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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

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  90   
MB  ****   
5 available
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1983 Fonseca

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  90   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

2016 Fonseca

JS  98   
WA  97   
WS  97   
WE  97   
VN  96   
CT  92.8   
JR  17.5+    
6 available
Bid *

1983 Fonseca Berry Bros. and Rudd Bottling

1983 Graham's

375ml

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   
8 available
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1983 Graham's

375ml

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   
3 available
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1983 Graham's

375ml

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

WS  93   
RP  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

1977 Dow's

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

WS  94   
RP  93   
JR  18+    

1985 Dow's

Elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

MB  ****   

1997 Dow's

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
WE  94   
ST  92+    
RP  90   
JR  17   

1990 Dow's Quinta do Bomfim

RP  96   
5 available
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1995 Dow's Quinta do Bomfim

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
ST  90   

2003 Quinta do Noval

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
WA  94   
ST  94   
JR  17.5   
5 available
Bid *

2003 Quinta do Noval

WS  96   
WA  94   
ST  94   
JR  17.5   

2007 Quinta do Noval

ST  96   
WS  95   
WA  94   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Quinta do Noval

Light label condition issue

ST  96   
WS  95   
WA  94   

2003 Quinta do Noval Colheita

2005 Quinta do Noval Colheita

2012 Quinta do Noval Colheita

1994 Quinta do Noval LBV

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1997 Niepoort

Light signs of past seepage

WS  98   
ST  90   
3 available
Bid *

1977 Ferreira

MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

1977 Ferreira

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

MB  ****   

1992 Ferreira LBV

2017 Cockburn

WS  96   
WE  96   
VN  95   
WA  94-96   
CT  91.6   
JR  17.5