The vineyards of Collares are among the world’s most unusual in the world. The ‘estates’ are essentially bushes of wild vines planted in pits dug out of the sand dunes of a beach near Lisbon. The red varietal of Collares, Ramisco, must...

The vineyards of Collares are among the world’s most unusual in the world. The ‘estates’ are essentially bushes of wild vines planted in pits dug out of the sand dunes of a beach near Lisbon. The red varietal of Collares, Ramisco, must...

Wine Spectator: 95 Points  Now we are talking. Wow. Aromas of licorice, flowers and crushed blackberries. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with lovely smooth, fine tannins and a long, sweet fruit finish. Greatest young Vintage Port of Smith...

WINERY NOTES: Colheita Ports are Tawnies which come from a single vintage and are aged in 550 L old barrels for a minimum period of 7 years prior to bottling. This wine is a delicious way to end off a meal and also matches very well with desserts, dried...

WINERY NOTES:  Colheita Ports are Tawnies which come from a single vintage and are aged in 550 L old barrels for a minimum period of 7 years prior to bottling. This wine is a delicious way to end off a meal and also matches very well with desserts,...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 97 Points  The 2004 Quinta do Noval Nacional has a show-stopping bouquet that is cut from a completely different cloth than the 2004 Vintage. This is far more extravagant and decadent, with kirsch, camphor, incense and...

Wine Enthusiast 96 Points:An impressive, balanced wine from master winemaker Dirk van Niepoort. Chocolate and licorice flavors dominate the fruit, giving a wine that has weight, complexity and at the same time elegance. The tannins offer a dense, dry...

Winemaker Note:Elegance, harmony, finesse and elegance characterize Noval's greatest Vintage Ports, which are declared only in great years (3 or 4 in a decade) and only when the wines come up to Noval's exacting standards. The wine is produced...

This lovely sparkling rose is made from the two most important white grapes in the Douro: Gouveio and Malvasia Fina with a touch of the deeply colored red grape, Touriga Franca. It is made in the traditional method, where the second fermentation occurs...

Tasting Notes:  Deep purple ruby colour. Pungent aromatic nose of black woodland fruit, dark cherry and plum with some balsamic herbal scents and a hint of exotic wood. Lovely clean, crisp freshness to the bouquet. The palate is rounded, smooth and...

  AGRICULTURAL YEAR Very wet Winter, followed by unsettled Spring. Mild and dry Summer. Harvest started early, and all the white grapes were picked before the rains started in the beginning of September. Impeccably ripe and healthy grapes were...

Winemaker's Note:A powerhouse of a wine with fresh, dark fruit aromas, rounded off with some lovely esteva (rockrose) and violets fragrance. Taught and muscular in the mouth with good grip from the schist tannins. Long and intense with superb structure...

The Contraste White Blend in this month’s il Consorzio continues our foray into the unique and wonderful wines of Portugal, this label being brand new to the marketplace. The wine is made by the Conceito Winery, located the Foz Coa region of...

James Suckling, 97 PointsExtremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium sweet. Hints of resin. Opulent yet restrained. Shows ripe and beautiful fruit with clarity. Try in 2025. Wine...

Dow’s is known for producing ports of intensity and focus from their two quintas, Bomfim and Ribeira. In 2016, these two parcels came together to create a wine with effusive black fruit, obvious minerality and floral undertones; finishing with...

Producer's Note:Classic wine style made from estate grown grapes that show the consistency and the rich, ripe character which is typical of the best Alentejo wines. We have invited the architect and photographer Duarte Belo to illustrate this...

Wine Spectator, 97 PointsDensely packed, with lots of warmed fig, mulled blueberry, açai berry and blackberry paste flavors rolling through, scored with graphite and tar notes, carrying through a finish that has a smoldering feel. A long licorice...

Winery Notes:  40% Touriga Franca, 30% Tinta Roriz, 30% Touriga Nacional. Pomares is named for the 18th century fruit orchards that run near this section of the vineyards where the average age of the vines is 25 plus years. The grape bunches pass...

#14 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2018 Nearly half the Warre’s 2016 is made up of old, mixed vines from both Cavadinha and Retiro. In sections of these vineyards, as many as 30 to 40 different varieties are planted together, and at Retiro they are...

Importer Notes:  The steep slopes of the Douro Valley give us the “Valley of the Scorpion” white. Gouveio (30%), Viosinho (20%), Rabigato (25%), Verdelho (20%) and Moscatel Galego Branco (5%) grapes make up this “field...

Producer's Note:Dow's Fine White is made primarily at the Quinta do Sol winery. Only traditional white grape varieties from the Douro valley are used. Dow's Fine White was 100% fermented off the skins and using temperature control so that fermentation...

This is a total spice box; more so than any other 2016 Vintage Port in house. Black pepper, ginger, clove, anise, orange peel, cinnamon and fruit cake notes were so beautifully entwined with plum, blackberry, violet, lavender and chocolate...