Portuguese Wine

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

This started out as regular red Port, but was allowed to rest in casks for around 20 years – some less, some longer – to take on layers of orange peel, toasted nut and caramel flavors and old Port’s unique “Tawny”... 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

We suspect most of these will hop into shoppers’ bags because they’re just so cute and priced so attractively for impulse giving and stuffing of stockings. That’s fine, but please don’t overlook something... Read More

Once again, a terrfic value! Dark black raspberry, plum, purple flowers, cocoa powder and dusty mineral scents are just some of the aromas showing on the complex nose. As in past releases, there's plenty of dark raspberry... 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

Dow’s winemakers pick lots every vintage to go into the Tawny Port program. The finished Port goes into large barrels and ages slowly, gradually acquiring a nutty, caramel, character and gaining an orangey/tawny color. Dow’s... 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

Where “vintage” ports spend just 18 months or so in cask before bottling, Colheita wines stay in cask until ready to bottle and drink. Here 15 years in oak has soften tannins and added nutty notes without muting the... 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

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

When Manoel de Boullosa purchased Quinta dos Pesos in 1968, the wine Carcavelos wine region was already obscure and little known beyond Lisbon. While M. de Bullosa continually crafted Carcavelos through his death in 2005, he put... 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

Organic/Bio Doesn’t taste like what you think a Douro wine will be, but undeniably delicious. The dark fruit and sweet spice aromas and flavors arrive with remarkable freshness and drinkability vs the heavy, gripping, sense... Read More