1973 Port Vintage Report

50 Year Old Tawny Port
Presented in Maynards Floating Gift Box
Special Offer | Was £139 | Now £129

The Maynard's 50 year old tawny is our latest addition to our 50 year old Port line-up. Maynard's is renowned for its excellent quality at outstanding value and this 50 year old gem is no exception! This is also a UK exclusive for VWP.

Named after the first established English Port wine shipper in Oporto, Walter Maynard, this aged Port has been blended from historic stocks of tawny Port to give an average age of 50 years and is released under the new 50 year old tawny Port category.

Presented in its own gift box, this is a powerful port with complex nuttiness aromas in harmony with spicy notes, warm roasted coffee and cinnamon hints from the long contact with oak wood during the ageing process. …
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Price: $167.31 USD
Stock: 49 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £139

The Palmer 50 Years Old Aged Tawny Port belongs to the exclusive and rare type of blended tawny port with age indication. The quantities produced are of course, very small. VWP are exclusive importers of the Palmer 50 Tear Tawny.

Tasting Notes :
The Palmer 50 Year tawny is the premium Port blended by legendary wine-maker Alvaro Van Zeller from his best stocks of aged tawny blend to give an average age of 50 years. The 50-year category was approved in 2022.

The Palmer 50 Year old has a concentrated dark tawny colour with green highlights that show around the rim of the glass. …
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Price: $180.28 USD
Stock: 59 in Stock

50 year old Tawny Port
Presented in Gift Box
Special Offer | Was £149 | Now £129

Quinta da Devesa 50-year-old tawny Port has a beautiful copper colour with an orange-green edge signifying a Tawny port with some age. A blend of multiple wines to result in an average age of 50 years, it presents extraordinary aromas of roasted caramel notes, a touch of citrus orange, and a pronounced roasted character of pecan, dates. This Port has an elegant and silky texture with an ever-long aftertaste aftertaste boasting caramelized fruit notes.

Quinta da Devesa Port Wines are produced exclusively from lots vinified and aged in the estate. Since 1941, vintages considered of superior quality by the family winemakers, were kept and stored in wooden barrels in the winery cellars. …
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Price: $167.31 USD
Stock: 24 in Stock

Finest Reserve White Port in presentation box
50cl Bottle in gift box.
Special Price Offer | Was £129 | Now £75
Our best-selling 1973 wine

The Quinta da Devesa White Port is our best selling 1973 wine. Made with grapes from the 1973 harvest and matured in cask until bottling in 2022, this is a fabulous white Port that is golden in colour, with a nose of sweet spices, iodine, wood notes and candied citrus. The palate is elegant, bright and offers a nice acidity, with citrus and honey, backed with concentrated old wood notes of cedar and walnut. A stylish finish with notes of lemon zest and molasses. Highly recommended!

1973 Devesa Reserve White Port is actually a 1973 Colheita White Port but has to be bottled under 'Reserve' label as the barrel was put aside for family and friends and so was not formally registered. …
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Price: $97.27 USD
Stock: 20 in Stock

50 year old White Port
Presented in Gift Box
Special Offer | Was £149 | Now £129

The 50 year old Devesa white Port has just been released and Vintage Wine and Port is delighted to offer it exclusively for sale in the UK.
Offering fabulous quality vs price, the 50 year old white has an outstanding bouquet of candied orange, exotic resins and honey hints, on the palate there is a a very crisp acidity, due to the complexity, refined quality and long aftertaste.

Quinta da Devesa Port Wines are produced exclusively from lots vinified and aged in the estate. Since 1941, vintages considered of superior quality by the family winemakers, were kept and stored in wooden barrels in the winery cellars. …
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Price: $167.31 USD
Stock: 48 in Stock

A 30 Year Old Tawny and a 20 Year Old Tawny
***Presented in our Double Leather Gift Box***

A wonderful gift to celebrate a 50th anniversary. This double gift box contains two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port beautifully presented in a silk lined gift box:

Burmester blends its magnificent Tawny Ports from its extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports matured in the firm’s cool and tranquil cellars, (known as ‘lodges’) in Oporto on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.

