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  • Country ranking ?

    294
  • Producer ranking ?

    66
  • Decanting time

    5h
  • When to drink

    from 2030

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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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Good winter rainfall replenished depleted soil water reserves. Settled spring weather encouraged good bud burst and fruit set, although the hottest May in 40 years and a very hot June strained the vines. A strong hailstorm on the 14th of June occurred, thinning

of the crop in some Douro districts. A succession of Atlantic storms brought some rain during the harvest, but strong winds rapidly dried the bunches, thus pre-empting any harm to the grapes.


Terracotta-coloured core with deep brown rims denoting its relative youth. Fresh aromas of ginger are interspersed with hints of mint, tea and toffee apple. On the palate, the ripe fruit flavours deliver a pleasurable viscosity that lingers in the mouth. This is a generous and sumptuous Port with a broad palette of aromas and flavours.


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Origin

Porto, Douro

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