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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.

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   

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   

1985 Quinta do Noval

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Case condition issue

1982 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
2 available
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1955 Quinta do Noval

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1963 Graham's

Top shoulder fill

MB  *****   
WS  97   
RP  96   

1963 Graham's

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

MB  *****   
WS  97   
RP  96   

2007 Quinta do Vale Meao Douro

Light label condition issue

JR  17.5   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Quinta do Vale Meao Douro

JR  17.5   

1950 Barros

Light capsule condition issue

WA  91   

1955 Gould Campbell

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

2006 Quinta do Vale Meao Douro

Light label condition issue

WS  95   

1994 Fonseca

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  97   
JR  17.5   
WS  #1 of 1997   
2 available
Bid *

1963 Fonseca

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

MB  *****   
WS  98   
WA  96   
2 available
Bid *

1978 Justino Henriques Terrantez Madeira

1978 Justino Henriques Boal Madeira

1968 Quinta do Noval Colheita

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

1970 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WE  99   
WS  98   
VN  98   
RP  96   
CT  94.5   
JR  16.5   
MB  ****   

N.V. Fonseca 40 Year Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

WA  95   
ST  93   
WS  91   

1977 Taylor-Fladgate

Heavy capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

VN  98   
WS  97   
RP  96   
WE  95   
CT  94.6   
JR  16.5   
MB  ****   

1977 Taylor-Fladgate

Top shoulder fill; label condition issue

VN  98   
WS  97   
RP  96   
WE  95   
CT  94.6   
JR  16.5   
MB  ****   

1977 Taylor-Fladgate

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

VN  98   
WS  97   
RP  96   
WE  95   
CT  94.6   
JR  16.5   
MB  ****   

1977 Fonseca

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1977 Fonseca

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1975 Graham's

Light label condition issue

MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *