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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.

N.V. Blandy's Verdelho Solera 1870 Madeira

WS  91   

1983 Cockburn

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

WS  97   

1983 Cockburn

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

WS  97   

1983 Cockburn

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

WS  97   

1985 Cockburn

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

WS  90   
MB  ***   

1991 Cockburn

Light label condition issue

MB  ***   

1991 Cockburn

Capsule condition issue

MB  ***   

1994 Cockburn

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  91   

1977 Croft

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

JR  17   

1977 Croft

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

JR  17   

1977 Croft

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

JR  17   

1977 Croft

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

JR  17   

1991 Croft

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

WS  94   
RP  93   

1995 Delaforce Quinta da Corte

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

1963 Dow's

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

JR  19.5   
RP  92   
WS  92   
MB  ****   

1970 Dow's

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  90   
MB  ****   

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; top shoulder 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+    

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1977 Dow's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1983 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  90   
JR  17.5   

1991 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  15.5   

1994 Dow's

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
CT  93.5   
JR  16   
DE  ***   

1994 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
CT  93.5   
JR  16   
DE  ***