For The Love Of Port

Symington is informing that they will bottle a Graham’s Stone Terraces vintage port 2021. It will be bottled in May this year and released later in the year. This will be the 5th Stone Terraces after 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Furthermore, there will be five single quinta vintage ports 2021: • Cockb...

8 years since last bottle!! Decanted 8.5 hrs, which was OK, but may be 10 hrs would be even better. Plenty of small sediments and needed to do double-decanting. Deep purple colour. Aroma is significantly dominated by red berries with a touch of floral notes. Full body. Quite elegant and smooth at st...

8 years since last bottle of this vintage. Cork came out in one piece (barely) with a regular corkscrew. Decanted 5.5 hrs, which was OK. Plenty of small sediments. Needed double-decanting. Dark red with a touch of brown. Fruity aroma of dark red berries and also some anis. Full body. Subdued power a...

This combined label with Noval and another quinta was new for me. Found at Noval wine shop in Pinhao, Douro early June this year. Purchased one bottle. Little info to be found, but apparently it has been declared in three vintages: 1983, 1989 and 1999. In J. D. A. Wisemans book “Port Vintages” the 1...

Early June this year Emmy and I visited Adega de Favaios in order to learn more about their moscatel production. Favaios is located fairly close to the town Alijo, both of them within the Douro region. To our surprise they have started to produce port wines. It was basic ruby, basic tawny and basic ...

Purchased this bottle last year at a wine shop in Porto (on the Ribeira-side). Bottled 2011. Decanted 4.5 hrs which worked well. Deep dark red colour. Very nice (and powerful) aroma of dark red berries. Medium to full body. At start of the tasting it was more acidity than preferred, but seconds late...

Yes, they are unfiltered.
Plenty with sediments at decanting.

Purchased this bottle last year at a wine shop in Porto (on the Ribeira-side). Decanted 4.5 hrs, which was OK. Deep, deep dark red colour. Wonderful aroma of berries, wood and minerals in a nice harmony. Full body. Taste is powerful and also pleasant. Nice structure. Hints of cocoa/chocolate (and so...

Seen from a vintage port view 2002 is regarded as a poor year. However, I have seen a couple of LBVs where the comments seem to be OK. I purchased this bottle last year at a wine shop in Porto (on the Ribeira-side). Bottled 2006. Decanted 4.5 hrs, but waited to consume after 6 hrs decanting, which w...

Decanted 1 hr. Medium yellow colour. Fresh and fruity aroma. Medium body. Taste is powerful and elegant with plenty of fruit. Acidity is on a low level, which suits me. Subsequently, I like the acidity/sweetness-balance. Well-structured white Douro-wine. Medium length aftertaste. Will buy more. 92 p...

I am glad it was a good bottle.
During the last 2-3 years I have had some problems with this product (been unlucky I guess), as acidity is too much too much and oxidation has taken place. That has happened with bottlings 2014, 2017 and 2019.

Decanted 5 hrs (6 hrs for next bottle). Cork came out in one piece with normal corkscrew. Plenty of sediments. Deep dark red colour with distinct impression of brown. Aroma of fruit, prunes and something undefined sweet. Full body. Powerful (although subdued), sweet fruit, minerals, some wood. Nice ...

Found only 2004 and 2005 available on the market. Decanted 5 hrs which worked well. Tiny bit sediments. Deep dark red with a distinct brown colour as well. Powerful aroma full of terroir, minerals and herbs. Full body. Powerful taste dominated by minerals, soil, herbs and hints of oak. The structure...

Decanted 5 hrs, which worked well. Some sediments at decanting. Deep dark red colour. Wonderful vintage aroma of fruit and flowers, and also touch of minerals and wood. Hint of dark chocolate. Medium to full body. Delicious, round and rich vintage port dominated by fruit, but also some minerals and ...

Decanted 5 hrs 45 min (next bottle 5 hrs). The cork came out with a regular corkscrew, i.e. no need for The Durand. Deep dark red colour with a hint of brown. Pleasant well-balanced fruity aroma. Impression of a wet/humid cellar. Medium to full body. Rich with plenty of berries (blackcurrant). Nice ...

The first bottle was consumed nearly 6 years ago (June 2016). At that time I wrote: “Should be stored in the cellar for 7-10 years”. So, I nearly waited that long. Decanted 3 hrs 10 min. Deep dark red colour. Aroma dominated by berries. Full body. Taste was powerful with plenty of fruit and some min...

Decanted 3 hrs, which worked well. Deep dark red colour, nearly black. Fruity aroma with oak in the background. Medium to full body. Taste is powerful in a subdued and “round” way. Plenty of fruit and in addition oak and minerals all around the fruit. Slightly dry towards the end. Medium length afte...

This quinta is located in Baixo Corgo close to Regua. 180 meters above the river Douro on the south side of the river. Joana Duarte used to be one of two winemakers at Bulas. She has recently moved over to Qd Marrocos. 75 cl. Bottled 2020. Decanted 1 hr which was sufficient. Amber colour. Quite deep...

Decanted 6.5 hrs (next bottle one more hour). Not much sediments at decanting. Deep dark purple colour. Rich aroma of fruit/berries. Full body. It was quite a mouthful at start, and also the taste can be described as rich in addition to elegant. This was really a well-structured vintage port and in ...

Bottled 2020. Decanted 2 hrs, which appeared OK. At 1 hr there was some alcohol in the aroma, but that faded away during 2nd hour. Transparent medium brown. Aroma of citrus, minerals and a touch of alcohol. Full body. Powerful, elegant, citrus, slightly “sharp” in style. Well-structured and a nice a...