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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.

1977 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WS  98   
RP  96   
JR  18.5+    
MB  ****   

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port

WE  93   
WS  92   
WS  #76 of 2023   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

WE  93   
WS  92   
WS  #76 of 2023   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 40 Year Old Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

1986 Taylor-Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

ST  91   

1995 Taylor-Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas

ST  94   
WS  92   

1970 Fonseca

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1970 Fonseca

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

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1992 Fonseca

Label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  94   
MB  ****   
WS  #4 of 1995   

1994 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

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

1963 Graham's

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

MB  *****   
WS  97   
RP  96   

1980 Graham's

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

WS  90   
MB  ****   

1994 Graham's

RP  96   
WS  95   
JR  18.5   

1994 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
JR  16   
DE  ***   

1994 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
JR  16   
DE  ***   

1997 Quinta do Noval

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  18   

2017 Quinta do Noval

Light label condition issue

WS  98   
WS  #53 of 2019   

1937 Quinta do Noval Colheita

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

RP  92   

2016 Quinta do Noval Douro Touriga Nacional

Light label condition issue

WA  95   
WS  92   

1885 Barbeito Verdelho Madeira

JR  17   

1997 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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

1970 Warre's Tercentenary Vintage Port

Capsule condition issue; elevated cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

MB  *****   

2017 Niepoort

WA  99-100   
WS  94   

1960 Sandeman

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

MB  ***