Ten years in oak casks in Vila Nova de Gaia is enough for a Port to shift from young and fruity toward mature and nutty, without losing its freshness entirely. Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny lands right at the point where the two sides meet.

Expert's Description

Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese Aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks for around 10 years and bottled at 20%.

As with the house's other aged Tawny Ports, the 10 years is an average expression of a blend of casks of varying ages, put together by Graham's cellar master so the overall wine matches the age stated on the label.

The Port is aged oxidatively, where slow contact with air through the wood gives it its characteristic tawny colour and a flavour that moves from fresh fruit toward roasted nuts and dried fruit.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers roasted almonds, honey and figs, with a light suggestion of caramel.

Palate

The palate is rich and mature, with fruit cake, caramel and a fine spiced finish that ties it all together.

Finish

The finish is long, closing with a last touch of sweet caramel and a hint of cinnamon.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Aged Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (approx. 10 years)
EAN no.: 5010867410220
Serving suggestion: Serve lightly chilled at 12-14°C, ideally with almonds, figs or fruit cake

Flavour Profile

Roasted almonds · Caramel · Fig · Rounded

Did You Know?

Ten years in cask gives just enough time for the fresh berry fruit to give way to nutty and dried-fruit notes, without the Port losing the light freshness that still marks a younger age indication than 20 or 30 years.

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Not every Port evening calls for a full bottle. In the half-size format, Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny comes in a size built for a quiet afternoon with one or two glasses, without the rest of the bottle waiting around too long.

Expert's Description

Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese Aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks for around 10 years and bottled at 20% in a 37.5cl bottle.

The wine is identical to the house's 10 Year Old Tawny in 75cl, simply bottled in the smaller format. That makes it a good option as a gift or for anyone wanting to try the style without committing to a full bottle.

As with the house's other aged Tawny Ports, the 10 years is an average expression of a blend of casks of varying ages, put together by Graham's cellar master.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers roasted almonds and honey, with a touch of fig and a hint of caramel.

Palate

The palate is rich and mature with fruit cake and caramel, closing on a fine spiced note.

Finish

The finish is long, with a last sweetness of caramel and a hint of cinnamon.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Aged Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 37.5 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (approx. 10 years)
EAN no.: 5010867400382
Serving suggestion: Serve lightly chilled at 12-14°C — the smaller bottle is well suited to enjoying a single glass without opening a full bottle

Flavour Profile

Roasted almonds · Caramel · Fig · Rounded

Did You Know?

The half-bottle (37.5cl) has historically been popular for Port and dessert wines, because an opened Tawny keeps well thanks to its long cask ageing — but a smaller format means there's always a fresh bottle on hand without opening a full 75cl at once.

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Twenty years in dark casks beneath the roofs of Vila Nova de Gaia have shifted the colour from deep ruby to warm amber. What's left in the glass is a Port where time itself has become part of the flavour.

Expert's Description

Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese Aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks for around 20 years and bottled at 20%.

Unlike a Ruby Port, which is aged to preserve fruit character, a Tawny is deliberately aged oxidatively in wood, slowly losing its red colour in favour of golden and amber hues. 20 years is an average age indication, arrived at by Graham's cellar master tasting through a blend of casks so that the overall wine reflects the stated age — some casks are younger, others older.

The blend draws on several of Graham's source estates in the Douro Valley, including Quinta dos Malvedos, which the house has owned since 1890 and which is a cornerstone of both its Vintage Ports and aged Tawny Ports.

The Symington family has run Graham's since 1970, but the connection goes back further: Andrew James Symington sailed from Scotland to Porto in 1882 to work for the Graham family, a bond that later turned into ownership.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers a complex bouquet of roasted nuts, orange peel and ripe dried fruit, softened by the long ageing.

Palate

The palate is rich and softly sweet, with notes of caramel, burnt orange and a fine balance between sweetness and acidity.

Finish

The finish is long and elegant, closing with a last touch of roasted almonds.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Aged Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (approx. 20 years)
EAN no.: 5010867410329
Serving suggestion: Serve lightly chilled at 12-14°C, ideally with walnuts, dried fruit or crème brûlée

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Caramel · Amber · Complex

Did You Know?

The colour of a Tawny like this one doesn't come from the grape variety, but from years of contact with air through the cask's porous wood. The longer the ageing, the more the wine shifts from ruby red toward the warm amber tone that gives the style its name.

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Twenty years in oak gives a tawny its golden hue and a touch of nut and orange peel – enough time to grow complex, yet still young enough to surprise with freshness.

Expert's Description

Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks for an average of 20 years and bottled at 20% in a half bottle.

The Port is a blend of several vintages, composed to hit a consistent style every time the house bottles it. Long ageing in oak gives the colour its golden, tawny hue and replaces the fresh berry fruit of a young Port with nuts, caramel and dried orange peel.

Graham's Port was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham and has belonged to the Symington family's portfolio of Port houses in the Douro Valley since 1970. This 20 year old tawny is sold in a 37.5 cl bottle, a practical format for those who want to try the aged style without opening a full 75 cl bottle.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose has a characteristic nutty note, combined with mature, medium-aged fruit and a touch of orange peel.

Palate

The palate is rich, softly sweet and full, with toffee, caramel, burnt orange and raisins, carried by a well-balanced structure.

Finish

The finish is long and elegant, with a last touch of dried plums and a faint, earthy, mushroom-like depth.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 37.5 CL
Ageing: Oak casks, average 20 years
EAN no.: 5010867401297
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in a Port glass, ideally with blue cheese or nuts

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Golden · Round · Elegant

Did You Know?

This 20 year old tawny comes in a 37.5 cl half bottle for a reason: an already oxidatively aged Port like this one holds up far better after opening than a young, fruity Port, and the smaller format makes it easier to enjoy a glass at a time without the bottle standing open too long.

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High above the Douro river, where the terraces drop steeply toward the water, lies Quinta dos Malvedos, the estate that has been the heart of Graham's finest vintages since 1890.

Expert's Description

Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2015 Vintage Port is a Portuguese single-quinta vintage Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks and bottled at 20% from the 2015 harvest.

