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PORTUGUESE Wines
PORTUGUESE Wines
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QUINTA DO VALE MEAO |
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11
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75cl
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Meandro
Douro Red
WS
- An intense kirsch-like aroma is followed by pure flavours of dark cherry
and blackberry, with loads of mineral and spice. Refined and powerful,
with a long, long finish of iron and hot stone. Touriga Nacional, Tinta
Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca. |
2004 |
£15.00 |
WS92
Now 2012 |
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10
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75cl
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Vale Meao Tinto
Douro Red
WS
- Deeply coloured and powerful, with a rich, fruity aroma and layers of
kirsch, mocha, dark plum and spice flavours. Immense structure.
Fine-grained tannins, with a long, powerful finish of meat, smoke and
chocolate. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta
Barocca. |
2004 |
£44.00 |
WS97
Now-2015 |
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VINTAGE PORT |
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CROFT |
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36
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75cl
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Croft Vintage Port
RP
- A striking, individualistic nose of spring flowers, blackberries,
blueberries, and lead pencil shavings emerges from this saturated
purple-coloured 2000. Evolved yet expansive, sweet, and generous, it
admirably conceals moderately high tannins under a wealth of fruit and
glycerine. The aromatic profile and attack merit a score in the
mid-nineties, but the finish is short, thus lowering the overall rating.
My instincts suggest there is more to this port than it revealed the
days I tasted it. |
2000 |
£38.00 |
RP90
2007-25 |
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47
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75cl
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Croft Vintage Port
RP
- The 1994 Croft exhibits an impressive dark ruby/purple colour, and a
developed, forward, more evolved style than expected. It is moderately
sweet, full-bodied, expansive, pure, and rich, but made in an up-front,
flattering style. Although outstanding, it is not one of the superstars
of the vintage. |
1994 |
£42.00 |
RP90
2000-20Top Port Vintage! |
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DOW |
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30
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75cl
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Dow Vintage Port
RP
- Aromas of preserved cherries and plums with pronounced spiciness:
vanilla pod, star anise and cassia. The palate is understandably tight,
restrained, yet already showing superb acid / sweetness / tannin
balance. Plenty of rich, spicy fruit is supported by a medium to high
level of very finely grained tannins. Nice backbone of refreshing
acidity. Very long finish. |
2007 |
£48.00 |
RP96
2020-50 |
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6
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75cl
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Dow Vintage Port
RP
- The complex aromatics of the opaque, black-coloured 2003 Dow Vintage
Port display chocolate, dried oak, black cherries, blackberries, copious
spices, and a myriad flowers. This fresh, backward wine offers a medium
to full-bodied, deeply concentrated core of spice-laced dark fruits.
Softly-textured and seductive in the mid-palate, it boasts abundant
layers of candied Damson plums, blueberries, black cherries, molasses,
and hints of chocolate before revealing its firm structure. Extremely
youthful and primary, this exceptional effort demands patience. |
2003 |
£42.00 |
RP94
2025-45 |
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25
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75cl
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Dow Vintage Port
RP
- An opaque blue/purple colour (typical of this vintage's top offerings)
is followed by a strikingly provocative aromatic display (flowers,
liquorice, blackberries, and cassis). This firmly-structured, classic,
tightly-knit, restrained port exhibits brilliant purity as well as
impressive intensity. While not the most dramatic or flamboyant, it is a
beautiful, classically structured port that will age gracefully. |
2000 |
£45.00 |
RP94
2010-35 |
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24
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37.5cl
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Dow Vintage Port
As above, but
HALF-BOTTLES |
2000 |
£25.00 |
RP94
2008-32 |
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32
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75cl
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Dow Vintage Port
RP
- The massive 1994 is unquestionably the finest Dow I have tasted since
the 1977. This opaque purple-coloured wine is not as developed or
flamboyant as Fonseca, but it is super-concentrated and multi-layered,
with huge masses of fruit and some tannin in the finish. This is a
slightly drier style than Fonseca or Graham's, but it appears to be a
classic, majestic, enormously constituted 1994 that should age
effortlessly for three decades or more.
It is one of the stars of the vintage. |
1994 |
£55.00 |
RP96
2004-30 |
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FONSECA |
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36
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75cl
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Fonseca Vintage Port
RP
- A limpid purple garnet core. The nose is quintessential Fonseca, like a
riotous party reaching its crescendo in the glass. Macerated black
cherries, eau-de-vie, damson, fig and a touch of Seville orange. Then
what is fascinating is that the uproar dies down with aeration, becomes
more focused...as if the host has asked everyone to quieten down. The
palate is powerful and spicy on the entry, sweet ripe black berried
fruits, a touch of spice, fig and apricot, lovely cohesion and weight
building towards a deeply joyous finish that lacquers the mouth in
port-like reverie. Perhaps more approachable than the 2000 or the
2003 at this stage, this is a marvellous Fonseca. |
2007 |
£47.00 |
RP96
201545 |
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GOULD CAMPBELL |
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24
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75cl
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Gould Campbell Vintage Port
Wine Spectator
- Loads of liquorice and berries on the nose follow through to a
full-bodied palate, medium sweetness and masses of fruit. Long finish.
Very layered. What a deal. |
2003 |
£42.00 |
WS95
2014-40 |
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12
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75cl
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Gould Campbell Vintage Port
Wine Spectator
- Rich aromas of plum and fresh stem, with a leafy undertone. Intense
strawberry. Full, lightly sweet, chewy and solid. This has grip.
