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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.

1963 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WS  97   
RP  95   

1963 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WS  97   
RP  95   

1977 Taylor-Fladgate

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

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

1970 Fonseca

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

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

N.V. Graham's 40 Year Tawny

WE  94   
WS  93   
DE  ****   

N.V. Graham's 40 Year Tawny

Light capsule condition issue

WE  94   
WS  93   
DE  ****   

1970 Dow's

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

WS  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  90   
MB  ****   

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

2000 Dow's

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  93   
ST  93+    

2017 Quinta do Noval Douro Touriga Nacional

WA  93   
JS  92   

1980 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

MB  ***   

1885 Barbeito Verdelho Madeira

JR  17   

1977 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

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

1977 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

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

1994 Warre's

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1970 Warre's Tercentenary Vintage Port

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

MB  *****   

1955 Sandeman

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

WA  92   

1963 Sandeman

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

WS  96   
WA  93   
MB  ****   

1963 Sandeman

Label condition issue

WS  96   
WA  93   
MB  ****   

1982 Sandeman

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

MB  ***   

2011 Sandeman

WA  94   

1960 Sandeman

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Case condition issue

MB  ***   

1994 Quinta do Vesuvio

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  92   

1996 Quinta do Vesuvio

Light label condition issue

JR  18.5   
WS  90