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Portugal

Portugal is best known for its two legendary fortified wines, Port and Madeira, but it also produces significant amounts of red and white table wine. In most years it ranks around the 10th or 11th largest wine producer in the world. In 2013, for instance, Portugal was the 11th largest producer just after Germany. Wine has always been produced in Portugal and in fact the country was the first to organize an appellation system, which it did in 1756, nearly 200 years before the French set up their appellations. The highest quality wines are labeled D.O.C. for Denominaçào de Origem Controlada. Many of the most innovative winemakers today, however, are avoiding the appellation system, which they deem too stifling for modern winemaking practices. The Douro Valley is the nation’s most important wine producing region, and it is the capital of Port production. The Portuguese island of Madeira, located 400 miles west of Morocco, is the nation’s other famous wine region, having produced Madeira for export for more than 400 years. Many red and white wine grapes grow in Portugal, though the best known is Touriga Nacional, the red grape used for Port and, increasingly, high quality table wines. Touriga Nacional produces dark, tannic, fruity wines.

2005 Niepoort

JR  18.5+    
WS  91   

1992 Quinta do Vesuvio

Label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   

1971 Quinta do Noval Colheita

Lightly depressed cork

RP  92   

1995 Warre's Quinta de Cavadinha

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
2 available
Bid *

1983 Graham's

Elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

1990 Quinta do Vesuvio

Capsule condition issue

RP  93   
JR  17   

1997 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  93   
CT  92.8   
WS  91   
JR  17   
DE  ****   

1997 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  93   
CT  92.8   
WS  91   
JR  17   
DE  ****   

2003 Warre's LBV

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
WE  92   
WS  90   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port

WE  93   
WS  92   
WS  #76 of 2023   
6 available
Bid *

1977 Dow's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1977 Dow's

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1991 Croft

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   

1970 Graham's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18.5   
2 available
Bid

1970 Graham's

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18.5   

2000 Dow's

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  93   
ST  93+    
CT  91.8   

2000 Dow's

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  93   
ST  93+    
CT  91.8   

1985 Taylor-Fladgate

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

WA  95   
WS  90   
JR  16   
MB  ***/**   

1994 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   
5 available
Bid *

1994 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1994 Warre's

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1994 Warre's

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1994 Warre's

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1967 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  95   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   
2 available
Bid *

1967 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  95   
ST  93   
JR  17.5