Hard to beat Tamlyn Currin's 17/20 point note on JancisRobinson.com: Smells like raisins, tastes like whiskey barrels dipped in honey and apricot syrup. Nice citrus-oil bitterness, like chewing cumin seeds, like breathing... Read More
Butler Nephew makes nice vintage Port, but Tawny is really the house specialty and where they excel. The Tawny style here is a bit more elegant and noticably brighter than most, although there's still plenty of toasted nut... Read More
A juicy, fruit-filled, fun red for parties, sipping, cookouts, whatever. It's from Alentejo,Portugal,and blends Aragonez (35%), Trincadeira (20%), Alicante Bouschet (20%), Syrah (15%) and Castelão, all fermented and... Read More
What’s the fuss over Vintage Port all about? Simple – in a great harvest, Port winemakers are able to use the wines from their finest sites to make fortified reds that can improve in bottle for decades. And, with modern,... Read More
There's always a bit of extra breadth to Dow wines, and that's true here as well. Aged in both small and large cask, it serves up aromas and flavors of dried blackberry and plum fruit doused in melted caramel, bitter orange... Read More
Thirty-year tawny's are, arguably, Porto's greatest treats. Wines chosen for 30 year bottlings are typically more energetic and fresh than those used in 20 year Tawnies, so they have all the nutty richness you want with... Read More
The wine is made from Malvasia Fina and Verdellho and aged around 3 years on wood. It tastes like really good white Port, with some citrus fruit bite and lots of nutty and dried caramel complexity before finishing crisp and clean.... Read More
Lower ABV A good Vinho Verde is pretty much the perfect warm weather wine. And this is one of a pair of top-notch Vinho Verde, both from 100% Loureiro grapes grown on steeply sloped vineyards overlooking northern Portugal’s... Read More
Lower ABV A good Vinho Verde is pretty much the perfect warm weather wine. And this is one of a pair of top-notch Vinho Verde, both from 100% Loureiro grapes grown on steeply sloped vineyards overlooking northern Portugal’s... Read More
A rich, very delicious, Madeira is 100% Boal (with Malmsey, the richest Madeira grape) aged 10 years in the heated conteiro of the H&H family lodge. Big aromas of fig, marmalade, sweet spice and even cigar smoke pull you into... Read More
An outstanding in real Madeira for sipping or use in rich sauces or soups. The light tawny color and heady aromas and flavors of toasted nuts, dark caramel, and burnt orange peel come from barrel aging and exposure to high heat... Read More
Grow your classic Port grapes - Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca - in A-rated Port vineyards. Harvest by hand and then toss the grapes in stone lagers - vats - and walk across them and through them until the gentle... Read More
Colheita port is essentially vintage-dated tawny - wine from a single harvest placed into barrels and left to age until ready to drink and being bottled for sale. From the powerfully tannic 1970 vintage, 50+ years in barrel has... Read More
Colheita port is essentially vintage-dated tawny - wine from a single harvest placed into barrels and left to age until ready to drink and being bottled for sale. At 34 years from the vintage, the Maynard’s 1990 is singing,... Read More
A great example of what is perhaps the most classic style of “wood aged” or “Tawny” Port. Winemaker Alvaro van Zeller, formerly winemaker at Quinta do Noval, blends this from Port lots that have aged in... Read More
A stunning old barrel-aged Port in an equally stunning decanter-styled package. Maynard Ports come from members of the Van Zeller family, former owners of Quinta do Noval. All of the base wines for this blended wood Port were... Read More
Portugal’s Douro Valley is best known for fortified Port and big, intense, firmly structured dry reds that feature dried fruit flavors that can only be called “Porty.” This is a bit different. Same grapes - Tinta... Read More
Lower ABV Dead classic and delicious dry Vinho Verde from the region’s main grape – Loureiro – grown in the heart of the zone between Oporto and Braga. It’s loaded with passionfruit, citrus, and sour peach... Read More
As Wine Advocate said a few years ago, “Noval is one of the region's finest and most consistent producers of traditional LBVs, wines that become more expressive and can develop with age.” The 93 point Suckling... Read More
Lower ABV João António Cerdeira basically started the fine wine industry in this part of Portugal when he and his parents planted alvarinho vines in their little valley vineyard, called Soalheiro or “sunny... Read More
500ml Bottle - 2/3 of a regular 750ml bottle. Once one of the great fortified wines of Portugal, today this is the last remaining producer of Carcavelos - a wine made of native grapes, fortified while still a touch sweet, and... Read More
Yes, this is really “too young” to show off everything it’s got. But that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty stellar! Warre’s is less overt than many other vintage ports, and that restraint just adds... Read More
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