2018 Wine and Port Vintage

Late Bottled Vintage Port

Maynard's history dates back to 1652 when Walter Maynard, the illustrious ancestor of the Van Zeller family, became one of the first British merchants to ship Port from Oporto

Unfiltered LBV Ports, if stored in a cool place (store approximately 8°C to 10°C) after the bottle has been opened, can provide enjoyment for two sometimes three weeks. For filtered LBV Ports, these typically can last up to 10 to 12 days after being open, without any obvious deterioration of quality.


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Price: £17.95
Stock: 63 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port

Palmer Late Bottled Vintage Port - Exclusive to VWP.

Tasting Notes: This LBV Port is deep in colour, violet, dark red and purple. Very good concentration of mature dark red fruit aromas, with a very typical predominance and blackberries, black cherries, plums’ jam and cassis. Elegant and smooth, Palmers 2018 LBV Port has a great balance and finesse and a very long and fruity finish.

Food Pairing:
This Late Bottled Vintage Port pairs best with goat cheese, almonds, blue cheese, brownies, nuts, and chocolate.

STORAGE
The wine is ready to drink and does not require decanting. The bottle should be kept upright and protected from direct sunlight. …
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Price: £19.95
Stock: 69 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port, Douro
***90 Points- SILVER Winner - IWC 2024***

This 2018 Late Bottled Vintage Port Wine from Quevedo is made from the grapes of a single vintage year, aged longer in casks than traditional vintage ports, and is ready to drink upon release.

Tasting Notes
Deep ruby with purple highlights, with an intense aroma of ripe blackberries, dark cherries, and plums, with subtle hints of spice, chocolate, and eucalyptus. The palate is full-bodied and rich, with flavours of ripe dark fruits, dark chocolate, licorice, and black pepper. The tannins are firm yet well-integrated, providing structure and balance. The finish is long and persistent, with a fruity and slightly spicy aftertaste. …
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Price: £22.95
Stock: 30 in Stock

Vintage Port - MAGNUM Bottle (1.5L), Douro
***94 Points - Robert Parker- Wine Advocate***

Please note that these are MAGNUM (1.5lt Bottles )

Oscar and Claudia Quevedo have recently declared their 2018 Quevedo Vintage port. This follows their acclaimed 2017 Vintage.

2018 was a roller-coaster of a year with an exceptionally wet spring followed by a summer punctuated by heatwaves. Whilst not a general declaration, the ports we have tasted are excellent. Quevedo, who have a several prime vineyards, each with their own micro-climate, were able to select the best grapes to blend into their vintage and the result is a port worthy of its declaration.

Tasting Notes:
The 2018 Quevedo Vintage port is big and bold on the palate with tons of opulent black fruit. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 21 in Stock

Vintage Port HALF Bottle (37.5cl) DOC Douro
***94 Points - Robert Parker- Wine Advocate***

Oscar and Claudia Quevedo have recently declared their 2018 Quevedo Vintage port. This follows their acclaimed 2017 Vintage.

2018 was a roller-coaster of a year with an exceptionally wet spring followed by a summer punctuated by heatwaves. Whilst not a general declaration, the ports we have tasted are excellent. Quevedo, who have a several prime vineyards, each with their own micro-climate, were able to select the best grapes to blend into their vintage and the result is a port worthy of its declaration.

Tasting Notes:
The 2018 Quevedo Vintage port is big and bold on the palate with tons of opulent black fruit. …
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Price: £32.95
Stock: 12 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
***94 Points - Robert Parker- Wine Advocate***

2018 Vintage Port from Quevedo: A very limited quantity was produced with the best grapes of the 2018 harvest. Bottled 2 years after the harvest, the Vintage Port will keep developing inside the bottle and your patience will be rewarded after a few decades.

2018 was a roller-coaster of a year with an exceptionally wet spring followed by a summer punctuated by heatwaves. Whilst not a general declaration, the ports we have tasted are excellent. Quevedo, who have several prime vineyards, each with their own micro-climate, were able to select the best grapes to blend into their vintage and the result is a port worthy of its declaration. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 16 in Stock

Vintage Port in presentation box, DOC Douro
***92 Points- Wine Advocate***

Quinta da Devesa Vintage Port is an exceptional wine, produced from carefully selected grapes of the best plots, exclusively from the estate. Vinified traditionally in granite lagares, the ageing process occurred in oak vats before bottling, between the second and third year.

