Cissac, 2019
Medoc, Cru Bourgeois
Magnum 1.5L
The wines of Château Cissac are superior, classic wines, which combine the strength of the Médoc and the aromatic elegance of the greatest of the Bordeaux wines.
Scoring this lively, fine-grained claret 91 points, critic James Suckling described it as "clean, crisp and flavorful", with a "pretty nose". Maturation in part new oak barrels for 20 months lends notes of vanilla to the freshness of the fruit. There is great concentration and intensity of fruit due to reduced yields. The structure is well complemented by the vibrant juiciness of the fruit. Juicy plump blackcurrant fruit and firm tannins. …
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Price: £49.95
Stock: Out of Stock