Vintage Port
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Vintage Port accounts for only a small percentage of the total Port production (that includes Tawny, Ruby, Late Bottled Vintage, Single Quinta Vintage styles, among others) but is the finest, longest lived and most expensive style that is produced. The best are as good as any wine in existence.
With the exception of legendary vineyards like Quinta do Noval Nacional and Quinta do Vesuvio, Vintage Port is made from a blend of wines from a producer's finest plots. It is aged for around 18 months in wooden casks before bottling; from then on the watch word is patience. At least 15 years ageing - and for the top wines significantly longer - is required before the tannins, spirit and fruit are fully integrated. Indeed, the finest examples can last well over 50 years.
Vintage Port is only made in exceptional years - normally about 3 times per decade - with considerable stylistic variation between different years and shippers. However, they all share a sweet, warming spicy richness, power and complexity. In other good but not great vintages many shippers produce a Single Quinta Vintage Port from their finest vineyard. These are made in the same way and have the same style as Vintage Port but tend to mature faster and are less profound. All Vintage Port throws a sediment as it matures and thus requires decanting.
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Berrys' Own Selection
Port Wine » Vintage Port Limited Stock
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Bottle
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£ 28.00 |
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
20% alc.
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Quarles Harris
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 31.00 |
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Special case price
£
334.80
Buy 12 and save £ 37.20 (10%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
Quarles Harris has produced a solid and well-made wine, with lively aromas of blackberries and cream and an aproachable, soft palate with agreeably chewy tannins. Although not as overwhelmingly sweet or rich as some, this wine is rounded and charming and will be excellent for early drinking. Drink ... MORE | ||||
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Gould Campbell
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 31.00 |
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£
334.80
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
Plums, figs and strawberries vie for attention on the nose of this accomplished wine. Gould Campbell has made a rich, opulent Port to celebrate their bicentenary. With plenty of power and hints of spice and pepper, this beautifully-textured wine is sweet and velvety with a powerful, ... MORE | ||||
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Ramos Pinto
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 32.00 |
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Special case price
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345.60
Buy 12 and save £ 38.40 (10%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
An expressive and well rounded port, with distinctive smoky burnished notes to demonstrate an individual and highly successful elevage. | ||||
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Niepoort
Port Wine » Vintage Port En Primeur
Special conditions apply
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Bottle
(75cl) |
£
32.00
(In Bond)
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Dirk Niepoort has produced a truly outstanding 2007; aromatically this is a delight, an over-flowing fruit-basket of indulgence. No change of tempo on the palate, which combines eucalypt, Seville orange and macerated cherries. Sweetness and tannins are harmoniously entwined; the wine ... MORE Drink 2014-2030 . Jancis Score: 18/20 Wine Spectator Score: 93 - 96/100 | ||||
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Delaforce Quinta Da Corte
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 36.00 |
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Special case price
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340.32
Buy 12 and save £ 91.68 (21%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
The house of Delaforce typically makes soft, succulent Port and at rather reasonable prices. This 1997 Port comes from the exceptional single-vineyard, Quinta da Corte; this is fleshy and chunky, immediately approachable and with excellent length. | ||||
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Niepoort
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 39.00 |
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Special case price
£
365.04
Buy 12 and save £ 102.96 (22%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
Ready, but will improve,
Dirk Niepoort's 1997 is a triumph. Vinified traditionally at their showpiece estate, Quinta do Passadouro, and including unusual varieties such as Tinta Amarela, the wine is intense and beautifully concentrated. Copious levels of sweet black fruits on the nose lead to a fruit-basket of flavours on ... MORE Drink 2004-2016 . | ||||
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Smith Woodhouse
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 39.70 |
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429.00
Buy 12 and save £ 47.40 (9.5%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
Low-yielding old vines have produced a full-bodied, finely structured wine. With scents of eucalyptus and mint overlaying the fruit, the 1997 is more powerful and assertive than the 1994 and would repay a longer cellaring. With oak notes and fruit harmoniously integrated, this has everything one ... MORE Drink 2006-2022 . | ||||
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Warre Vintage Port
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 45.00 |
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Special case price
£
523.68
Buy 12 and save £ 16.32 (3%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
The Institute of Masters of Wine organised a comprehensive tasting of 1997 ports to be tasted in alphabetical order. No. 34 was Warre and what a wonderful way to finish. Powerful and harmonious with a beautifully integrated tannins, its is colour holding very well, with no spirity notes or signs ... MORE | ||||
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Croft
Port Wine » Vintage Port |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 49.05 |
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Special case price
£
529.80
Buy 12 and save £ 58.80 (9.5%) |
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Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
For laying down,
20% alc.
Fragrant and vibrant on the nose with pure berry fruit aromas, this is an expressive wine that displays a subtle fruit core and is balanced by real freshness and very smooth tannins. The style here is about purity, though it’s not lacking in density to back it up. Easy going and ... MORE Drink 2010-2022 . | ||||
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