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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.

1991 Quinta do Noval

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1994 Quinta do Noval

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

RP  95   
WS  95   

1971 Quinta do Noval Colheita

Lightly depressed cork

RP  92   

1987 Quinta do Noval Colheita

2008 Quinta do Noval LBV

WS  90   

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   

1967 Quinta do Noval Nacional

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

WS  95   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

1983 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco

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

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

1795 Barbeito Terrantez Madeira

1970 Warre's

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   

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  ****/*   

1985 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light 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 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

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  ****   

1997 Warre's

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

2000 Warre's

Light label condition issue

JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  91   
CT  91.4   
RP  90