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Vintage 1952
Portugal’s 1952 wine vintage was a very solid, concentrated year in the Douro Valley and across northern and central table wine regions.
While 1952 was not declared as a general Vintage Port year—falling squarely between the classical declarations of 1950 and 1955—the warm, dry growing season yielded small berries with intense phenolic concentration and high sugar levels. Several historic Port houses took advantage of the harvest's natural ...