Unlike Graham's classic Vintage Port, which blends grapes from several estates in an exceptional year, this bottle comes exclusively from Quinta dos Malvedos. The wine ferments briefly and then matures in cask before being bottled unfiltered, giving it the fullness and structure a true vintage Port is known for.

Quinta dos Malvedos became part of Graham's in 1890 and is regarded today as one of the finest estates in the Douro Valley, with steep terraces facing the river. The estate is both the cornerstone of the house's vintage Ports and its single harvest tawny Ports.

2015 was a year in which Graham's chose to release Malvedos as a standalone single-quinta vintage rather than folding it into the house's main vintage blend, giving the bottle a more direct, site-specific character.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose shifts between fennel and wild rosemary with a hint of mint, moving toward ripe, dark berry fruit and a touch of violet.

Palate

The palate is intense and concentrated, with juicy blackberry and a touch of liquorice, carried by firm tannins layered with fresh, ripe fruit.

Finish

The finish is long and satisfying, closing dry and structured, where the firm tannins give way to a last glimpse of sweet fruit.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2015 Vintage Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Vintage Port (single-quinta)
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak casks
Vintage: 2015
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C, ideally decanted, with dark chocolate or blue cheese

Flavour Profile

Intense · Berry · Structured · Complex

Investment Potential

As a genuine single-quinta vintage Port from a named estate, Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2015 is sought after by collectors interested in site-specific expressions rather than the house's larger, blended vintage bottlings. The wine's tannic structure also points to considerable further ageing potential.

Did You Know?

Quinta dos Malvedos sits on a prominent bend overlooking the Douro river and is regarded by many Douro experts as one of the most beautiful estates in the entire valley, as much for its setting as for the grapes grown on its steep terraces.

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At the confluence of the Tua and Douro rivers lies an estate with vines older than most of us. In 2022, it was allowed to stand alone on the label for the very first time.

Expert's Description

Graham's Quinta do Tua 2022 Vintage Port is a Portuguese single-quinta vintage Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks and bottled at 20% from the 2022 harvest.

The wine is made from old, mixed vines, known in Portuguese as vinhas velhas, grown, harvested and vinified together rather than variety by variety. The method produces a complexity that is hard to achieve by blending single varieties afterwards, since the different grapes ripen and contribute to the must at the same time.

Quinta do Tua sits where the river Tua meets the Douro and has long supplied grapes to Graham's other Ports. 2022 was the first time the house chose to release a standalone vintage Port exclusively from this estate, making the bottle a new addition to Graham's collection of single-quinta vintage Ports.

The vines on Quinta do Tua behind this bottle are around 50 years old, giving grapes with low yield and high concentration, a key factor behind the wine's depth and structured tannins.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers an abundance of black and red berries, spiced with a touch of mango that lends an unexpected freshness.

Palate

The palate is bold and compact, with ripe, dark berries wrapped in peppery tannins that give the wine an impressive structure and considerable ageing potential.

Finish

The finish is long and dusty, with a mineral, almost graphite-like character that underlines the wine's depth and age-worthiness.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Quinta do Tua 2022 Vintage Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Vintage Port (single-quinta)
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak casks
Vintage: 2022
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C, ideally decanted, with dark chocolate or a strong cheese

Flavour Profile

Compact · Peppery · Mineral · Age-worthy

Investment Potential

As the first ever standalone vintage Port from Quinta do Tua, this bottle is of interest to collectors following Graham's expanding range of single-quinta releases. The old, mixed vines and the young vintage also point to significant potential for further ageing.

Did You Know?

The 2022 Quinta do Tua is the very first standalone vintage Port Graham's has ever released exclusively from this estate, made from grapes off roughly 50 year old mixed vines planted in the traditional field-blend style.

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Thirty years is a long time to wait for a glass of wine – but in Graham's cellars it's simply another vintage quietly maturing while the world outside turns decade after decade.

Expert's Description

Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks for an average of 30 years and bottled at 20%.

The wine matures in small oak casks, known as pipas, where slow oxidation through the wood's pores transforms the young, dark Port into something else entirely: a copper-toned, nutty drink with a depth that only comes with time. Graham's cellar master continually tastes the casks and selects those mature enough to enter the 30 year old blend.

Graham's dates back to 1820, when brothers William and John Graham founded the house in Porto. Since 1970 the Symington family has owned and run the business, and it's their cellar masters who today manage the cask reserves this 30 year old tawny is drawn from.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is full of dried figs, dates and apricots, backed by toasted almonds, hazelnuts and a touch of caramel and butterscotch.

Palate

The palate is mature and concentrated, with honeyed fruit, walnut and hazelnut, brown bread and dried fig, while bitter orange and lightly toasted almond add edge to an otherwise soft profile.

Finish

The finish closes with a touch of green tea that lends a fresh lift to an otherwise long, lingering aftertaste.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak casks, average 30 years
EAN no.: 5010867400146

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Honeyed · Mature · Complex

Investment Potential

A 30 year old tawny is a relatively rare sight on shelves, since only a small share of any cask reserve reaches that age without being drawn off along the way. Among collectors of aged Port, the 30 year category is sought after, without reaching the very highest tiers.

Did You Know?

The small oak casks a tawny matures in are known as pipas and hold around 550-600 litres, far smaller than the large vats used for younger ruby styles. That smaller size means more contact between wine and wood per litre, one of the main reasons an old tawny develops its characteristic nutty, oxidative character.

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In Graham's lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, barrels hold wine that has aged longer than most of us have been alive. This 40 Year Old Tawny is patience with no shortcut – a rare pour that exists only because someone chose to wait.

Expert's Description

Graham's 40 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks for an average of 40 years and bottled at 20%.

The wine is a blend of multiple vintages, composed by Graham's cellar master to hit a consistent house style. Long ageing in small oak casks, known as pipas, exposes the wine to slow oxidation through the pores of the wood, where the colour gradually shifts from deep ruby to golden amber, and the fruit gives way to nuts, dried fruit and caramel.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham in Porto, and the house has belonged to the Symington family's portfolio of Port producers since 1970. The family thereby took on responsibility for some of the Douro Valley's oldest cask reserves, including the stocks that today form this 40 year old tawny.

