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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.

1966 Fonseca

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

WS  97   

1970 Fonseca

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

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1985 Fonseca

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   
DE  ***   

1985 Fonseca

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   
DE  ***   

2003 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

ST  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
JR  18.5   
2 available
Bid

2016 Fonseca

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

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    
2 available
Bid *

1980 Dow's

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

JR  18.5   
WS  91   

1985 Dow's

Light label condition issue

MB  ****   

1991 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  15.5   
2 available
Bid *

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   

1966 Quinta do Noval

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

JR  19   
WA  92   
WS  91   
MB  ****   

2016 Quinta do Noval

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  97   
VN  94   
WE  92   
JR  18   
5 available
Bid *

2016 Quinta do Noval

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  97   
VN  94   
WE  92   
JR  18   
3 available
Bid *

1937 Quinta do Noval Colheita

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

RP  92   

1966 Quinta do Noval Colheita

1980 Quinta do Noval Nacional

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

MB  ***   

1960 Warre's

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

JR  19   
WS  90   

1994 Warre's

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

WS  95   
RP  94   
DE  ****   

1997 Warre's

1.5ltr

MB  *****   
WS  94   
ST  90   
JR  18   

1963 Warre's Grants of St. James's Ltd. Bottling

Base neck fill; label condition issue

N.V. Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto

N.V. Warre's Nimrod Tawny Reserve Porto

Light label condition issue

2 available
Bid *

N.V. Warre's Nimrod Tawny Reserve Porto

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1997 Niepoort

Light capsule condition issue

WS  98   
ST  90