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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.

1992 Taylor-Fladgate

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   
CT  95.3   
MB  **/*   
WS  #18 of 1995   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 30 Year Old Tawny Port

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; bottled in 2023; Herbalife branded bottle; Herbalife, Lisbon Summit 2024 branded case

CT  91.4   

1963 Taylor-Fladgate Averys Bristol Bottling

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate Kingsman Edition Very Old Tawny

1968 Taylor-Fladgate Limited Edition Very Old Single Harvest Port

WE  95   

1969 Taylor-Fladgate Limited Edition Very Old Single Harvest Port

WS  93   
WA  92   
JR  17.5   

1995 Taylor-Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas

ST  94   
WS  92   

1977 Fonseca

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1977 Fonseca

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1977 Fonseca

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1997 Fonseca

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

RP  93   
ST  93   
CT  92.8   
WS  91   
JR  17   
DE  ****   

2011 Fonseca

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  98   
JR  19.5   
WA  97-99   
WE  97   
ST  96+    
CT  95.3   
WS  #13 of 2014   

2016 Fonseca

JS  98   
WA  97   
WS  97   
WE  97   
VN  96   
CT  92.8   
JR  17.5+    

1977 Graham's

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

RP  93   
WS  90   
JR  18   
MB  ****/*   

1980 Graham's

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  90   
MB  ****   

1983 Graham's

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

WS  93   
RP  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

2000 Graham's

Light label condition issue; light writing on label

WS  98   
RP  94   
ST  94   
CT  93.2   
JR  17.5   
WS  #9 of 2003   

2011 Graham's

WS  96   
WE  96   
WA  95-97   
JR  19   
CT  94   

2011 Graham's

Label condition issue

WS  96   
WE  96   
WA  95-97   
JR  19   
CT  94   

2011 Graham's

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
WE  96   
WA  95-97   
JR  19   
CT  94   

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

2011 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  99   
ST  97   
WA  96-98   
JR  19   
WS  #1 of 2014   

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   

1963 Quinta do Noval

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ***   

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***