Juicy. Lots going on. Youthful and structured. Beautiful. |
1997 |
£32.00 |
WS91
2009-35 |
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QUINTA DO VESUVIO |
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48
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75cl
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Quinta do Vesuvio
Vintage Port
Wine Spectator
- The nose is somewhat subdued giving a gentle perfume of kirsch, violets,
macerated blackberries and cedar complimented by earthy aromas of loam
and underbrush. The palate is taut with crisp acidity and a high
level of very fine tannins. Just enough richness to flesh-out the
palate but not overwhelming. Very long finish. |
2003 |
£48.00 |
WS95
2014-40 |
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18
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75cl
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Quinta do Vesuvio
Vintage Port
RP
- Quinta do Vesuvio's saturated blue/purple colour is more dense than many
of its peers. Impressive in the mouth, with full body, sweet crème de
cassis and blackberry liqueur intermixed with smoke, earth, and spice,
this sensual effort possesses elegance allied to power and authority.
Complex, fat, rich, and intense, it is exceptionally stylish. |
2000 |
£42.00 |
RP91
2006-20+ |
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48
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75cl
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Quinta do Vesuvio
Vintage Port
RP
- A delicious, forward, dark saturated ruby/purple-coloured port,
this 1997 reveals copious quantities of jammy, grapy, black fruit
flavours intermixed with earth and spice, full body, and silky tannin.
It should drink well soon, but last for two decades. |
1997 |
£41.00 |
RP90
Now-2020 |
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6
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75cl
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Quinta do Vesuvio
Vintage Port
WS
- Terrific aromas of berries and violets, with a hint of mint. Full-bodied
and lightly sweet, with fine, silky tannins that build on the palate and
caress the tongue.
Outstanding concentration and harmony. Greatest Vesúvio this century. |
1994 |
£52.00 |
WS96
2010-30 |
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NIEPOORT |
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48
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75cl
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Niepoort Vintage Port
Wine Spectator
- Thick and jammy, with loads of blackberry and plum character. Full,
very sweet and round. Caresses your palate. Very fruit-driven, but lots
of tannin structure as well. Sneaks up on you with the power. Was a
bodybuilder, but now a long distance runner. Love it. |
1997 |
£38.00 |
WS96
2012-35 |
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TAYLOR FLADGATE |
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36
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75cl
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
RP
- Remarkably deep in colour, almost to the verge of being opaque. The nose
is very well defined but much more introverted than Fonseca - aloof,
stentorian, correct. The palate is full-bodied, beautifully defined,
great weight that is channelled in one direction. Brilliant focus
here, less extrovert than Fonseca of course but more refined and
sophisticated. Certainly this is a Taylors for long-term ageing, one can
feel it reserving its energy for 20-years down the line. Great backbone
here. Very harmonious towards the finish that really caresses the
palate, with a hint of white pepper lingering in the mouth.
Wonderful. |
2007 |
£52.00 |
RP97
2015-45 |
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18
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75cl
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
RP
- The 2003 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port improved each time I raised it to
my nose or mouth. It displays a black colour and a salty, graphite-laced
nose packed with sweet black fruits that is reminiscent of a stellar
vintage of Chateau Latour. With air, notes of molasses, burnt sugar,
spices, and jammy plums emanate from the glass. Full-bodied, hugely
dense, immensely rich, as well as thick, this behemoth is also amazingly
balanced and harmonious. Raisins, molasses, liquorice, black
cherries, plums, and a distinctive note of violets are found in its
complex, seamless character. Its interminable finish reveals additional
notes of chocolate, kirsch, red as well as black currants, dark
cherries, and rose blossoms. Armed with exceptional power, depth, and
purity, this Taylor will proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the
finest ever crafted by the Fladgate Partnership. |
2003 |
£78.00 |
RP99
2035-60 |
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24
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75cl
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
RP
- Among the most saturated blue/purple/black-coloured examples of the
vintage, Taylor's 2000 tastes like a young vintage of Chateau Latour on
steroids. Aromas of graphite, blackberry liqueur, crème de cassis and
smoke jump from the glass. Spectacularly concentrated and enormously
endowed, with sweetness allied to ripe tannin, decent acidity, and layer
upon layer of fruit and extract, this is the leading candidate for
the port of the vintage. |
2000 |
£65.00 |
RP98
2010-40 |
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35
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75cl
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
RP
- Saturated black/purple-coloured, with stunning aromatics of blueberries,
blackberries, liquorice, and iron, this spectacular vintage port is one
of the stars of the vintage.
Extremely full-bodied, with silky tannin, spectacular concentration and
purity, multiple flavour levels, and an evolved, forward
personality, this is an exquisite yet precocious 1997 vintage port. |
1997 |
£56.00 |
RP96
2004-30 |
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WARRE |
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36
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75cl
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Warre Vintage Port
Wine Spectator
- I love the nose on this, with blackberry, black liquorice, and dark
chocolate. Full-bodied, medium sweet and very, very dense. What
seductive mouthfeel, with polished, round tannins that caress the
palate. This may be better than the fantastic 1994. |
2007 |
£46.00 |
WS97
2015-40 |
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59
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75cl
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Warre Vintage Port
RP
- One of the finest Warres I have ever tasted, this opaque
purple-coloured wine is made in a drier style (a la Dow), yet it is
expressive, extremely full-bodied, with superb richness, purity, and
well-integrated alcohol and tannin. It possesses a great mid-palate as
well as impressive length. Tasters should take note of the wealth of
peppery, liquorice-scented and flavoured raspberry and blackcurrant
fruit. Look for it to be ready to drink in 10-12 years, and keep for
30+.
This is a profound example of Warre vintage port. |
1994 |
£42.00 |
RP94
2008-40 |
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