Only a small share of Graham's cask reserves ever grow old enough to be included in a 40 year old blend – most casks are drawn and sold long before reaching that age. What remains is concentrated, complex and shaped by decades of slow maturation.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers dried figs, dates and raisins, layered with toasted almonds, caramel and a touch of orange peel.

Palate

The palate is velvety and rounded, with brown bread, fig compote, ginger marmalade and dates, followed by streaks of bitter orange and almond that add tension to an otherwise mature profile.

Finish

The finish is juicy, sweet and concentrated, with a lingering aftertaste of nuts, caramel and dried fruit, spiced with a touch of citrus zest and burnt sugar.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 40 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak casks, average 40 years
EAN no.: 5010867401105

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Concentrated · Dried Fruit · Complex

Investment Potential

Graham's 40 Year Old Tawny Port ranks among the most sought-after aged Ports on the market. Cask reserves this old grow rarer every year, and bottles of this calibre are often treated as collector's items rather than everyday wine.

Did You Know?

The faint greenish tinge at the rim of the glass isn't a flaw – it's one of the surest signs of a truly old tawny. The colour appears because Port gradually loses its red pigmentation over decades in favour of golden and amber tones, a shift tasters use to judge age without ever seeing the year on the label.

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Fifty years is longer than most careers, marriages, or even vines themselves manage to last. In Graham's cellars, it's the time it takes to reach the very top of the house's tawny style.

Expert's Description

Graham's 50 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks for an average of 50 years and bottled at 20%.

The Port is a blend of some of the oldest casks in Graham's reserves, chosen by the cellar master for their depth and concentration. That much time in oak comes at a cost in volume, a large share of the wine evaporates through the pores of the wood over the decades, leaving behind a syrupy, concentrated remainder with intense flavour.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham and has belonged to the Symington family since 1970, the family that today manages some of the Douro Valley's oldest and most valuable cask reserves. A 50 year old tawny is among the rarest expressions the house ever releases.

Only a handful of casks ever reach this age without losing balance or fresh acidity along the way. The casks that do form the basis of one of the most sought-after bottles in Graham's range.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose unfolds in layers of orange blossom, preserved fruitcake, toffee, tobacco and butterscotch.

Palate

The palate is rich and creamy, with vibrant acidity and notes of seasoned wood, nutmeg and cinnamon binding the sweet and oxidative notes together.

Finish

The finish is long and rewarding, closing with a last touch of walnut and toasted nutmeg that lingers well after each sip.

Specifications

Name: Graham's 50 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak casks, average 50 years

Flavour Profile

Concentrated · Spiced · Rare · Rich

Investment Potential

A 50 year old tawny is among the rarest bottles Graham's releases, since only a handful of casks ever reach that age without being drawn off along the way. Among collectors of aged Port, bottles at this level are typically regarded as one of the most coveted points in an entire Port house's range.

Did You Know?

Over 50 years in cask, a large share of the original volume of Port evaporates through the pores of the wood, a process the spirits world knows as the 'angels' share'. What eventually reaches the bottle is therefore only a fraction of what was first laid down in cask half a century earlier.

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Not every Port is built for the armchair and long reflection. Blend No. 12 is made for ice, tonic water and a summer evening where fruit is the first thing you notice.

Expert's Description

Graham's Blend No. 12 Ruby Port is a Portuguese Ruby Port from the Douro Valley, matured in stainless steel and bottled at 19%.

The Port is composed specifically to be drunk young and fresh, often on the rocks or mixed with tonic water. Unlike Graham's aged tawny styles, Blend No. 12 spends only a short time in stainless steel, which preserves the dark, fresh berry fruit and avoids the oxidative notes a cask-aged Port develops.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham and has belonged to the Symington family's portfolio of Port houses since 1970. Blend No. 12 is one of the house's newer releases, designed as an entry point to Port for drinkers more used to cocktails than dessert wine.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers fresh raspberries and strawberries, spiced with a touch of mountain herbs and dark chocolate.

Palate

The palate is lively and concentrated, with ripe cherries and plums, fresh acidity and a touch of pepper that gives direction to the berry-driven profile.

Finish

The finish is soft and light, closing with a hint of blackberry that makes the wine ideal for mixing.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Blend No. 12 Ruby Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Ruby Port
ABV: 19%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Stainless steel
EAN no.: 5608309010109
Serving suggestion: Serve chilled with ice and tonic water, or as a light aperitif

Flavour Profile

Fruity · Fresh · Spiced · Youthful

Did You Know?

Blend No. 12 was developed specifically for mixing, including in the Portonic, a drink where Port is topped with tonic water and ice. The name 'No. 12' refers to the internal lot number the Port was given during development in Graham's cellars, a number that stuck when the wine went to market.

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Long before anyone poured a glass, the cork stayed untouched. A cellar master or the house butler could still taste what was hiding inside the cask or bottle, with a tool that still carries their name.

Expert's Description

Graham's Butler's Thief is a wine-tasting accessory, a long, thin tube used to draw samples directly from a cask or bottle without permanently removing the cork.

The tool is lowered through the bung hole or past the cork, after which the top opening is covered with a finger to hold the liquid inside the tube by suction. Lifting the tube and releasing the finger lets the sample run back out, a method cellar masters and sommeliers have used for centuries to judge how a wine is developing without disturbing the rest of the bottle or cask.

The name dates back to a time when the house butler was responsible for the wine cellar and therefore had access to bottles and casks the household otherwise didn't watch closely. A tool like this made it possible to discreetly taste, or 'steal' a sip, without leaving any visible trace on the cork, hence the name 'thief'.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Butler's Thief
Manufacturer: Graham's
Type: Wine thief for sampling
Use: Drawing samples from a cask or bottle without permanently removing the cork

Did You Know?

The word 'thief' in the tool's name is no accident: it dates back to a time when a cellar master or butler could discreetly taste, or rather 'steal', a sip straight from the household's casks and bottles, without it ever being noticed.

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Old Port bottles have a habit of hiding a surprise in the cork — long, dry and prone to crumbling into pieces if you go at it with an ordinary corkscrew. Graham's Port Corkscrew is built for exactly that problem.

