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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.

1970 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WS  98   
RP  96   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

1970 Fonseca Berry Bros. and Rudd Bottling

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

1970 Graham's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18.5   

1977 Warre's

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  92   
JR  17   
MB  ***/**   

1977 Sandeman

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

WS  91   
JR  15.5   

1975 Cockburn

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

JR  15.5   
4 available
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1967 Kopke Colheita Porto

Bottled in 2017

WA  95   

1972 Offley Boa Vista

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

MB  *****   

1977 Porto Rocha Vintage Port

Bottled in 1996

1975 Feuerheerd Colheita

4 available
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1977 Maynard's Colheita

2 available
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