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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.

2017 Croft

WS  97   
JS  97   
VN  94   
WA  93-95   
WE  93   
JR  17.5   

2012 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
4 available
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N.V. Blandy's Verdelho Solera 1880 Madeira

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

2011 Quinta do Vale Meao

Lightly depressed cork

WS  98   
WA  91-93   
VN  90   

N.V. Cossart Gordon Bual 1845 Solera Madeira

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  92   

N.V. Cossart Gordon Bual 1845 Solera Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  92   

N.V. Kopke 10 Years Old Port

1970 Kopke Vintage Port

Light capsule condition issue

4 available
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1970 Kopke Vintage Port

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

2 available
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1970 Kopke Vintage Port

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

1970 Kopke Vintage Port

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

1970 Kopke Vintage Port

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

1847 Shortridge Lawton & Co. Ltd Boal Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; missing front label

2000 Broadbent

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

WS  92-94   
RP  90   

1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

3 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

1900 Manuel de Sousa Herdeiros Boal Madeira

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

2019 Herdade do Esporão Monte Velho

9 available
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2019 Herdade do Esporão Monte Velho Branco

13 available
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2020 Wine & Soul Pintas Character

3 available
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1963 Robertson Rebello Valente

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

9 available
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1963 Robertson Rebello Valente

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

2013 Azores Wine Company Isabella a Proibida

Light label condition issue

5 available
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