2017 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations:
Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 2017 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 2017 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!
It could be argued that 2017 was the year when natural disaster reigned supreme and climate change well and truly reared its ugly head. However, there are good wines to be had – particularly when it came to the sweet wines of Sauternes and Tokaji, the whites of Alsace, Germany and Austria, and the fortified wines of Port.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
This Year in History: Fun Fact: The world’s largest dinosaur footprint was discovered. The 5.5 foot (1.7 meter) dinosaur footprint was discovered in Kimberley, Western Australia.
Eurovision Winner: Portugal with the song "Amar Pelos Dois" by Salvador Sobrai.
Top Grossing Movie: Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
Portugal: We are pleased to announce that the major port houses have declared the 2017 Port Vintage. Extremely rare, this is the Symington family's first ever consecutive declaration and follows the acclaimed 2016 Vintage. This is a milestone moment in port history and is the result of two very different but extremely high-quality years for port in the Douro.
Warmer, drier conditions than usual resulted in an early harvest of small, compact bunches of grapes in excellent condition, with yields amongst the lowest of the century so far, 20% below the 10-year average. The resulting wines are characterised by extraordinary intensity, concentration and structure, combined with stunning aromas and freshness. Their quality and fantastic potential mean that we believe 2017 will long be remembered as a year of incredible wines.
Given the very low-yielding year, the 2017 Vintage Port is the smallest declaration of the 21st century, with en primeur volumes approximately a third less than in 2016! So far, we have secured en primeur ports from Taylors, Fonseca, Croft, Grahams, Grahams’s Stone Terraces, Smith Woodhouse, Cockburns. Dow, Vesuvio, Quevedo, Palmer, Pocas, Vesuvio Capella, Noval, Noval Nacional, Niepoort and Warres. We are working to build the most comprehensive list ever offered!
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Ramos Pinto, 2017
Vintage Port
Quinta da Ervamoira
Presented in Original Gift Box
*** 17.5/20 Jancis Robinson ***
***94 Points (MS)- Wine Advocate***
Tasting Note
Very deep colour with violet reflexes. lively and intense aromas of raspberry, strawberry and forest fruit. Hints of rock-rose, black pepper and cocoa.
Full bodied with a gripping tannin structure which is alive, dense and has fresh fruit flavours searing through. a very long and enjoyable finish.
Deep and opaque purple centre with a narrow scarlet outer rim. A complex and mature bouquet dominated by black fruit, cherry plum and blackcurrant which surround notes of chocolate and liquorice. Delicate aromas of violets and touches of bergamot.
On the palate this is a powerful win, with density and great volume. …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 8 in Stock
Recioto, 2017
Spada - Dulcis
"Recioto," as in "Recioto della Valpolicella," refers to a dessert wine made from grapes that were dried on mats after picking. This process turns the grapes closer to raisins, concentrating the flavors. The wines are lovely and taste how you'd expect raisins-turned-wine to taste, rich and sweet.
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Price: £27.00
Stock: 6 in Stock
São Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao, 2017
Vintage Port, Douro
Clearance Offer - discontinued line | Was £89 | Now £48
Red colour with shades of garnet. Strong aroma, with dried notes, cacau and chocolate.
Dense palate, sweet, voluminous and full-bodied, with a present acidity. Aromatic and spiced finish.
Learn more about Sao Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
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Price: £48.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Symington Family Estates, 2017
Symington Vintage Port Collection
Graham's Stone Terraces | Graham's | Dow's | Warre's | Cockburn | Vesuvio
A beautiful, limited-edition presentation case containing 6 bottles of 2017 Vintage Ports from Symington Family Estates, including the 100 Point Grahams Stone Terraces. This is the only stock of Grahams Stone Terraces we have.
This is a very limited edition – Only 500 individually numbered cases (6 x 75cl) have been produced for their global markets, with only a fraction of these allocated to the UK.
6x75cl Case Offered DUTY PAID, INCLUDING VAT AND DELIVERY
- Grahams Stone Terraces
- Warres
- Dow's
- Grahams
- Cockburn
- Vesuvio
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Price: £795.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 2017
Vintage Port
Magnum
Review scores
*** 18.5/20 Jancis ***
*** 98/100 - Vinous ***
*** 18+? - Mayson ***
Tasting notes
Opaque black at the centre with a narrow purple rim. Uncompromisingly Taylor’s in style, elegant and precise. The nose is threaded with very fine, linear fruit, heady and complex but restrained by a graphite minerality. Quinta da Vargellas has imprinted its signature fragrance of violets, which hangs like a scented veil over the wine, and there are discreet terroir notes of citrus, wild herbs and gumcistus. The nose is still reserved and discreet but there is impressive depth and background, as well as hints of complexities still to emerge with time. …
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Price: £179.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 2017
Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port
Single Bottle
Review Scores
*** 18.5/20 - Jancis ***
*** 96+/100 - Vinous ***
*** 18.5+/20 - Mayson ***
Tasting Notes
In addition to a classic Taylor’s Vintage, Taylor’s has announced that it will bottle a Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port from the exceptional 2017 harvest. This will be only the eighth Vargellas Vinha Velha ever to be released and quantities are very limited. As usual, it is an extraordinary wine, a showcase of the old vines’ ability to deliver multiple layers and dimensions of aroma.”
TASTING NOTES.
Impenetrable ruby black core and narrow purple rim. As usual with the Vargellas Vinha Velha, …
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Price: £195.00
Stock: 5 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 2017
Vintage Port
Double Magnum (300 cl) Single Bottle
Please allow 5 days for delivery.
