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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.

1970 Taylor-Fladgate

Base neck fill

WS  98   
RP  96   
CT  94.5   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

1970 Taylor-Fladgate

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

WS  98   
RP  96   
CT  94.5   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

1994 Taylor-Fladgate

375ml

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97   
DE  ****   
WS  #1 of 1997   

1994 Taylor-Fladgate

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97   
DE  ****   
WS  #1 of 1997   

1994 Taylor-Fladgate

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97   
DE  ****   
WS  #1 of 1997   

1969 Taylor-Fladgate Limited Edition Very Old Single Harvest Port

WS  93   
WA  92   
JR  17.5   

1987 Taylor-Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas

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

WS  93   

1977 Fonseca

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

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

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

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1994 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  97   
JR  17.5   
WS  #1 of 1997   

2016 Fonseca

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

1963 Dow's

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

JR  19.5   
RP  92   
WS  92   
MB  ****   

1977 Dow's

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

2018 Dow's LBV

WS  93   
WS  #26 of 2024   

2015 Dow's Quinta Senhora da Ribeira

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
WE  93   
WS  91   
JR  17.5   

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; 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  ***   

2009 Quinta do Noval Colheita

JS  94   
WA  93   
WS  92   
VN  92   
JD  92   
JR  17   

1980 Quinta do Noval Nacional

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

MB  ***   

2004 Quinta do Noval Nacional

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

WA  97   

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 Warre's

Capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****