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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.

1983 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1920 Barbeito Reserva Velha Malvasia Madeira Favilla Vieira

Bottled 03/2011

1920 Barbeito Reserva Velha Malvasia Madeira Favilla Vieira

Light label condition issue; bottled 03/2011

1983 Warre's

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

CT  91.8   
MB  ****   

1983 Warre's

Base neck fill

CT  91.8   
MB  ****   

1985 Warre's

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

JR  18.5   
WS  91   
CT  91   
MB  ****/*   

1991 Warre's

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   
CT  90.2   
JR  15   
MB  ***/*   

1994 Warre's

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1994 Warre's

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

1997 Warre's

MB  *****   
WS  94   
ST  90   
JR  18   

N.V. Warre's Otima 10 year old Tawny Port

500ml

Very top shoulder fill

WS  91   
JR  16.5   

1978 Warre's Quinta de Cavadinha

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

2005 Niepoort

JR  18.5+    
WS  91   

1991 Croft

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

WS  94   
RP  93   

N.V. Croft Distinction Finest Tawny Port

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

N.V. Croft Distinction Finest Tawny Port

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

N.V. Croft Distinction Finest Tawny Port

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1994 Smith Woodhouse

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   
JR  18   

1994 Ferreira

Light label condition issue

JR  18   

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   

1991 Cockburn

Light label condition issue

MB  ***