Learn more about Quinta da Devesa

The 2018 Vintage Port is a 50/30 blend of Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca, with the rest Sousão, all aged in old balseiros (large upright barrels) for one year. It was bottled May 21, 2020, with 115 grams of residual sugar. …
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Price: £49.95
Stock: 18 in Stock

Quinta do Arnozelo Vintage Port, Douro
In Wooden Gift Box
Exclusive to Vintage Wine & Port
**90 Points - Wine Advocate**

Only a tiny quantity of Burmester Quinta do Arnozelo Vintage was produced in 2018, using the best grapes from the harvest. Vintage ports like this one are designed for long-term aging and can improve over decades. You can enjoy it now for its youthful fruit intensity, but it will develop more complexity and depth with time.

Tasting Notes:
The 2018 Burmester Vintage port is elegant, aromatic and of great finesse. You should expect floral aromas and flavours of blackberry, black cherry, plum with raisins, figs, chocolate and cinnamon spice. The 2018 vintage is generally known for its balanced structure, intense flavour, and smooth tannins. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 49 in Stock

Touriga Nacional Red Wine, Douro
**90 pts-- Roger Voss- Wine Enthusiast.**

The Casa Burmester Touriga Nacional showcases the depth and complexity of the Touriga Nacional grape, which is often used in premium Portuguese blends but also stands strong on its own.

Tasting Notes
With a deep, vibrant ruby colour, it features fine floral notes enveloped by ripe plums and black berry fruit. Superb and sophisticated, marked by remarkable volume on the palate. The tannins show up fine and polished, with well-defined berry flavours of the noble Touriga Nacional with additional layers of spice . The finish is long and persistent.

Serving and Food Pairing
Serve at 16-18 Celsius. …
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Price: £26.95
Stock: 4 in Stock

Quinta de Sao Luiz Vintage Port, DOC Douro
Presented in original Kopke Gift Box

Due to the small production we have been nominated as the exclusive UK stockists for the 2018 Kopke Vintage Port.

Tasting Notes Concentrated and with a deep dark colour, fresh and exuberant on the nose with layered notes of black fruit, this Vintage stands out for its structure and balance, whilst delivering firm tannins, true to the style of Kopke's Vintage Single Quinta. Its crispy acidity combined with the layered Flavours of fruit fresh make this wine engaging, and the intense finish anticipates great ageing potential.

Serving Tips & Storage When mature this port will need to be decanted to remove sediment. …
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Price: £64.95
Stock: 14 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port

The 2018 Kopke Late Bottled Vintage Port wine is opaque and deep ebony colour. The nose is dominated by notes of ripe dark stone fruit and hints of cacao and chocolate, already showing the signs of some cask ageing. The mouth is full bodied and tight showing good acidity, fresh tannins as well as a long rich finish. Balancing the intensity of flavours, the Late Bottled Vintage Port is the ideal choice to serve with main courses of meat, like filet mignon encrusted four peppers and veal cutlet with Bérnaise sauce. Its versatility knows no borders, being perfect to combine with an exuberant cheesecake of chocolate mint, a pear and chocolate mille-feuille or simply to enjoy with cheeses of medium intensity. …
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Price: £22.95
Stock: 22 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro

The 2018 Messias Vintage Port is a premium port wine produced by Caves Messias, a respected winery in the Douro Valley, Portugal. Vintage Port is crafted only in exceptional years from the best grapes harvested, and it is known for its rich and complex character making it a noteworthy addition to any cellar and a memorable wine to savour on special occasions. Ready to drink now but will mature harmoniously in the bottle until 2050+.

Tasting Notes
Deep, dark ruby or nearly opaque. Rich, concentrated aromas of ripe dark fruits like blackberries, blackcurrants, and plums, with floral notes, spices, and hints of chocolate and licorice. …
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Price: £49.95
Stock: 53 in Stock

Late Bottled Vintage Port, Douro
Twin Bottle Gift Pack

This 2018 Late Bottled Vintage Port from Carvalhas is typically made from a single year's harvest, and aged longer in barrels compared to regular vintage ports before being bottled. This aging process allows the wine to mature and soften, making it more approachable upon release.

