Vintage Port Wine Years

A list of the top 10 port vintages considered to be the greatest of the last 100 years from 1912 to 2012.

Vintage port wine years. Top 10 iconic port vintages of the last century you are currently viewing the. Many wines of the vintage not yet reviewed. ˌviɲu duˈpoɾtu porto or usually simply port is a portuguese fortified wine produced with distilled grape spirits exclusively in the douro valley in the northern provinces of portugal. The truth is vintage port is one of the easiest and most straightforward of wines to decant.

There are several pieces to what makes a port a vintage port. Much is made of decanting vintage port so much so it can put people off even trying port for fear they will somehow get it wrong and ruin the wine. Port wine also known as vinho do porto portuguese pronunciation. A port wine with an excellent complexity and intensity where it stands out beautiful aromas of sea air spices like pepper and cinnamon.

Charles symington sfe s head winemaker recommends a simple guideline. The wine is produced aged and bottled according to the regulations. It is typically a sweet red wine often served as a dessert wine although it also comes in dry semi dry and white varieties. 1982 1983 is a classic example of a so called split vintage see also 1991 1992 where there was a lack of consensus among the port shippers as to which of the two is the better year.

How or why a port is made or declared to be vintage seems to confuse those new to the wine. In the end 1983 won hands down. 1900 2017 key to ratings. Though accounting for just a fraction of total port production vintage port is the douro s flagship style attracting attention and speculation the world over.

50 74 not recommended a score range indicates preliminary analysis based on barrel samples and or a limited sampling. Vintage port is the most expensive and prestigious member of the port family. Ftlop rating equivalent classic excellent very good good average 2017 classic hold 2016 excellent hold drink 2015 excellent hold drink 2014 average hold drink 2013 average hold drink 2012 very good hold drink 2011 classic hold drink 2010 average hold drink 2009 very good drink hold. Very simply a producer decides to declare a vintage they feel the wines which were produced in a given harvest year possess the characteristics of a vintage port.

Roy s vintage port vintage chart. Taylor fladgate vintage port is one of the world s great iconic wines made only in the very finest years known as declared vintages vintage ports are blended from the best produce of the firm s own estates of quinta de vargellas quinta de terra feita and more recently quinta do junco.