2007 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations:
Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 2007 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 2007 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!
Despite some odd weather, the 2007 vintage was largely a success throughout the wine world – with the exception of dry Bordeaux. There should be a wide range of wines, particularly reds, from various regions around the world still drinking well now with the best likely to cellar for some years more.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: The finest 2007 wines tend to be dark ruby-coloured with purple highlights, sweet, ripe berry fruit similar to black cherries and black currants, medium body, silky tannins, low acidity, and pure, round, charming personalities with good equilibrium. By and large, however, the wines lack density, structure, and serious long-term ageing potential. Most will be drinkable as soon as they are bottled, and should age surprisingly well for 10-15 years. Truthfully, most consumers will probably love the style of the vintage’s top wines because they are so flattering, seductive, and fruit-forward.
Portugal: The 2007 Port vintage was the first widely declared vintage since 2003; virtually every Port house that matters made a Vintage Port, attesting to the quality of the year. The growing season was preceded by a wet winter, which put plenty of moisture back into the soil after a lengthy period of dry conditions. Summer temperatures were relatively mild (unlike the torrid conditions in 2003, the last previous declared vintage). September and October weather was close to ideal so that the grapes enjoyed a lengthy hang-time under excellent conditions with full ripening of Turiga Francesa and Turiga Nacional, the two most important grape varieties. The quantities produced are small, so there is a high demand for them. There is little doubt that 2007 is a high class vintage, making a port from this year a great 18
year old wine gift for an anniversary this year.
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Fonseca Port, 2007
Vintage Port
***96/100- Wine journal***
***94/100- Wine Advocate***
96/100 (Outstanding) Wine journal
94/100 (Outstanding) Wine Advocate
Reviews: "The 2007 Fonseca Vintage Port is opaque purple-colored with a high-class perfume of lavender, Asian spices, pencil lead, incense, and an amalgam of black fruits. On the palate it is voluminous with layered, succulent fruit, outstanding density, and excellent integration of tannin, acidity, and alcohol. The long finish and the wine’s impeccable balance suggest a lengthy evolution and a drinking window extending out to 2045. " Jay Miller, Wine Advocate.
"The nose is quintessential Fonseca, like a riotous party reaching its crescendo in the glass. …
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Price: £89.00
Stock: 4 in Stock
Hooper's Port, 2007
Colheita Port
The 2007 Hooper's Colheita Port is a single-vintage tawny port produced in Portugal's Douro Valley. "Colheita" refers to a tawny port made from grapes harvested in a single year and aged in wooden casks for a minimum of seven years before bottling.
Tasting Notes: This port offers notes of honey, sweet red fruits, and licorice, contributing to its complexity.
Serving Suggestions: Best enjoyed slightly chilled, between 14°C and 16°C. It pairs well with desserts like almond tart, crème brûlée, or dried fruit compotes, and complements blue cheeses. Alternatively, it can be savored on its own as a dessert wine. …
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Price: £36.95
Stock: 34 in Stock
Quinta do Noval, 2007
Vintage Port, Douro
***18/20 Points- Jancis Robinson***
The Quinta do Noval itself lies perfectly situated along a steep hillside in the heart of the Douro Valley where the vines flourish and produce the highest-grade fruit. Noval today appears to be thriving under Managing Director Christian Seely, ensuring that their Vintage Port remains one of the most sought-after wines. Very seductive. Lovely fresh floral notes on the nose, many delicate complex aromas. Violets. Wonderful purity and fresh precision of fruit. Intense concentration, but delicate at the same time. Fine long tannins.
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Quinta do Vesuvio, 2007
Vintage Port, Douro
***18/20 Points- Richard Mayson for Decanter***
WINE SPECTATOR, JAMES SUCKLING: 94 POINTS
“Fascinating aromas... So much to come with age in the bottle. Very typical for Vesuvio.” - May 2010
ROBERT PARKER, THE WINE ADVOCATE: 91 POINTS
“...youthful, primary Port... tremendous depth and concentration, and a succulence which raises it above the crowd.” - February 2010
JANCIS ROBINSON MW, FINANCIAL TIMES: 17.5/20
“Lots of interesting dry tannins and herbs on the finish. Obviously very much a terroir wine. Lovely long finish.” - May 2009
DECANTER, RICHARD MAYSON: 18/20
“Nothing over-ripe here this year, yet impressive for its ripeness and opulence. …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 11 in Stock
Quinta do Vesuvio, 2007
Vintage Port, Douro
Magnum Bottle
In Oak Case
WINE SPECTATOR, JAMES SUCKLING: 94 POINTS
“Fascinating aromas... So much to come with age in the bottle. Very typical for Vesuvio.” - May 2010
ROBERT PARKER, THE WINE ADVOCATE: 91 POINTS
“...youthful, primary Port... tremendous depth and concentration, and a succulence which raises it above the crowd.” - February 2010
JANCIS ROBINSON MW, FINANCIAL TIMES: 17.5/20
“Lots of interesting dry tannins and herbs on the finish. Obviously very much a terroir wine. Lovely long finish.” - May 2009
DECANTER, RICHARD MAYSON: 18/20
“Nothing over-ripe here this year, yet impressive for its ripeness and opulence. …
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Price: £195.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Quinta do Vesuvio Capela, 2007
"Capela" Vintage Port, Douro
***99/100 Points- James Suckling***
Mesmerising aromas; lavender, eucalyptus, green tea and liquorice. On the palate, the concentration and intensity are striking with layers of complexity. There is a wonderful interplay of invigorating black and red fruits underpinned by schist tannins that give balance to the impressive structure. The Sousao grape comes through in a spicy seasoning that underscores the wine’s remarkable freshness. The seductive finish is endless and inspirational.
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Price: £169.00
Stock: 4 in Stock
Raboso, 2007
Cassine di Pietra
Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
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Price: £29.00
Stock: 3 in Stock
Rosso Toscano, 2007
Marrantino - Selezione Mogavero
Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
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Price: £29.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 2007
Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port, Douro
***96/100- Falstaff****
The 2007 Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha is a more introverted Taylor’s Vintage, an earthy bouquet with touches of orange essence developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, good backbone, quite reserved and composed at the moment. This is not a flamboyant Vinha Velha, but there is a very attractive, slightly biscuity quality towards the finish. Superb. The Vinha Vehla are five plots located in the heart of Quinta de Vargellas. The vines being between 80 and 120 years of age. Strict selection has led to a wine of stunning complexity, power and richness. This is one that will be at its peak 50 years hence. …
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Price: £225.00
Stock: 14 in Stock
Sangiovese, 2007
Puglia IGT, Giordano
Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
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Price: £19.00
Stock: Out of Stock