1944 Wine and Port Vintage

Vintage Summary and Recommendations:

Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 1944 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 1944 vintage, our top recommendations and region reports. Scroll down to see all of our wines currently available. If you cannot find what you are looking for please call us on 01425 837177 or Contact Us. We would love to help you with your wine choice!

For Bordeaux, 1944 was another good year, benefitting from great weather. Although Italy was badly affected by the war, the limited wines that were made tended to be very good. Some of the best Barolos may even still drink well today. Port, again, went undeclared but some very good Colheita and Tawny Ports were made and should still be drinking well now.

Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:

Quinta da Devesa 1944 Colheita Port

Barolo 1944 Giacomo Borgogno Riserva

 
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Italian: The 1944 Italian Vintage was overshadowed by the war, however a limited number of bottles were still made. The best examples come from Barolo and the area of Piemonte and these are fine wines that will still be drinking well today.
 
Portugal: The 1944 Port vintage was not declared; no Vintage Port or Single Quinta port was produced in this year. However, some excellent Colheita and Tawny Ports from 1944 were made and we are proud to offer one of the largest collections in the UK, these Colheita ports are true rarities which have been barrel aged until a special bottling commissioned by Vintage Wine and Port. These colheita ports from the 1944 harvest have already undergone oxidative ageing and as with all tawny port can therefore be savoured over two months after opening.

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