Expert's Description

Graham's Port Corkscrew is an accessory designed specifically to open Port bottles with long, fragile corks, without the cork breaking or crumbling into the wine.

Port is often aged for many years, both in cask and in bottle, and the cork in an older bottle of Port gradually dries out and becomes brittle. An ordinary corkscrew with a spiral worm risks boring straight through such a cork and pushing pieces of it down into the wine — particularly unfortunate if the bottle is being decanted in front of guests. A Port corkscrew is therefore built to grip the cork from the outside rather than drilling into it, so it can be drawn out in one motion.

The tradition of specialised tools for Port bottles goes back a long way: historically, red-hot tongs were even used, heated and clamped around the bottle's neck to cleanly crack the glass, precisely because very old corks were too fragile to be pulled out. Today's Port corkscrews are a far gentler solution for the ordinary bottle of Port.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Port Corkscrew
Producer: Graham's
Type: Accessory – Port bottle corkscrew
Use: Opening Port bottles with long, fragile corks

Did You Know?

Before modern corkscrews existed, red-hot tongs were used to open particularly old bottles of Port — the tongs were heated over a flame and clamped around the neck of the bottle, so the glass snapped cleanly off instead of risking a mangled, ancient cork.

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Unfiltered and unfined, made the way Port was made before modern cellar technology, Crusted 2015 quietly matures in its bottle. The sediment that slowly forms in the glass is the proof that nothing has been stripped from the wine along the way.

Expert's Description

Graham's Crusted 2015 Portugal Port is a Portuguese Crusted Port from the Douro Valley, bottled without filtration in 2015 and poured at 20%.

Crusted is a blend of high-quality young Ports from different harvest years, bottled without fining or filtration in the year stated on the label — in this case, 2015. Because the wine isn't filtered, it naturally forms a sediment, a 'crust', in the bottle, which gives the style its name.

After bottling, Graham's Crusted is aged for at least three to four years at Graham's 1890 Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia before release. This extended bottle ageing gives the wine a maturity closer to a Vintage Port than most other Ruby styles, though without the single-estate or single-harvest signature.

The style is one of the last in Graham's range still made the way Port was produced in the 19th century, making it a fitting choice for anyone wanting to taste a historic production method without paying for a declared vintage.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers ripe cherries, blackcurrant and dark forest berries, spiced with a touch of eucalyptus and fresh mint.

Palate

The palate is concentrated and layered, with dark fruit, a hint of spice and a firmness that reveals the extended bottle ageing.

Finish

The finish is long and dry, closing with a last suggestion of menthol and dark chocolate.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Crusted 2015 Portugal Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Crusted Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask, then bottle matured
Vintage: 2015
EAN no.: 5010867402430
Serving suggestion: Decant carefully before serving to separate the sediment, and serve at 16-18°C with dark chocolate or game

Flavour Profile

Intense · Dark fruit · Mineral · Oak-touched

Did You Know?

Because Crusted isn't filtered, it forms a natural sediment in the bottle — hence the name. That makes it one of the few Ports in Graham's regular range that requires decanting before serving, just like a declared Vintage Port.

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There's a reason Ruby is the style most people meet first when they taste Port for the first time: fresh, direct and full of the same dark berry fruit that gave the wine its name.

Expert's Description

Graham's Fine Ruby Port is a Portuguese Ruby Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 19%.

The Ruby style is aged for the shortest time of all Graham's Ports, precisely to preserve the fresh, dark berry fruit of the grapes. This short ageing means the wine keeps its deep ruby-red colour rather than developing the golden hues seen in a Tawny.

Fine Ruby is the house's most accessible Ruby expression and serves as a natural entry point into Graham's other, more complex Ruby styles such as Six Grapes and Crusted.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is full of ripe red and black berries, with a touch of violets.

Palate

The palate is juicy with distinct black cherry, carried by a fine balance and fresh acidity.

Finish

The finish is intense and relatively long, closing with a last touch of dark fruit.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Fine Ruby Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Ruby Port
ABV: 19%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
EAN no.: 5010867400078
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C, ideally with dark chocolate or red berries

Flavour Profile

Fruity · Cherry · Young · Fresh

Did You Know?

Because Ruby Port is aged for such a short time, it's one of the few Port styles where the grape variety itself — rather than the cask — leaves the clearest mark on the flavour.

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Not every Tawny needs an age statement to tell a story. Fine Tawny is the house's simplest take on the style — light, dry on the finish, and made to be drunk without ceremony.

Expert's Description

Graham's Fine Tawny Port is a Portuguese Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 19%.

Fine Tawny is the entry level of Graham's Tawny range, aged for a shorter time in cask than The Tawny and the aged 10 and 20 Year Old expressions, but still long enough to develop the characteristic reddish tawny colour and soft, dried-fruit notes.

The style is designed as an accessible entry into Graham's Tawny family, where the full depth and complexity only really show themselves in the older, aged expressions.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers ripe fruit balanced by a touch of dried fruit.

Palate

The palate is lightly dry, elegant and smooth, with pleasant body without being heavy.

Finish

The finish is short and clean, closing with a last hint of nuttiness.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Fine Tawny Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 19%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
EAN no.: 5010867400054
Serving suggestion: Serve lightly chilled at 12-14°C, ideally as an aperitif or with orange cake

Flavour Profile

Light · Dried fruit · Elegant · Soft

Did You Know?

The word 'Fine' in Fine Tawny doesn't signal quality on its own, but refers to a classic Port production category for the younger, more straightforward styles — the counterpart to the aged and vintage-dated categories.

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During the Portuguese summer, when the heat of the Douro Valley lingers well into the afternoon, many locals reach for a bottle of White Port — not for the afternoon coffee, but for ice cubes and tonic water.

Expert's Description

Graham's Fine White Port is a Portuguese White Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 19%.

White Port is made from white grapes, unlike the red grapes behind the Ruby and Tawny styles. After harvest, the grapes are pressed and the must ferments until the desired sweetness and strength are reached, at which point fermentation is halted by adding grape spirit, just as with the other Port styles.

Fine White is the lightest and freshest expression in Graham's range, made to be drunk young and lightly chilled, ideally as a refreshing aperitif rather than a heavy after-dinner liqueur.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is marked by fresh white grapes and a touch of almond.

