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Vintage 1989
The 1989 vintage in Portugal stands out as an exceptionally warm, early, and low-yielding campaign across both the Douro Valley and major table-wine regions like Dão and Bairrada. Coming off an unusually hot summer, high temperatures accelerated sugar development and led to one of the earliest harvests of the decade.
While 1989 was generally not declared as a classic Vintage Port year across the major shippers—since many houses opted for th...
