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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.

1983 Fonseca Berry Bros. and Rudd Bottling

1976 Fonseca Guimaraens

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

2003 Quinta do Noval Colheita

2005 Quinta do Noval Colheita

2012 Quinta do Noval Colheita

1983 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco

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

1983 Quinta do Noval Quinta do Marco

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

1970 Sandeman

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

1970 Sandeman

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; light writing on label

N.V. Sandeman Founders Reserve

1.0ltr

1994 Niepoort Quinta do Passadouro

1992 Ferreira LBV

N.V. Blandy's Grand Cama de Lobos Madeira Solera 1864

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1991 Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva

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

1991 Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva

Top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1991 Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva

Label condition issue

1995 Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva

Light label condition issue

1994 Ramos-Pinto LBV

Lightly elevated cork

1970 Martinez

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

1994 Sandeman

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

JR  16   
DE  ***   

1977 Ferreira

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

MB  ****   

1978 Ferreira

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

JR  16   

1991 Warre's

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
CT  90.2   
JR  15   
MB  ***/*   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 10 Year Old Tawny Port

WS  90   

1995 Graham's Malvedos

Light label condition issue

ST  90