Palate

The palate is juicy and lively, with notes of citrus, mineral and a light creamy body.

Finish

The finish is fresh and clean, closing with a last touch of sea salt.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Fine White Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: White Port
ABV: 19%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
EAN no.: 5010867400061
Serving suggestion: Serve chilled at 6-8°C, as an aperitif alone or mixed with tonic water

Flavour Profile

Fresh · Almond · Citrus · Light

Did You Know?

In Portugal, where Port is drunk as an everyday wine rather than kept on a shelf, White Port mixed with tonic water and ice — known as Portonic — has become one of the most popular summer drinks in the Douro Valley.

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Some gifts are meant to be opened and finished in one sitting. This one is meant to be explored – three glasses, three ages, one journey through decades of maturation in Graham's cellars.

Expert's Description

Graham's The Aged Tawny Collection is a gift set of three Portuguese Tawny Ports from the Douro Valley, each 20 cl and bottled at 20%.

The set brings together three stages of Graham's tawny production: the house's younger Tawny, matured for a few years in oak, a 10 year old tawny and a 20 year old tawny. Tasting them side by side makes it clear how the Port changes character the longer it rests in cask, from fresh berry fruit to nuts, caramel and dried fruit.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham in Porto and has belonged to the Symington family's collection of Port houses since 1970. The gift set is the house's way of introducing the range of styles found within aged tawny Port.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The aromas range from fresh, red-berry fruit in the youngest bottle to nuts, caramel and dried orange peel in the oldest.

Palate

The palate develops from light and fruity to rich and velvety, with toffee and mature dried fruit, the older the tawny gets.

Finish

The finish grows longer and more complex with each age, from a short, fresh close to a lingering, nutty finale.

Specifications

Name: Graham's The Aged Tawny Collection
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port, gift set
ABV: 20%
Size: 3x20 CL
Ageing: Oak casks, varying ages
EAN no.: 5608309015340
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in Port glasses, ideally tasting all three bottles in sequence

Flavour Profile

Varied · Nutty · Fruity · Complex

Did You Know?

Because the three bottles in the set are identical in everything but age, they offer a rare chance to taste how time alone reshapes a Port, without the grape variety, vintage or producer changing along the way.

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High above the Rio Torto, where the vines aren't sprayed with artificial treatments, the grapes must find their own strength to withstand drought and pests. The result is a Port that tastes of the Douro Valley without detours.

Expert's Description

Graham's Natura Reserve Port is a Portuguese organic Reserve Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

The grapes for Natura Reserve are organically farmed at Quinta das Lages in the Rio Torto Valley and on vineyards in the Vale da Vilarica, both part of the Symington family's estates in the Upper Douro. The plots sit at 150-350 metres altitude, where well-aerated, dry soil gives the vines good conditions to develop their own resistance to disease, without artificial fertiliser or pesticides.

The wine is a blend of classic Douro varieties including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Amarela. Graham's Natura was the house's first attempt at translating its classic Reserve style into fully certified organic production.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is fresh and floral, with a touch of elegant herbal notes over the dark fruit.

Palate

The palate is full and fruity, with distinct chocolate and ripe berries carried by a pleasant sweetness.

Finish

The finish is long, with a last suggestion of roasted nuts.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Natura Reserve organic Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Organic Reserve Port
Grape varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C, ideally with chocolate or nuts

Flavour Profile

Fruity · Organic · Rounded · Chocolate

Did You Know?

Because the vines for Natura Reserve are grown without artificial treatments, they must build their own natural resistance to disease and drought — a farming method that demands far more of the grower than conventional viticulture.

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Before it had a name, it had a mark: six bunches of grapes chalked onto the finest casks in Graham's lodge, singling out the wine destined for something better.

Expert's Description

Graham's Six Grapes Reserve is a Portuguese Reserve Ruby Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks and bottled at 20% in a 20 cl miniature bottle.

The Port is a blend of several vintages, selected for their depth of fruit and colour and matured for longer than Graham's basic ruby style, without reaching the age of a true tawny. The style sits between young and old: darker and more concentrated than a basic ruby, but built to be enjoyed without decades of patience.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham and has belonged to the Symington family's Port houses since 1970. Six Grapes takes its name from the six bunches of grapes historically chalked onto the finest casks in the lodge, marking the wine chosen for the house's best blend.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is seductive and rich, with ripe plums, cherries and dark chocolate, backed by blackberry and liquorice.

Palate

The palate is complex, with silky tannins carrying spiced blackberry, cassis, blueberry and cherry, alongside black pepper and a touch of spice.

Finish

The finish is long and satiny, closing on ripe black figs and dark chocolate.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Six Grapes Reserve
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Reserve Ruby Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 20 CL
Ageing: Oak casks
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C in a Port glass, ideally with dark chocolate or blue cheese

Flavour Profile

Rich · Dark Fruit · Silky · Spiced

Did You Know?

The name Six Grapes comes from an old lodge tradition: tasters would mark the finest casks with six bunches of grapes drawn in chalk, singling out the wine destined for Graham's best blend. The mark eventually became the name of this reserve Port itself.

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Six bunches of grapes chalked onto a cask in the cellar were once a simple mark of quality. Today, those same six bunches have become the symbol of Graham's best-known Reserve Port.

Expert's Description

Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Port is a Portuguese Reserve Ruby Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

The name comes from an old practice in Graham's cellars, where the best casks were historically marked with six chalked bunches of grapes to highlight their quality. James Symington revived the style in the 1970s as a permanent part of the house's range, and Six Grapes has been Graham's signature wine ever since.

The wine is a blend of grapes from several of Graham's estates in the Douro Valley and is aged in cask longer than the house's Fine Ruby, giving it a fuller, more complex flavour without compromising the fresh berry fruit.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers fresh blackcurrant, blackberry and liquorice, with a touch of dark chocolate.

Palate

The palate is full-bodied and well-structured, with spiced blackberry and cassis carried by soft tannins.

Finish

The finish is long and rounded, closing with a last suggestion of black pepper.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Reserve Ruby Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
EAN no.: 5010867400245
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C, ideally with blue cheese or dark chocolate

Flavour Profile

Full-bodied · Blackberry · Spiced · Rounded

Did You Know?