Tasting Notes
A ready to drink port that divulges a balanced bouquet of mature black cherries, nuances of cistus combined with dark chocolate and hints of wood. Full-bodied, fruity, dense, rich and firm with a great length of flavour, result of the prolonged stay in wood. These LBV Ports are ready to drink upon release but can also benefit from additional aging in the bottle, developing more complexity over time. …
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Price: £44.95
Stock: 5 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
95 Points - Mark Squires Wine Advocate
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
94 Points James Suckling

The 2018 Vintage Port is a standout offering from one of the most prestigious estates in the Douro Valley. This port is crafted from a blend of traditional Douro grape varieties, sourced from old vines at Quinta das Carvalhas, which is known for producing top-quality, age-worthy port wines.

Tasting Notes
Deep, almost opaque purple with a complex aroma of ripe black fruits, violet, spice, and chocolate. Its full-bodied, robust tannins and deep flavours of dark fruit, chocolate, and minerality make it an ideal choice for aging. Although enjoyed young for its fruit intensity, it will develop complexity and smoothness over time, making it ideal for cellaring. …
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Price: £44.95
Stock: 44 in Stock

Vintage Port, Douro
Includes Wooden gift Box
***95 Points - Mark Squires- Wine Advocate***
***94 Points - Wine Enthusiast***
93 Points James Suckling

The 2018 Vintage Port is a standout offering from one of the most prestigious estates in the Douro Valley. This port is crafted from a blend of traditional Douro grape varieties, sourced from old vines at Quinta das Carvalhas, which is known for producing top-quality, age-worthy port wines.

Tasting Notes
Deep, almost opaque purple with a complex aroma of ripe black fruits, violet, spice, and chocolate. Its full-bodied, robust tannins and deep flavours of dark fruit, chocolate, and minerality make it an ideal choice for aging. Although enjoyed young for its fruit intensity, it will develop complexity and smoothness over time, making it ideal for cellaring. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 28 in Stock

Vinhas Velhas Tinto 2018, Douro
Douro Red Wine
** 95 Points - Wine Advocate **

Originating from selected parcels of centenary vines at Quinta das Carvalhas, the Vinhas Velhas is the very best that can be made at this prestigious estate. The result, is a superb Douro red, which not only expresses the singularity of this estate and its north facing vineyards, but also reflects on Douro’s history, due to the vast diversity of varieties present in the parcels of old vines.

Tasting Notes
The 2018 is a very complex, terroir driven red wine made from old vines from this iconic Vineyard. The wine comprises of a beautiful deep ruby colour and aromas of blackberry, …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 12 in Stock

Tinta Francisca Douro Red
** 92 pts Revista de Vinhos **
** 18 points in Vinho Grandes Escolhas **

The 2018 Tinta Francisca Douro Red from Quinta das Carvalhas is a notable wine that highlights the unique characteristics of the Tinta Francisca grape, a less common variety in the Douro Valley but one that can produce elegant and aromatic wines.

Tasting Notes
The wine comprises a beautiful ruby colour and aromas of red fruits, floral hints, and subtle spice. It has earthy undertones and minerality. On the palate, it's medium-bodied with bright acidity and soft tannins, with a balanced flavor focus on fresh red fruit and a smooth finish. Drink from Now to 2030+.

Serving and Food Pairing
Serve at 16 Celsius and pair with lighter dishes such as poultry, …
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Price: £42.95
Stock: 22 in Stock

Vinhas Velhas Tinto 2018, Douro
Two Bottles in Gift Presentation Case
***95 Points- Wine Advocate***

Originating from selected parcels of centenary vines at Quinta das Carvalhas, the Vinhas Velhas is the very best that can be made at this prestigious estate. The result, is a superb Douro red, which not only expresses the singularity of this estate and its north facing vineyards, but also reflects on Douro’s history, due to the vast diversity of varieties present in the parcels of old vines.

Tasting Notes
The 2018 is a very complex, terroir driven red wine made from old vines from this iconic Vineyard. The wine comprises of a beautiful deep ruby colour and aromas of blackberry, …
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Price: £119.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

Vinhas Velhas Tinto 2018, Douro
Three Bottles in Gift Presentation Case
** 95 Points- Wine Advocate **

Originating from selected parcels of centenary vines at Quinta das Carvalhas, the Vinhas Velhas is the very best that can be made at this prestigious estate. The result, is a superb Douro red, which not only expresses the singularity of this estate and its north facing vineyards, but also reflects on Douro’s history, due to the vast diversity of varieties present in the parcels of old vines.