Burmester 30 Year Old Tawny:
Deep tawny colour with greenish hints. Complex and powerful nose, dominated by the strong presence of the dried fruits and spices, combined with a subtle and refined note of vanilla. …
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Price: $193.25 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

50 Year White Port
Half Bottle 37.5cl
Special offer | was £139 | Now £129

Kopke, one of the most emblematic Port wine houses, recently launched its 50 Year Old Tawny and White Ports, “wines that celebrate the wisdom of time”.

Port wines with an indication of age were until now associated with labels 10, 20, 30 and 40 and are the ultimate expression of the art of blending. Now we are presented with the new 50 years category, wines “of extreme fineness and delicacy, which provide moments of delight and contemplation, layer by layer, which make them the ideal option for special celebrations”. These are wines that require extra work and a very special accompaniment to ensure that they evolve in complexity, while preserving the richness of aromas. …
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Price: $167.31 USD
Stock: 24 in Stock

50 Year Tawny Port
***98 Points- Wine Advocate***
Special offer | was £189 | Now £169

Kopke, one of the most emblematic Port wine houses, recently launched its 50 Year Old Tawny and White Ports, “wines that celebrate the wisdom of time”.

Port wines with an indication of age were until now associated with labels 10, 20, 30 and 40 and are the ultimate expression of the art of blending. Now we are presented with the new 50 years category, wines “of extreme fineness and delicacy, which provide moments of delight and contemplation, layer by layer, which make them the ideal option for special celebrations”. These are wines that require extra work and a very special accompaniment to ensure that they evolve in complexity, while preserving the richness of aromas. …
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Price: $219.19 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port

Messias 50 years old is a Tawny Port wine is a mellow, rich, subtle Port wine. It stands out for its remarkable balance of honeyed notes of citrus jam, marmalade and very delicate acidity with floral hints, highlighting notes of orange blossom and caramelized orange peel.

Bottle Size 75cl

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Price: $252.91 USD
Stock: 81 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port

This 50 Year Old tawny, like the others from Quinta das Carvalhas, was made with lots from the vast and rich collection of old Port wines found in the cellars in Gaiense. The soul and body of this 50 year old is based on a tawny from 1967, a Porto Colheita from 1976 and a dash of Port from 1920, aged in oak casks.

The result is a magnificent amber-coloured wine, which on the nose reveals notes of varnish and cedar leaves and an almost citrusy freshness. When tasted, it is broad and powerful, with flavours of dried fruits. It has a long and persistent finish.




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Price: $348.88 USD
Stock: 23 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port
***95 Points- GOLD- Decanter 2023***

Beautiful pale tawny in colour. The 50-Year-Old Tawny is exceptionally pronounced and complex in aroma profile. Intense aromas of dried fruits, roasted walnuts, toffee and spice burst out of the glass. Velvety smooth on the palate, with a bright acidity keeping the decadent flavours on the straight and narrow and all culminating in a deliciously lingering finish.

There are few more iconic images in the world of wine than the ‘Don’, the logo created for the Sandeman family in 1928 by George Massiot Brown. The cape was modelled on the attire worn by university students in Porto, while the wide-brimmed hat was a nod to the family’s presence in Jerez. …
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Price: $374.82 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port
*** 96 Points -Alex Probst- World of Fine Wine ***

Dark tawny colour with greenish tones and an intense aroma consisting of wood notes, caramel, vinagrinho and nuts. The palate is full and fresh, with dry notes of spicy flavours. A long and enduring finish.




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Price: $452.64 USD
Stock: 13 in Stock

50 Year Old White Port
50cl bottle
*** 95 Points- Wine Advocate ***

White gold colour with greenish tones. An intense and complex aroma, with vinagrinho wood notes, hazelnuts and honey.
The palate is dense, full and fresh, with dry notes of spicy flavours. Long, lingering finish.



Learn more about Sao Leonardo by Quinta do Mourao
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Price: $512.30 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Crusted Port - Bottled in 1973
Special Offer DAMAGED LABELS | Was £325 | Now £175

A very rare bottle of 1973 crusted port.

