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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.

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

Elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

Lightly elevated cork

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2016 Fonseca

JS  98   
WA  97   
WS  97   
WE  97   
VN  96   
JR  17.5+    
7 available
Bid *

1994 Graham's

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  95   
JR  18.5   

1994 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
JR  16   
DE  ***   
2 available
Bid *

2016 Quinta do Noval

Light capsule condition issue

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  97   
VN  94   
WE  92   
JR  18   

1994 Warre's

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   
2 available
Bid

1994 Warre's

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1977 Sandeman

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

WS  91   
JR  15.5   

1994 Sandeman

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

JR  16   
DE  ***   

2016 Croft

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  95   
WA  94   
VN  94   
JR  16.5+    
5 available
Bid *

2016 Croft

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  95   
WA  94   
VN  94   
JR  16.5+    
4 available
Bid *

2017 Croft

WS  97   
JS  97   
VN  94   
WA  93-95   
WE  93   
JR  17.5   
8 available
Bid *

2017 Croft

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
JS  97   
VN  94   
WA  93-95   
WE  93   
JR  17.5   
3 available
Bid *

2017 Croft

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

1994 Quinta do Vesuvio

Light label condition issue; back label is tissue stained

WS  96   
RP  92   

2011 Quinta do Vale Meao

Lightly depressed cork

WS  98   
WA  91-93   
VN  90