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
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
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
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
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
From one of the few Madeira producers working primarily with their own vineyards, this is a full rich - meaning nicely sweet and dense - Madeira with perfect levels of balancing vivid acidity. It's 100% Tenta Negre, the most... 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
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
From the Peninsula de Setubal wine region, a bit south of Lisbon and partially jutting out into the chill Atlantic Ocean. The main red grape here is Castelao (also known as Periquita), a varietal planted all across Portugal but... Read More
Douro Valley appellation and grapes - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz – but with better balance and none of the scorched notes or gritty tannins so common here. It’s loaded with berry fruit on the nose... 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
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
A favorite style of port, a blend of wine from different vintages each aged in oak for around 20 years. Taylor-Fladgate's version is always a perfect blend of richness and elegance with a long, caramel-coated nut, finish.... 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
A classic LBV held in cask for 4 years then in bottle for 10 more. Delicious now and - as an unfiltered wine - able to improve for a decade or two to come.
Organic/BioLower ABV The husband/wife team of Jorge Serodino Borges and Sandra Tavares da Silva craft some of the most pure and detailed Ports and dry wines of the Douro Valley. Here they’re working with Rabigato, Viosinho... Read More
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