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Pure grape aromas that remind me of fermenting must but then goes to stems and dried flowers. Full-bodied, medium...
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$20.53
Fresh and open, with a set of crushed plum and steeped cherry flavors backed by Black Forest cake and licorice...
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$199.94
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Deep red color with dense violoet tones. Intense and elegant aromas dominated by ripe black fruits such as...
750ml
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$83.94
The 2017 Vintage Port, not quite bottled when seen but the final blend, is a field blend (with typical grapes like...
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$133.68
Wow! Amazing aromas of crushed blackberry and blueberry, stems and rose petal. Entrancing. Full-bodied, very tight...
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$45.20
6 bottles:
$44.30
Color: Deep ruby red.
Bouquet: Very ripe and intense nose; ripe blackberry and plum, fig, cracked pepper and orange...
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Dense and layered with very ripe fruit and beautiful blueberry and blackberry character. Medium sweet. Driven and...
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The 2017 Vintage Port is a blend of 33% Touriga Nacional, 35% Touriga Franca, 15% Sousão and 12% Alicante Bouschet,...
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Cockburn Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$90.24
The 2017 Vintage Port is a blend of 52% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca and small portions of Sousão and...
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Croft Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$64.78
Blueberry, blackberry and dried violets on then nose that follow through to a full body, firm and chewy tannins and a...
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Croft Vintage Port Quinta Da Roeda 2017
750ml - Case of 3
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$162.62
Quinta da Roêda is the cornerstone of Croft’s reputation as a producer of superb Vintage and vintage style Ports....
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Fonseca Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$83.94
The 2017 Vintage Port, not quite bottled when seen but the final blend, is a field blend (with typical grapes like...
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Graham Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$86.82
Wow! Amazing aromas of crushed blackberry and blueberry, stems and rose petal. Entrancing. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Graham Vintage Port The Stone Terraces 2017
750ml - Case of 3
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$346.59
The aromas here are amazing: crushed blueberries and raspberries with wet earth and dried flower. Orange blossom. Tar...
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Niepoort Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$123.45
The 2017 Vintage Port is a field blend from old vines (80 to 100 years old). It comes in with 89 grams per liter of...
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Quinta Do Noval Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$79.45
#53 TOP 100, 2019. This is well-packed, offering the vivid plum, boysenberry, cassis and açaí berry fruit profile...
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Quinta Do Vesuvio Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$68.25
The 2017 Vintage Port is a blend of 33% Touriga Nacional, 35% Touriga Franca, 15% Sousão and 12% Alicante Bouschet,...
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Taylor Fladgate Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$80.25
Complex aromas of tar, wet earth, dark berry and flowers follow through to a full body, medium sweet and amazing...
Diamond Port Blend Primitivo 2017 750ml
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.