For many years, Six Grapes was an internal quality mark in Graham's cellars before being revived as a standalone bottled wine in the 1970s — today it's one of the best-selling Reserve Ports from the Douro Valley.

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On the south bank of the Douro, where Quinta da Vila Velha slopes down toward the river, some of the grapes that have shaped Graham's style for generations grow. This release is a tribute — made in a limited run to honour the man who revived the house's best-known Ruby style.

Expert's Description

Graham's Six Grapes Special Vila Velha Edition Reserve Port is a Portuguese Reserve Ruby Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 19.5%.

The wine pays tribute to James Symington, the third-generation Port producer who bought and restored Quinta da Vila Velha in 1987, growing it into the 145-hectare estate it is today. This special release is composed entirely of grapes from that single quinta, blended from 56% Touriga Nacional, 36% Touriga Franca and 8% Alicante Bouschet.

Only 12,000 bottles of this edition were produced, making it a rare variant within the Six Grapes family. The standard Six Grapes has been the house's signature wine since the 1970s, when James Symington revived the style — this edition was created as a direct tribute to his work following his passing in 2020.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers ripe dark berries, a touch of liquorice and a hint of spice that signals the wine's depth.

Palate

The palate is full-bodied and well-structured, with juicy blackberry, blackcurrant and fine complexity carried by soft tannins.

Finish

The finish is long and spicy, closing with a last note of dark chocolate.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Six Grapes Special Vila Velha Edition Reserve Port
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Reserve Ruby Port
Grape varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Alicante Bouschet
ABV: 19.5%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask
EAN no.: 5608309015654
Serving suggestion: Serve at 16-18°C in a Port glass, ideally with dark chocolate or blue cheese

Flavour Profile

Full-bodied · Dark berries · Complex · Elegant

Investment Potential

Six Grapes Special Vila Velha Edition is a numbered release from a limited run of 12,000 bottles, created as a tribute to James Symington. Low-production tribute releases like this one are often sought after by Graham's collectors, even though the wider Six Grapes range is intended as an everyday Port rather than an investment piece.

Did You Know?

Six Grapes takes its name from the six bunches of grapes historically chalked onto Graham's casks to mark the best quality in the cellar. The Vila Velha edition is the first Six Grapes made entirely from grapes grown on a single quinta.

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Between the house's young Fine Tawny and the aged 10 and 20 Year Old expressions sits The Tawny — a Port that has spent just enough time in wood to gather complexity, without giving up its light, everyday drinking style.

Expert's Description

Graham's The Tawny is a Portuguese Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks for 7-9 years and bottled at 20%.

The wine is aged in old, seasoned oak casks in Graham's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, where slow oxidation gives it its characteristic tawny colour and nutty notes. The style is designed as a more accessible aged Tawny, bridging the house's younger and older expressions.

The blend draws on Graham's long experience with aged Tawny Ports, a discipline the house has practised since 1820, when brothers William and John Graham founded the firm after originally receiving Port as payment for a debt.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers orange peel, cinnamon and dried fruit, complemented by walnuts, cocoa and a touch of leather.

Palate

The palate is full-bodied and generously sweet, with ripe tannins and a fine, medium acidity that keeps the wine balanced.

Finish

The finish is delicious and long, with fine nuances of walnuts and caramel.

Specifications

Name: Graham's The Tawny
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (7-9 years)
EAN no.: 5010867402980
Serving suggestion: Serve lightly chilled at 12-14°C, ideally with hazelnut cake or aged cheeses

Flavour Profile

Orange peel · Spiced · Walnut · Generous

Did You Know?

The Tawny is part of what the house's cellar masters internally call blend numbers — each style in the range has its own number, a long tradition for keeping track of the many cask blends that make up Graham's portfolio.

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Sometimes all it takes is a single sip to spark curiosity. This little twin pack holds two very different sides of Graham's, one young and fruity, one shaped by years in oak.

Expert's Description

Graham's Twin Pack is a set of two miniature bottles of Portuguese Port from the Douro Valley, each 5 cl and bottled at 20%.

The pack holds a Late Bottled Vintage style Port, dark and berry-driven, alongside a 10 year old tawny, where ageing in oak has produced a nutty, golden character. The two bottles show two of the classic directions within Port: the unadulterated, fruity ruby style and the slowly oxidised tawny style.

Graham's was founded in 1820 by brothers William and John Graham and has belonged to the Symington family's Port houses since 1970. The Twin Pack is the house's take on a small, easy introduction to two of the most distinct styles in the range.

Tasting Notes

Nose

One bottle's aroma offers dark forest berries and a touch of spice, while the other offers nuts, honey and fig.

Palate

The palate ranges from sweet and berry-driven with firm tannins to softly sweet and nutty with mature, medium-aged fruit.

Finish

Both close with a long, velvety finish, though with very different character, one fresh and fruity, the other warm and nutty.

Specifications

Name: Graham's Twin Pack
Winery: Graham's
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Ruby Port (LBV style) and Tawny Port
ABV: 20%
Size: 2x5 CL
Ageing: Stainless steel and oak casks (10 years)
Serving suggestion: Serve in small glasses at cool room temperature, ideally as a taste test before choosing a full bottle

Flavour Profile

Fruity · Nutty · Varied · Introduction

Did You Know?

The two miniatures in the Twin Pack are meant as a taste test before committing to a full bottle: one shows the dark, berry-driven style most people associate with Port, while the other shows what years in oak do to the very same grapes.

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Two old trading names meet on this label, and behind them lie more than two decades of patient ageing. 2004 was the harvest year - the rest is time in cask and a name that has survived several mergers in Porto's trading history.

Expert's Description

Hutcheson 2004 Colheita Feuerheerd is a Portuguese Colheita Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

Colheita means 'harvest' in Portuguese and denotes a Tawny Port from a single, named vintage - here 2004 - unlike the vast majority of Tawny Ports, which are blended from several years. By regulation the Port must spend at least seven years in oak cask before it can be sold, but this bottle has had considerably longer to mature.

