2007 Vintage Port

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2007 is set to join the ranks of the great Vintage Ports, its wines already imbued with an extraordinary purity of flavour, wonderfully polished tannins and a wealth of fruit. Elegance is already evidenced rather than brutal power; the spirit is finely integrated, the acidity fresh, and the palate broad and long.

A wet winter replenished reserves, but was followed by a rather humid spring with work required to combat rot; then an outstandingly mediocre early summer in terms of sunshine, but with a persistent dryness which made for healthy leaf canopies. The vintage was made by the intense late summer heat; the temperatures ranged from 35 -38 degrees in the first two weeks of September and it became increasingly clear that patience would be repaid by a happy coincidence of high sugars, balancing acidity and ripe phenolics.

The lengthy growing season ensured the complexity in the musts, and then the welcome sunshine at harvest was more than enough to underwrite the nascent quality. The harvest ran from 12 September all the way to 20^th October; layer upon layer of flavours evolved as time went by, and proved extremely beneficial to later–ripeners such as Touriga Francesa and also to those high quality varietals such as Touriga Nacional, which shun the excesses of very hot August weather.

So why all the excitement? The 2007 vintage was made by the intense late summer heat which repaid the patience of the growers with high sugars, balancing acidity and ripe phenolics. The lengthy growing season imparted complexity, and the welcome sunshine at harvest provided “excellent conditions for the full ripening of Turiga Francesa and Turiga Nacional, the two most important grape varieties” (Jay Miller – eRobertParker.com – Feb 2010). Add to that the significant progress made by the vineyards, where the romance of multi-varietal planting has been replaced by single blocks tended with increasing focus, and a vintage worthy of declaration was born.

“In many cases, less than 10% of the total production in 2007 was bottled as vintage, a remarkable figure considering that the Bordeaux First Growths boast about selecting only the top 33-40% of their production for the Grands Vins” (Jay Miller – eRobertParker.com – Feb 2010) and this further suggests that 2007 Vintage Port is an outstandingly fine vintage; with its relative approachability belying a great ageing potential.

An outstanding vintage for Port wines then, its relative approachability belying a great ageing potential.The longevity of these wines promises enjoyment over the next couple of decades at least, and they are all thoroughly recommended additions for your cellar.

Read Simon Field's MW full vintage review
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2007 Dow

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Dow, For laying down,

This has a superb nose of rich, ripe berry fruit with the typical slightly austere and firm reserve of Dow. Analytically drier than usual, it is still blessed with dense fruit on the palate, a magnificent structure, weight and impressively long finish. On this showing, Dow is a strong candidate for wine of the vintage.

Port Wine > Vintage Port

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£350.00

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£400.00

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£450.00

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2007 Graham

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Graham, For laying down,

Richly coloured, the Graham has dense and powerful aromatics, with crushed blackberry and plum fruit flavours entwined with rich spice, earth and hints of black cocoa. A magnificent weight on the palate captures the profundity of the best fruit from the best A grade vineyards, with Quinta Do Malvedos, as always, at the centre of the action. Sweetness and power vie for attention; ripeness is all, and all-embracing in this fabulous wine.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Port Buyer)

Port Wine > Vintage Port

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£480.00

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2007 Fonseca

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£295.00

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2007 Taylor's, Port, Portugal

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Taylor Fladgate, For laying down,

Nearly opaque and virtually inscrutable, this is benchmark Taylor, therefore benchmark Vintage Port. The nose is magnificently complicated already; schist, white pepper, lifted eucalypt and iodine all come to mind, all adding nuance and potential to the core of black fruit and dried flowers. Reticent and brooding at the front of the palate, the quality only becomes evident further back with definition and weight, power and precision, grace and favour, all seemingly contradictory, all effortlessly achieved.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Port Buyer)

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£275.00

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2007 Quinta do Vesuvio

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Quinta do Vesuvio, For laying down,

The most impressive and beautiful Quinta in the Valley, architecturally speaking, with an appropriate structural counterpoint in its eponymous wine. An archetype Vesuvio, with haunting aromatics of violets, blueberries, figs and wood-smoke, and a palate where the tannins are powerful but integrated and the sweet and spicy elements are beautifully and harmoniously integrated.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Port Buyer)

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£400.00

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2007 Croft

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Croft, For laying down,

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£298.00

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£308.00

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2007 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela

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Quinta do Vesuvio, For laying down,

Only 250 cases were made of this rich and wonderfully concentrated wine. The leitmotif of the vintage, namely purity, is the key here, the menthol freshness sitting comfortably with the sheer weigh of black fruit and the ripe and muscular tannins.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Port Buyer)

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Bottle 3 x 75cl 2cs

£300.00

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2007 Niepoort

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Niepoort, For laying down,

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 crescendos wonderfully then lingers endlessly.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Port Buyer)

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2007 Vintage Port

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