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Subregion | Portugal > Port |
Colour | Red |
Type | Fortified |
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A superbly intense wine of great concentration, this has a generous structure and abundant ripe-fruit tones. Its tannins are fully intact, promising an immensely long aging period. It's rich, but also fresh in acidity and juicy black-fruit flavors. Drink from 2029.
Extremely vinous and aromatic with flowers and dark berries. Herbal and tobacco undertones. This is very tight and chewy, showcasing so much grape-skin character character. So phenolic yet not roughly tannic. Unique. Try in 2022.
Liquorice and black fruits the nose has a mix of flavours the richness backed by mineral freshness. The palate starts with bitter chocolate and rich ripe fruit the mid palate fleshy the tannins ripe. It seems slightly understated at the back with hints of black pepper spice quite firm yet richer on the finish with black cherry and damsons. 2038-70
A deep and viscous purple in the glass, this has a very dark-fruited, ripe and exotic nose of cassis, cloves, camphor and nutmeg. The palate has an extremely deep, intense, rich core of black fruit that drives through the sugar and acidity on the palate. This concentration is matched by the powerful, chewy tannic structure that only adds to the wine's density. With an almost ferous richness, this drives through with great power to the finish.
I can't decide whether I approve of these special small-production vintage ports or not. The 2016 is certainly absolutely outstanding; but does its absence from the main Graham's 2016 rob it of a vital ingredient? Very dark crimson. Heady and malty on the nose. Really exciting and vibrant. This wine almost presents a case for going wholesale from vintage blends to single-vineyard bottlings. Rich and sinewy and polished and with massive acidity too but not too much. This has great individual personality. Aromas of nuts, dried fruits and citrus peel.
Drink 2047-2075
– I am aware that this wine and I do not see eye to eye, but I press on and try to understand it singular appeal every time I am fortunate to taste it. This tiny production (400 cases) largely single varietal wine (Touriga Nacional) is bizarrely herbal and perfumed with a rocky, menthol appeal and a slender, high tensile palate. It will age well and no doubt blossom in time, but I cannot see sufficient fruit here to bring enough true swagger and bravado to proceedings.
Mostly Touriga Nacional from traditional stone-walled terraces at Quinta dos Malvedos, Graham’s flagship estate. The vineyards mostly face north and east:
inky blue-black colour; closed, intense with a hint of liquorice and dark chocolate, big and dense with bitter-sweet dark chocolate intensity and broad tannins rising in the mouth to a massive peacock’s tail of a finish. A ‘wow’ of a wine. 350 cases produced. 19.5/20