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Wine Description
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...
Wine Information
The vintage started at all three quintas [Bomfim, Zimbro and Sra da Ribeira] on 25th September. The mostos (musts) have on the whole good colour and they are certainly better than we had expected, as the weather conditions throughout the year had been most unfavourable. The rain we had about a month before the vintage followed by good weather improved matters beyond all expectation. The grapes “rendered” very well and we got a great deal more ...
