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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.

N.V. Graham's 40 Year Tawny

WE  94   
WS  93   
DE  ****   
5 available
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N.V. Graham's 40 Year Tawny

Light capsule condition issue

WE  94   
WS  93   
DE  ****   

N.V. Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto

5 available
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N.V. Niepoort 20 Year Tawny

WS  92   
9 available
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N.V. Ferreira Duque de Braganca 20 Year Tawny

WS  92   

N.V. Croft 10 Year Old Tawny

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

N.V. Croft Distinction Finest Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

4 available
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N.V. Cockburn 10 Year Tawny

JR  16   

N.V. Blandy's 10 Years Old Rich Malmsey Madeira

Light label condition issue

WE  91   
JR  16.5   

N.V. Blandy's Verdelho Solera 1870 Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   

N.V. Cossart Gordon Bual 1845 Solera Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  92   

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. Cossart Gordon Bual Centenary Solera Madeira 1845

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

N.V. Leacock Malmsey Solera 1863 Madeira

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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

375ml

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

375ml

N.V. Companhia das Lezirias Vinho Branco

6 available
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