Double Magnum (300 cl) Including Duty Vat and delivery
Review scores
*** 18.5/20 Jancis ***
*** 98/100 - Vinous ***
*** 18+? - Mayson ***
Tasting notes
Opaque black at the centre with a narrow purple rim. Uncompromisingly Taylor’s in style, elegant and precise. The nose is threaded with very fine, linear fruit, heady and complex but restrained by a graphite minerality. Quinta da Vargellas has imprinted its signature fragrance of violets, which hangs like a scented veil over the wine, and there are discreet terroir notes of citrus, wild herbs and gumcistus. …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 3 in Stock
Tokaji, 2017
Dobogó, Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 50cl
Dobogó is a small, family-run winery which operates on five hectares of first-growth vineyards in the volcanic heartland of Tokaj, near the village of Mád. Dobogó is co-owned by Izabella Zwack and winemaker Attila Domokos, who share the same vision of presenting to Hungary and the world their fresh, vibrant, exciting expression of Tokaji wines – both in the ‘aszú’ style and the drier styles – while remaining faithful to Tokaj’s historic tradition of excellence.
The vineyards, planted with Furmint, Hárslevelű and Muscat Lunel atop soils of volcanic origin, are farmed using biodynamic principles. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 9 in Stock
Vietti, 2017
Vietti - Ravera, Piedmont ***16.5/20 JancisRobinson.com***
Located in the heart of the Langhe hills, at the top of the village of Castiglione Falletto, the Vietti wine cellar was founded in the late 1800s by Carlo Vietti. The estate has gradually grown over the course of time, and today the vineyards include some of the most highly-prized terroirs within the Barolo winegrowing area.
Designation: Barolo D.O.C.G.
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo
Winemaking: The grapes are selected from the single vineyard Ravera in Novello, planted with roughly 4,500 units per hectare. The vines have an average age of 28 years with the oldest part planted in 1935. The roughly 3-hectare vineyard is a wonderful hill with a south-western exposure and a clay-limestone soil. …
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Price: £199.00
Stock: 5 in Stock
Vietti, 2017
Vietti - Lazzarito, Piedmont ***94 Points- Wine Spectator***
Designation: Barolo D.O.C.G.
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo
Winemaking: The grapes are sourced from the single vineyard Lazzarito in Serralunga d’Alba, with about 4,500 plants per hectare. The vines have an average age of 38 years. Lazzarito is a wonderful amphitheater facing south-west, with a soil made of clay-limestone. Our overall surface stretches for about 2 hectares. Fermentation lasts about 4 weeks in stainless steel tanks with skin contact. This time includes the pre- and post- fermentative maceration with the traditional submerged cap method. Malolactic fermentation takes place in oak.. …
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Price: £199.00
Stock: 4 in Stock
Vietti, 2017
Vietti - Brunate, Piedmont 96 Points James Suckling
Designation: Barolo D.O.C.G.
Grape Variety: Nebbiolo, 100%
The grapes come from the historic MGA “Brunate” vineyard in the municipality of La Morra, located on the southern slope towards Barolo. Limestone- and clay-rich soil (Marls of Saint Agatha) and an altitude between 300 and 400 m asl. The average age of the Guyot-cultivated vines is 50 years, and there is a density of around 4600 plants per hectare.
Winemaking: Grapes harvested by hand on 7 October 2019. After gentle pressing, the juice fermented for around three weeks in a steel tank, in contact with the skins. This period included pre- and post-ferment maceration, involving the traditional submerged-cap method. …
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Price: £229.00
Stock: 3 in Stock
Vietti, 2017
Vietti - Castiglione, Piedmont
***94 Points- James Suckiling***
Designation: Barolo D.O.C.G.
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo
Winemaking: The grapes are selected from very important small vineyards in the Barolo region. The vines are between 10 and 43 years old, planted in a clay-limestone soil and trained with the Guyot system. The average density is roughly 4,500 plants per hectare. All the different single vineyards are vinified and aged separately with slightly different processes to highlight the typical characteristics of each “terroir”.
Aging: The wine is aged for about 30 months in oak casks and barriques; all parcels are then carefully blended before bottling. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 31 in Stock
Warre's Vintage Port, 2017
Vintage Port
Single Bottle (75cl)
*** 18/20 - Richard Mayson ***
*** 98/100 - James Suckling ***
*** 18/20 - Jancis Robinson ***
Review Scores
*** 18/20 - Richard Mayson ***
*** 98/100 - James Suckling ***
*** 18/20 - Jancis Robinson ***
technical Sheets
Warre's 2017 Vintage Port Technical Sheets
Tasting note
Warre’s 2017 has bright floral aromas of roses and violets, typical of the Touriga Nacional and also of rockrose, which is a feature of the Touriga Franca. On the palate the wine is full and plummy with amazing concentration and buoyant freshness delivering flavours of black cherries and blackberries. Layers of complexity are gradually revealed with a remarkable full-bodied structure. …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 8 in Stock
Taylor Fladgate, 2017
Vintage Port
Impériale (600 cl)
Please allow 10 days for delivery.
Impériale (600 cl) Including Duty Vat and delivery
Review scores
*** 18.5/20 Jancis ***
*** 98/100 - Vinous ***
*** 18+? - Mayson ***
Tasting notes
Opaque black at the centre with a narrow purple rim. Uncompromisingly Taylor’s in style, elegant and precise. The nose is threaded with very fine, linear fruit, heady and complex but restrained by a graphite minerality. Quinta da Vargellas has imprinted its signature fragrance of violets, which hangs like a scented veil over the wine, and there are discreet terroir notes of citrus, wild herbs and gumcistus. The nose is still reserved and discreet but there is impressive depth and background, as well as hints of complexities still to emerge with time. …
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Price: £795.00
Stock: Out of Stock