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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.

1963 Taylor-Fladgate

Heavy capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue; exposed cork

WS  97   
RP  95   

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2000 Taylor-Fladgate

Light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2003 Taylor-Fladgate

WE  97   
WA  96   
WS  94   
ST  93   
JR  18   

1963 Fonseca

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

MB  *****   
WS  98   
WA  96   

1970 Fonseca

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

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1970 Fonseca

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1977 Fonseca

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  93   
JR  16   
MB  ****   

1985 Graham's

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  96   
WS  96   
DE  ***   

2000 Graham's

Light label condition issue

WS  98   
RP  94   
ST  94   
JR  17.5   
WS  #9 of 2003   

2000 Graham's

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  98   
RP  94   
ST  94   
JR  17.5   
WS  #9 of 2003   

2000 Quinta do Noval

WS  96   
ST  94   
RP  92   

2016 Quinta do Noval

Light label condition issue

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  97   
VN  94   
WE  92   
JR  18   

1985 Quinta do Noval

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; Case condition issue

1964 Quinta do Noval Nacional

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

1991 Quinta do Noval Nacional

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

1901 Barbeito Reserva Velha Malvasia Madeira

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1795 Barbeito Terrantez Madeira

Capsule condition issue

1885 Barbeito Verdelho Madeira

JR  17   

1970 Warre's Tercentenary Vintage Port

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

MB  *****   

1997 Niepoort

Light capsule condition issue

WS  98   
ST  90   

1963 Sandeman

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

WS  96   
WA  93   
MB  ****   

1963 Sandeman

Label condition issue

WS  96   
WA  93   
MB  ****   

1982 Sandeman

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

MB  ***   

2016 Sandeman