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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.

1994 Dow's

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
CT  93.5   
JR  16   
DE  ***   

2011 Dow's

Light label condition issue

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

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   
5 available
Bid *

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   
3 available
Bid *

1963 Quinta do Noval

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1963 Quinta do Noval

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

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; 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  ***   

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   

1963 Quinta do Noval

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ***   

1963 Quinta do Noval

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

WA  91   
MB  ***   

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  ***   

1955 Cockburn

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

WE  96   
JR  18.5   
WS  90   
MB  ****   
5 available
Bid *

1955 Cockburn

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WE  96   
JR  18.5   
WS  90   
MB  ****   
3 available
Bid *

1955 Cockburn

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

WE  96   
JR  18.5   
WS  90   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

1955 Cockburn

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WE  96   
JR  18.5   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

1955 Cockburn

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

WE  96   
JR  18.5   
WS  90   
MB  ****