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THE FIRST VINTAGE PORT MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE PRODUCE OF THE OLD, HISTORIC VINEYARD PLOTS ON THE COMPANY’S FLAGSHIP PROPERTY, QUINTA DA ROÊDA. NAMED SĒRIKOS, A HISTORICAL REFERENCE TO THE PROPERTY’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF...

NOTES ON THE YEAR: A wet 1999 vintage was followed by a cold and dry winter. April and May were very wet with half the annual rainfall falling in these two months. June and July were dry. August continued dry, with the first half being extremely hot. The...

NOTES ON THE YEAR: The 2007 growing season was preceded by a wet winter that replenished water reserves after four hot, dry years. The humid conditions continued into spring and early summer with lower than average temperatures combined with periods of...

RETINTO BLACK CORE WITH FINE PURPLE RIM. THE NOSE OPENS INTO A DENSE MASS OF BLACKBERRIES AND CURRANTS. Fonseca has been part of the first category of Vintage Port wine producers since the mid-19th century. Fonseca Vintage Port wines are known for their...

Drawn from the finest parcels across Graham’s four estates, this Vintage Port is only produced in exceptional years. A classic Vintage Port that combines complexity, structure and balance. THE YEAR: The 2016 harvest in the Douro brought...

Quinta do Noval Vintage Port is characterised by its purity of fruit and a fine, delicate quality that is typical of the wines of the property in general, but which finds its most remarkable and enduring expression in the Vintage Ports. Equilibrium,...

The Winter preceeding the 2003 harvest was very wet. Flowering took place in bright warm weather at the end of May in some of the best conditions seen for several years. The first two weeks of August provided the intense Summer heat which often precedes...

The 2007 growing season was preceded by a wet winter that replenished water reserves after four hot, dry years. The humid conditions continued into spring and early summer with lower than average temperatures combined with periods of rain. There were no...

Following a wet 2016, the year started with cold and dry winter conditions, with a fifth less rainfall than the thirty-year average. Bud burst occurred relatively early, around 10th March. The dry conditions continued into Spring and the warm weather in...

Following a wet 2016, the year started with cold and dry winter conditions, with a fifth less rainfall than the thirty-year average. Bud burst occurred relatively early, around 10th March. The dry conditions continued into Spring and the warm weather in...

Following a wet 2016, the year started with cold and dry winter conditions, with a fifth less rainfall than the thirty-year average. Bud burst occurred relatively early, around 10th March. The dry conditions continued into Spring and the warm weather in...

The 2018 vineyard cycle was unusual and had a marked effect on the character of the wine. The previous year had been very dry and hot and by 15th January nearly two thirds of the country was suffering from drought, the Douro Valley being one of the worst...

To mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on 6th May, 2023, Taylor’s has set aside a very limited amount of Very Very Old Tawny Port to be bottled as a commemorative limited edition. To create a wine worthy of the occasion, with its...

The 2021 Pinot Noir Zotovich Vineyard comes from grapes grown in sandy soils, was vinified using 30% whole clusters and was matured for 12 months in barrel, plus an additional six months in sandstone vessels. It takes some time to open from matchstick...