Port - Vintage Wines

Our focus at present is on ‘new wave’ Vintage Ports. Newness in respect of the Douro Boys’ attachment to the single quinta concept, but stylistically, too: these VPs drink exceptionally well as young wines. As a rule of thumb, they are great drink...

Our focus at present is on ‘new wave’ Vintage Ports. Newness in respect of the Douro Boys’ attachment to the single quinta concept, but stylistically, too: these VPs drink exceptionally well as young wines. As a rule of thumb, they are great drink...

This vintage port will have you thinking of Christmas when you stick your nose in the glass. Imagine Christmas pudding, mince pies and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and that’s what this wine is. The palate is sweet and warming with flavours ...

Is a Port still a Port? Not according to those in Portugal where the original fortified style comes from. This has meant a re-branding in the last couple of years for Port producers in Australia. Stanton and Killen continue to make fantastic forti...

Medium red to brick-red, aged colour. Superbly elegant, aristocratic bouquet of cedar, old leather armchair, spices, pepper and aniseed. Wonderful flavour: great intensity and elegance, a very stylish port with balance and harmony, line and length...

Deep red colour, faint tint of purple and some back tinges. Subdued, savoury bouquet, with developing aromas which have moved beyond primary fruit and have yet to show much aged complexity. Plum juice, prunes, and a lick of aniseed. Very big, dry ...

Deep red colour with a slight purple rim. Subdued but dark fruit and licorice, fruitcake aromas. A touch of chaffiness. Palate is very tannic and drying, savoury and solid, with a structure and moderate sweetness level which contrasts with some of...

Deep red colour, slight purple rim. Shy but definite dark fruit aromas, with 'plum pudding' and fruitcake elements. A hint of aniseed. Sweet and also firm, with tannin backbone, not a slippery, sweet style as some LBVs are. Some development, but f...

In a half-bottle, and drinking at its peak at 35 years young. Licorice, aniseed, spices and touches of leather, blackberry and black olive as well as floral spirit notes. Good intensity and depth in the mouth, rich and not especially sweet, but be...

Monumental power and concentration of cassis, black fruits of all kinds, dark chocolate, coffee, cherry liqueur and spirit. It's still disjoint but it's got the tannin backbone to go the distance, so give it another decade, then sit back and marvel.

Our focus at present is on ‘new wave’ Vintage Ports. Newness in respect of the Douro Boys’ attachment to the single quinta concept, but stylistically, too: these VPs drink exceptionally well as young wines. As a rule of thumb, they are great drink...

The so-called Garrafeiras are a speciality of Niepoort. These ports from a single year age for decades, not in wood but in special small glass containers "demijons". This type of ageing adds a unique character derived from prolonged direct contact...

Our focus at present is on ‘new wave’ Vintage Ports. Newness in respect of the Douro Boys’ attachment to the single quinta concept, but stylistically, too: these VPs drink exceptionally well as young wines. As a rule of thumb, they are great drink...

Our focus at present is on ‘new wave’ Vintage Ports. Newness in respect of the Douro Boys’ attachment to the single quinta concept, but stylistically, too: these VPs drink exceptionally well as young wines. As a rule of thumb, they are great drink...

Dense crimson; an impressively rich and complex wine, with good balance and depth; the black fruits easily balance the spirit, and the finish is particularly appealing, with its spicy notes and fine tannins.

Expected colour development, but no more; bright and clear; has come together well since '08, the dark berry/cherry fruit with distinct spicy notes, the spirit well integrated.