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Graham’s 1955 is one of the best wines of the year, big with generous fruit flavours. A superbly balanced wine, smooth and concentrated. Soft and delicate copper colour on the rim. Plenty of grip on the taste with soft rounded fruit flavours.
Wine Description
The Story
Graham's has a reputation as a producer of outstanding Vintage Port for well over a century. These wines are renowned for their remarkable richness, concentration and firm tannic structure: a combination which yields impressive longevity. Graham's Vintage Ports consistently attain the highest ratings in tastings and invariably attract very high bids at fine wine auctions.
Vintage Ports are only made in years of exceptionally high quality ha...
Wine Information
Vintage Overview
Outstanding fruit driven wines for longterm ageing. A real pleasure to drink now or over the next few decades. One of the most underrated Vintages of the 20th Century. Declared by most of the major Port houses.
The Viticultural Year
After the February rain there was a heat
wave in April and in the first half of May,
which was again followed by rain. The
vines flowered well and had the benefit of
further rain in June...
Vintage 1955
Port Vintage Report: Declared by 26 shippers, this was the largest declaration since 1927, and is one of the most underrated Vintages of the 20th Century. A real pleasure to drink now, the best will last well into the 21st Century if well cellared.
