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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $85.59
12 bottles: $83.88
Juicy and fresh in feel, with a mix of cherry, peach and plum notes mingled with green tea and incense notes. Mostly...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $76.68 $85.20
6 bottles: $68.40
Blend dominated by Touriga Franca (41%) and Touriga Nacional (37%). Mainly picked eight days after the mid-September...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $87.11 $96.79
Based on Touriga Franca with Touriga Nacional and Sousão. Tight-knit, with firm, rapier-like tannins on the palate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $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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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $80.94
This is a luscious wine, with tannins that are cushioned by the ripe plum and prune fruits. That doesn't mean it is...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $88.94
Known for its seemingly unlimited stocks of aged tawnies and white Ports released in small quantities, this firm's...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $75.94
12 bottles: $74.42
Harmonious nose with hazelnut and orange marmalade. Beautiful texture on the palate with lovely candied sweetness and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $79.19
6 bottles: $78.40
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
6 bottles: $88.14
A beautifully balanced, rich wine, this has great tannins, a dense, firm texture and luscious blackberry fruits. It...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $79.94
A chip off the (40-year-old) block, Quinta do Noval’s 20-year-old has excellent structure and drive. Together with...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $79.74
6 bottles: $78.15
Expressive, with a wave of pure creamed plum, blackberry and blueberry fruit gliding through atop enticing anise and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $79.90
The large Quinta do Seixo on the south bank of the Douro has produced a perfumed wine. Rich in ripe berry flavors and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $92.54 $102.82
This is a beautifully concentrated wine. Rich and dense, it offers dried fruits, spice and intensity. The wine’s...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $97.55
6 bottles: $95.60
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Long-term Pre-Arrival
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $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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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $97.76
The is a phenomenal young port that showcases flowers, stones, black olives and dried mushrooms on the nose. The...
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Long-term Pre-Arrival
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $77.95
Based on Touriga Franca with Touriga Nacional and Sousão. Tight-knit, with firm, rapier-like tannins on the palate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $95.52
Fonseca has scored in both the 1991 and 1992 vintages. The 1992 is a majestic young port that should ultimately...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $79.95
The Fonseca 2011 is typically more forthcoming on the nose compared to the bashful Croft: a strident bouquet with...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $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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Port Blend

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.