The Feuerheerd name comes from one of Porto's older trading houses, and in 1996 Feuerheerd Bros merged with Hutcheson under the name Hutcheson, Feuerheerd & Associados. The double name on the label is therefore no coincidence, but a direct trace of this merger of two historic Port houses.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose is deep and complex, with dried figs, walnut and a hint of roasted coffee.

Palate

The palate is full-bodied and mature, with caramelised sugar, orange peel and a fine, almost syrupy sweetness.

Finish

The finish is very long, warm and spiced with a lightly bitter nutty close.

Specifications

Name: Hutcheson 2004 Colheita Feuerheerd
Winery: Hutcheson
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Colheita Port
Grape varieties: Traditional Douro grapes, including Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask, 20+ years
Vintage: 2004
EAN no.: 5601194405319
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in a port glass, ideally with dark chocolate or a strong cheese

Flavour Profile

Complex · Caramel · Deep · Mature

Investment Potential

A Colheita with more than two decades of cask ageing is a sought-after collector's style, because it combines a documented single vintage with a rarely long maturation period - a combination that becomes harder to find as older stocks are depleted.

Did You Know?

The Feuerheerd name on the label dates back to 1996, when the trading house Feuerheerd Bros merged with Hutcheson to form Hutcheson, Feuerheerd & Associados - a merger typical of Porto's trading history, where many old houses have fused together under shared ownership over time.

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A single harvest year, captured and set aside in cask for more than a decade before it was time to fill the bottle. The double name on the label tells its own story of two merged Port houses.

Expert's Description

Hutcheson 2009 Colheita Feuerheerd is a Portuguese Colheita Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

Colheita means 'harvest' in Portuguese and denotes a Tawny Port from a single, named vintage - here 2009 - where the law requires at least seven years of cask ageing before it can be sold. This bottle's long maturation gives it a depth younger Tawny Ports don't achieve.

The Feuerheerd name comes from one of Porto's older trading houses, which merged with Hutcheson in 1996 under the name Hutcheson, Feuerheerd & Associados. Since 2006 the Spanish-owned Sogevinus group has run production, but the house's reputation for Colheita styles specifically goes back much further.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers dried raisins, roasted hazelnuts and a light cigar-box note.

Palate

The palate is round and complex, with caramel, orange peel and a fine acidity that keeps the sweetness in check.

Finish

The finish is long and warm with a lingering nutty note.

Specifications

Name: Hutcheson 2009 Colheita Feuerheerd
Winery: Hutcheson
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Colheita Port
Grape varieties: Traditional Douro grapes, including Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask, 15+ years
Vintage: 2009
EAN no.: 5601194405586
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in a port glass, ideally with nut cake or a strong cheese

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Caramel · Complex · Warm

Investment Potential

A single-vintage Colheita with more than 15 years of cask ageing belongs to the rarer bottle types on the market, making it a natural target for Port collectors chasing documented vintages from respected houses.

Did You Know?

When Hutcheson and Feuerheerd merged in 1996, it became common to see both names on the same label - a practice many old Port houses in the Douro have continued after mergers and acquisitions, as a way of preserving both names' history.

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One harvest, one cask, many years of patience. Colheita is Port's answer to the single vintage - here from 2010, where the grapes were left to mature quietly, long before the bottle was ever filled.

Expert's Description

Hutcheson 2010 Colheita is a Portuguese Colheita Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

The word Colheita simply means 'harvest' in Portuguese and denotes a Tawny Port from a single, named vintage, unlike most Tawny Ports, which are blended from several years. Port regulations require a minimum of seven years' cask ageing before a Colheita can be sold - in practice many spend far longer, often decades, on oak.

Hutcheson is one of Porto's older trading houses, founded in 1881 by Thomas Page Hutcheson and Alexander Davidson Taylor. The house has historically specialised in exactly the Tawny and Colheita styles and is today part of the Sogevinus group, which took over the running of the formerly family-owned Douro houses in 2006.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers dried apricot, walnut and a mild caramel tone, shaped by more than a decade of cask ageing.

Palate

The palate is round and mature, with raisin, orange peel and a fine, almost honeyed sweetness.

Finish

The finish is long and warm, with a light nutty bitterness that balances the sweetness.

Specifications

Name: Hutcheson 2010 Colheita
Winery: Hutcheson
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Colheita Port
Grape varieties: Traditional Douro grapes, including Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask, min. 7 years
Vintage: 2010
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in a port glass, ideally with nutty desserts or mature cheese

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Honeyed · Mature · Complex

Investment Potential

A genuine single-vintage Colheita from a named harvest year is a recognised collector's style, because each bottle tells the story of that specific year - unlike most Tawny Ports, which are blended from several vintages and can't be dated in the same way.

Did You Know?

Because the law requires a minimum of seven years' cask ageing before a Colheita can leave the cellar, the producer is free to leave it far longer - some Colheita Ports aren't sold until decades after the harvest year, making each bottle a small piece of liquid history.

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The label carries two dates - the harvest year and the bottling year - and between them lies the story of this Port. 2011 was the grapes' year; everything that's happened since is time, patience and a cask.

Expert's Description

Hutcheson 2011 Colheita is a Portuguese Colheita Port from the Douro Valley, aged in oak casks and bottled at 20%.

Under Portuguese Port regulations, a Colheita label must always state both the harvest year and the bottling year, so the consumer can see exactly how long the Port spent in cask before being bottled - a form of transparency unique to this particular category of Port.

Hutcheson was founded in 1881 by Thomas Page Hutcheson and Alexander Davidson Taylor and has specialised throughout its history in Tawny and Colheita styles. Since 2006 the Sogevinus group has run production, but the house's focus on single-vintage Ports remains the same.

Tasting Notes

Nose

The nose offers dried fig, roasted almonds and a light caramel note.

Palate

The palate is soft and rounded, with raisin, orange marmalade and a fine acidity that keeps the sweetness fresh.

Finish

The finish is long and warm, with a lightly bitter nutty note at the close.

