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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.

1994 Taylor-Fladgate LBV

1970 Fonseca Berry Bros. and Rudd Bottling

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

1991 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1901 Barbeito Reserva Velha Malvasia Madeira

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1795 Barbeito Terrantez Madeira

Capsule condition issue

N.V. Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto

5 available
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1995 D'Oliveiras Tinta Negra Medium Dry Madeira

Light capsule condition issue

N.V. Croft Distinction Finest Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

4 available
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N.V. Cossart Gordon Bual Centenary Solera Madeira 1845

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

1985 Kopke Colheita Porto

N.V. Leacock Malmsey Solera 1863 Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1847 Shortridge Lawton & Co. Ltd Boal Madeira

Heavy capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1847 Shortridge Lawton & Co. Ltd Boal Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; missing front label

N.V. C. Da Silva Presidential 10 Years Old Tawny

375ml

N.V. C. Da Silva Presidential 20 Years Old Tawny

375ml

2019 Herdade do Esporão Monte Velho

11 available
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2019 Herdade do Esporão Monte Velho Branco

13 available
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1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; bottled in 1978

2 available
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1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue; bottled in 1978

1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

Heavy capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue; bottled in 1978

1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; bottled in 1978

1985 Royal Oporto Wine Co.

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2015 Filipa Pato Bairrada Tinto Nossa Calcario

Light label condition issue

2016 Quinta dos Murças Assobio

12 available
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2018 Destino Fifth Empire Vinho Branco

Light label condition issue