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  • Country ranking ?

    222
  • Producer ranking ?

    53
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    Now-2040
  • Food Pairing

Food Pairing

Chocolate marquise, Baklava

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The Story

This exceptional old Tawny Port from a single year brings together the finest crafts of Graham’s long winemaking tradition. The wine was principally made from grapes grown at Graham’s flagship Douro Valley vineyard in northern Portugal, Quinta dos Malvedos. Following its first winter at the property, the wine was taken to Graham’s wine cellar, or ‘lodge’, which is very close to the Atlantic Ocean at Vila Nova de Gaia, just opposite the city of...

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Wine Information

Recognising the 1969 wine as truly outstanding, Charles Symington, Head of Winemaking at Graham’s, selected it for a limited release.

Graham’s 1969 Single Harvest is a special bottling of only six casks from the 1969 harvest, each cask producing just 712 numbered bottles. Charles tasted each of the 21 casks of 1969 Port still maturing in Graham’s lodge and selected the six he deemed exceptional.

‘I chose to bottle this Port now as I beli...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Amber and Bright

ending

Long, Round and Alcoholic

flavors

Plum, Nutty and Dried-fruit

nose

Mature, Opulent and Round

taste

Average in Acidity, High alcohol content, Low tannin, Full-bodied, Round, Ripe and Full

Verdict

Transparent and Fine

Written Notes

The first year we chose from all our ageing wines in the Graham’s 1890 Lodge, was one that we had always considered special: the 1961. This wine had matured under the watchful eye and nose of Peter, my father, while he was head winemaker, and we decided to bottle a small quantity to offer to our customers. This Port proved to be enormously successful, rapidly selling out. The decision to choose the very fine 1969 as the successor wine proved quite straightforward as we had singled it out, from among other stocks of fine maturing wines from the 1960’s, as the one showing the same outstanding calibre and character that were embodied in its predecessor.


We took samples from each of the 21 casks of the 1969, still remaining in the lodge, lined them up

in the tasting room and carefully tasted each one. All casks proved to be worthy of selection for bottling but there were six that were truly exceptional, standing out from the others. They showed a very attractive, rich golden-amber colour with still some garnet reflections in the centre. The aromas proved simply mesmerizing, with delicate, floral qualities reminiscent of honeysuckle, vanilla and soft undertones of caramel. Deliciously concentrated in the mouth, whilst at the same time, smooth as silk, with exotic spice and a suggestion of butterscotch. The richness is balanced by a firm and refreshing acidity which gives the wine a perfect balance and structure, leading to an endless finish.


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Origin

Porto, Douro

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

16-17C

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