Specifications

Name: Hutcheson 2011 Colheita
Winery: Hutcheson
Region-Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Colheita Port
Grape varieties: Traditional Douro grapes, including Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz
ABV: 20%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask, min. 7 years
Vintage: 2011
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in a port glass, ideally with almond cake or mature cheese

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Caramel · Soft · Mature

Investment Potential

Colheita Ports like this one are a recognised collector's style, because each bottle documents a specific vintage and ageing period down to the year - unlike most other Tawny Ports, where the blending of several vintages makes it impossible to trace a single harvest.

Did You Know?

Because the law requires both the harvest year and the bottling year to appear on the label, a Colheita always lets you calculate the exact ageing period - something no other type of Port on the market allows.

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A 10 Year Old Tawny deserves the right glass, not just any tumbler from the cupboard. Martha's 10 Year Old Gift Set with Glass delivers both together: a 50 cl bottle of the house's age-declared Tawny and a glass shaped to concentrate exactly the nutty notes the Port is known for.

Expert's Description

Martha's 10 Year Old Gift Set with Glass is a Portuguese age-declared Tawny Port from the Douro Valley in a 50 cl bottle with a matching glass, matured in oak casks for an average of 10 years and bottled at 19.5%.

The wine itself is identical to the house's 75 cl edition of the 10 Year Old Tawny, just in a smaller bottle size suited to the gift format. The "10 Year Old" designation is an average of the casks in the blend, approved by the Portuguese regulator IVDP.

Martha's Wine & Spirits traces back to 1727 in Baixo Corgo, where the family has grown grapes for six generations and developed exactly the age-declared Tawny series the house is best known for.

The glass included has the classic tulip shape used for Port, a narrow opening that gathers the aromas and a wider bowl that gives room to swirl the wine.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Creamy caramel and dried figs, with deep nutty tones.

Palate

Full and dense, with orange peel, pepper and a warm, well-integrated sweetness.

Finish

Long and nutty, with a fine bitterness that balances the sweetness.

Specifications

Name: Martha's 10 Year Old Gift Set with Glass Tawny Port
Winery: Martha's Wine & Spirits
Region/Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Age-declared Tawny Port (gift set with glass)
Grape varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
ABV: 19.5%
Size: 50 CL + 1 glass
Ageing: Oak cask (average 10 years)
EAN no.: 5600328290937
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C in the included glass, with nutty desserts

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Full-bodied · Caramel · Spiced

Did You Know?

The narrow shape of a Port glass is not just tradition. The tight opening holds on to the volatile aromatic compounds in a Tawny, while the wider bowl gives enough room to aerate the wine slightly when swirled, together making the nutty notes stand out more clearly than in an ordinary wine glass.

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Ten years is a long time to wait for a glass of wine, but that is exactly what this bottle has been given. Martha's 10 Year Old Tawny Port is the entry point to the house's age-declared series, deep amber and shaped by a decade in wood.

Expert's Description

Martha's 10 Year Old Tawny Port is a Portuguese age-declared Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, matured in oak casks for an average of 10 years and bottled at 19.5%.

The "10 Year Old" designation is not a vintage but an average of the casks that make up the final blend, approved by the Portuguese regulator IVDP after an official tasting. Some casks are older, some younger, but the combined result has to match the character expected of a ten-year Tawny.

Martha's Wine & Spirits traces back to 1727 in Baixo Corgo, where the family has grown grapes for six generations and later put its own name on the Port it produces. The age-declared Tawny series is what the house is best known for and has won awards for.

The wine is a blend of traditional Douro grapes such as Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão, which change over the years in wood from fresh berry fruit to dried fruit and spice.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Creamy caramel and dried figs, with deep nutty tones.

Palate

Full and dense, with orange peel, pepper and a warm, well-integrated sweetness.

Finish

Long and nutty, with a fine bitterness that balances the sweetness.

Specifications

Name: Martha's 10 Year Old Tawny Port
Winery: Martha's Wine & Spirits
Region/Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Age-declared Tawny Port
Grape varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
ABV: 19.5%
Size: 75 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (average 10 years)
EAN no.: 5600328290081
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C, with nutty desserts or creamy cheese

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Full-bodied · Caramel · Spiced

Did You Know?

The age on a Tawny label is not just a claim by the producer. An official tasting panel at IVDP has to confirm that the wine genuinely tastes of the stated age before a bottle is allowed to say 10 years old, a level of control that does not exist for most other Port styles.

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Four bottles, four decades each, a full century in wood combined. Martha's 100 Years Miniature Gift Set brings together the house's age-declared Tawny series in miniature, so you can taste your way through time without opening four full bottles.

Expert's Description

Martha's 100 Years Miniature Gift Set is a gift set of four miniature bottles of age-declared Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years old, each 5 cl.

Each bottle represents its own level in the house's Tawny series, where the wine rests in oak casks for an average of the number of years stated on the label. The longer it stays in wood, the more it shifts from fresh fruit toward dried fruit, caramel and spice.

Martha's Wine & Spirits traces back to 1727 in the Baixo Corgo district, where the family has refined this exact age-declared Tawny style across six generations. The gift set is a combined showcase of that development, from the youngest to the oldest bottle.

Because each bottle is only 5 cl, all four levels can be tasted side by side, making it easy to compare directly how time in wood shapes the wine.

Tasting Notes

Nose

From fresh caramel and nuts in the 10 year bottle to deep honey and dried fruit in the 40 year bottle.

Palate

A journey from round, full sweetness to complex, concentrated dried fruit and spice.

Finish

Increasing length and depth with each older bottle, from medium to very long.

Specifications

Name: Martha's 100 Years Miniature Gift Set Tawny Port
Winery: Martha's Wine & Spirits
Region/Country: Douro, Portugal
Type: Age-declared Tawny Port (gift set)
Grape varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
ABV: approx. 19.5-20%
Size: 4 x 5 CL
Ageing: Oak cask (10, 20, 30 and 40 years)
EAN no.: 5601749005056
Serving suggestion: Serve at 14-16°C, ideally tasted from the youngest to the oldest bottle

Flavour Profile

Nutty · Complex · Varied · Golden Tones

Did You Know?

Add up the ages of the four bottles, 10, 20, 30 and 40, and the total comes to exactly 100 years. That is no coincidence, the set is deliberately put together as both a tasting journey through the house's range and a small celebration of a century of Port craftsmanship.

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