Tasting Notes
The 2018 is a very complex, terroir driven red wine made from old vines from this iconic Vineyard. The wine comprises of a beautiful deep ruby colour and aromas of blackberry, black cherry as well as red cranberry fruit harmoniously integrated with creamy vanilla notes and earthy spiciness, …
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Price: £169.00
Stock: 9 in Stock

Tommasi Amarone Classico-MAGNUM
Presented in Wooden Gift Box
***90 Points- Wine Enthusiast***

Amarone, one of the great wines of the world. It is produced from the four Valpolicella grape varieties (Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Oseleta), which are cultivated high on hillside terraces.

Intense and complex aromas of ripe cherry, black fruit, wild berries, dried potpurri and warm vanilla and cinnamon spices intermingle chocolate and forest floor notes. Dry on the palate, with ripe fruit composition, its high acidity assists in balancing the intensity of fruit very well. Full bodied and warm, concentrated, with excellent structure and flavours of ripe black and red fruits, leather, sweet spice and dark chocolate. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 4 in Stock

Massolino, Barolo Serralunga, Piedmont
***96 ~Points- Wine Enthusiast***

Massolino Barolo is a concentrated red wine with a complex bouquet of floral, red fruit and spicy aromas over a balsamic and mineral background. On the palate it is voluminous, velvety and round. A medium to full-bodied wine with silky tannins, noticeable acidity and a long, balsamic finish.

"While at the village level in 2018 we seem to find more dilute wines, Massolino should be considered an exception because they produced just a village Barolo, a blend of all their MGAs, including Vigna Rionda. The wine shines for its bright ruby colour, meaty and tarry with a incredible depth of rhubarb and minerality. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 6 in Stock

Elio Grasso - Gavarini Chiniera, Piedmont
*** 96 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate ***

96/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The Gavarini Chiniera vineyard is shaped like an amphitheater with thick forests at the back (which protects from cold air currents) and sandy chalk soil at 380 meters in elevation. This is a special site, and the Elio Grasso 2018 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is always one of Grasso's most easily recognized wines. This vintage is exceptionally bright and vibrant with lifted tones of cherry, plum, blue flower and sweet blood orange. Those primary notes are framed by sensations of dusty white mineral. This mid-weight wine exhibits the deep elegance that was achieved in this vintage. …
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Price: £89.00
Stock: 19 in Stock

Elio Grasso - Ginestra Casa Matè, Piedmont
***95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate***

***95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate***
"From a vineyard located across from Gavarini Chiniera, this is a slightly more robust and concentrated wine. The 2018 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate sources its fruit from a position at a slightly lower elevation with a bigger component of clay in the soils. The south and southeast-facing hillside is also more open to the horizon. These conditions give the Ginestra Casa Mate a broad texture and rich flavors of black and purple fruits. The wine is compact with dense texture that will relax over the next 10 years of age. Best After 2025"

The vinification of Barolo Ginestra Casa Matè involves alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature, with daily pumping over. …
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 22 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
Includes Barros gift box as illustrated

The Barros 2018 Classic Vintage is from the heart of the Douro, a wine with a more delicate, mineral and balsamic character. This Classic Vintage is the result of the selection of the best grapes from vines at different altitudes and solar exposures in the Cima-Corgo subregion. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz are the three main grape varieties for this blend, which also comprises a small percentage of Sousão.

With a deep red colour, this Vintage stands out for its perfumed nose, with floral notes well combined with notes of fresh fruit and spice. A voluptuous wine, with well-integrated tannins, juicy, with a firm structure and an engaging finish. …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 34 in Stock

Vintage Port, DOC Douro
Presented in Original Gift Box
***16/20- Jancis Robinson***

Cálem Classic Vintage Ports are born in the Douro Superior and reflect a myriad of terroirs that make up the classic profile of the label. The result of a blend from different plots of the varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Sousão, Cálem 2018 Vintage Port maintains the identity of this historic Port house.

4435 bottles of this Cálem Vintage 2018 Port were produced, in a category that is increasingly becoming a classic of this Port house.

Tasting Notes Concentrated and with a deep purple colour, this Vintage stands out for its aromas of intense ripe black fruit, entwined with pleasant notes of spice and cocoa. …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 41 in Stock