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Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. Graham's is one of the finest wines of the year, showing all the very best characteristics of this rich Vintage. Excellent deep red garnet color at the heart of the glass. On the nose a rich...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Quinta do Vesuvio from Portugal. The overall blend is exceptionally structured, with complex layered aromas. Themout is long, opulent and dry with very clean, balanced acidity in contrast to the Vesuvio Vintage blend, which...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. Possesses Graham's typical rich, concentrated fruit and strong underlying grip from the firm tannins. This well-structured Vintage was initially unfairly underrated but it has since established...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. This excellent Vintage has an intense colour with a deep, purple rim. On the nose shows a luscious ripeness with attractive floral aromas and undertones of black cherry. On the palate, a typically...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. A classic growing season produced grapes in quite superb condition. It soon became apparent during the vintage that the wines would be exceptional. This initial assessment has been borne out...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. W. & J. Graham's Classic Vintage Ports are produced in years when the harvest and the resulting wines are found to be exceptional. This occurs, on average, about 3 times per decade. After aging for 18 months in cask, the best wines of some the finest Quintas in the Douro, especially Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos, are blended to produce a rich, exquisite wine. Violets, roses, spices, and candied dark fruits emanate from the glass of the murky black/purple colored 2003 Graham Vintage Port. After four days of air, this wine's aromatics sweetened further, displaying jammy blackberry and blueberry scents. Bold, full-bodied, and expansive, the Graham benefited the most from extensive contact with air of all the 2003s tasted for this report. This opulently jammy wine assaults the palate with powerful yet soft layers of oily, candied red fruits as well as notes of tar and hints of mocha. A highly concentrated effort, it is creamy textured, suave, and reveals an admirably long finish filled with additional layers of dark fruits intermingled with spices. Projected maturity: 2030-2055. -Wine Advocate

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Taylor Fladgate from Portugal. Opaque purple black color with a narrow violet rim. Characteristically stylish and racy, with a nose of dense blackcurrant and woodland fruit overlaid with discreet herbal nuances and scents...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. 2007 was characterized by mild temperatures during maturation, leading ripening of the grapes and resulting in very balanced and elegant wines. Very profound and intense deep purple color....

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Fonseca from Portugal. Impenetrable inky black color with purple highlights. As would be expected of Fonseca, the nose is dominated by a massively potent and concentrated fruitiness, packed with dense blackcurrant...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. A real stalwart wine with a very attractive nose reminiscent of blackberries and violets. Still very firm in the mouth with masses of tannins and intensely rich, succulent fruit. Superb quality...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Cockburn from Portugal. Consistently hot and dry, with no surprises and an optimal level of rain during the different seasons of the year. The vines grew with a low but steady level of water, allowing them to classically develop. A fine picking season in September lead to a harvest with above average quantity and excellent quality, mainly due to the consistency of the weather. He added, It was a good year especially for Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional, allowing a strong maturation of these leading Douro varieties. -- Miguel Corte-Real, Cockburn's Viticultural & Commercial Director Our blenders have been tasting, categorizing and identifying the wines that might go into the final vintage blend for the best part of two years now. Only after the most rigorous selection was the final decision taken; it's been a long, focused, process. This wine is intensely purple in color, with aromas of blackberries and mature plums; full and firm on palate, with a long fruity finish resonating with chocolate overtones. Try with a Stilton Blue and hazelnuts -- Jim Reader, Cockburn's Head of Wine Making and General Manager

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Dow's from Portugal. Very dark opaque purple colour, with a typically spicy nose and intense underlying aromas of blackberries and blackcurrants. On the palate enormous weight and structure with a marvellous balance of dense black fruit flavours and firm tannins.