Crusted Port is a very small category, named because of the 'crust' of sediment that it forms in the bottle. Invented by the British-owned Port houses predominantly for the British Port drinker, it is intended to be a more economical alternative to Vintage or Late Bottled Vintage. Crusted is a blend of several harvests, which are bottled without being filtered and laid down to mature like Vintage wines. Using this approach allows the manufacturer to use some of the lesser harvests but still produce a good rich full bodied wine at an economical price. …
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Price: $226.97 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

102 Special Edition
Includes premium presentation box
***95 Point- Wine Advocate***
Special Offer | Was £325 | Now £249

This limited edition tawny port is blended from five different vintages from each decade from the 1930's to the 1970's representing 5 decades of passion, talent and art. Having aged in small oak barrels over half a century, these wines have evolved and developed a unique character. This exclusive blend is limited to 1913 bottles only!

This is a sublime port with a medium tawny colour (50% opacity) a slight cedar and mahogany notes as a result of its duration in casks. The wine is full bodied with a soft rounded texture. On the palate there are notes of dried fruits, caramel and a touch of mocha. …
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Price: $322.94 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Taylor's 30 and 20 Year Old Tawny Port
***Presented in our Two-Bottle Leather Effect Gift Box***

A unique gift for a 50th Anniversary celebration.

This gift comprises a 75cl bottle of 30 year aged tawny port and a 75cl bottle of 20 year aged tawny port, adding up to 50 years.
This 30-year-old tawny from Taylor's own vineyards shows incredible length, a deep, old gold colour with hints of dried fruit and honey offsetting the rich nutty aromas. Lush, silky richness with an elegant, slightly austere quality which is quite distinctive. Subtle dried fruit flavours underly exotic layers of caramel and nuts, culminating in an endless finish.


The Taylor's 20 Year Old Tawny displays an intense amber tawny colour. …
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Price: $206.22 USD
Stock: 7 in Stock

Crusted Port - Bottled in 1973

Crusted Port is a very small category, named because of the 'crust' of sediment that it forms in the bottle.
Invented by the British-owned Port houses predominantly for the British Port drinker, it is intended to be a more economical alternative to Vintage or Late Bottled Vintage.

Crusted is a blend of several harvests, which are bottled without being filtered and laid down to mature like Vintage wines. Using this approach allows the manufacturer to use some of the lesser harvests but still produce a good rich full bodied wine at an economical price.

Usually a year is stated on the label which, because the wine was made from a blend of harvests, is the year in which the wine was bottled. …
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Price: $382.61 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

50 Year Old Tawny Port
Clearance Offer - No Case | Was £139 | Now £99

The Maynard's 50 year old tawny is our latest addition to our 50 year old Port line-up. Maynard's is renowned for its excellent quality at outstanding value and this 50 year old gem is no exception! This is also a UK exclusive for VWP.

Named after the first established English Port wine shipper in Oporto, Walter Maynard, this aged Port has been blended from historic stocks of tawny Port to give an average age of 50 years and is released under the new 50 year old tawny Port category.

This is a powerful port with complex nuttiness aromas in harmony with spicy notes, warm roasted coffee and cinnamon hints from the long contact with oak wood during the ageing process. …
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Price: $128.40 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Finest Reserve White Port in presentation box
50cl Bottle in gift box.
Clearance Offer | Damaged or Damp affected Outer Box | Was £129 | Now £50

The Quinta da Devesa White Port is our best selling 1973 wine. Made with grapes from the 1973 harvest and matured in cask until bottling in 2022, this is a fabulous white Port that is golden in colour, with a nose of sweet spices, iodine, wood notes and candied citrus. The palate is elegant, bright and offers a nice acidity, with citrus and honey, backed with concentrated old wood notes of cedar and walnut. A stylish finish with notes of lemon zest and molasses. Highly recommended!

1973 Devesa Reserve White Port is actually a 1973 Colheita White Port but has to be bottled under 'Reserve' label as the barrel was put aside for family and friends and so was not formally registered. …
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Price: $64.85 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

TAYLOR'S GOLDEN AGE 50 YEAR OLD TAWNY PORT

Blended from rare wood-aged ports matured for five decades in oak casks, Taylor's Golden Age is a special collector's edition port released in very limited quantities. This 50-year-old Tawny was sourced in the eastern reaches of the Douro Valley, location of many of the finest vineyard estates and traditional source of the most long-lasting wines. Prior to blending, the individual wines were aged in Taylor's cellars in seasoned oak casks specially selected and set aside by the firm's team of expert coopers. After half a century in cask, this exceptional wine has reached its 'Golden Age' of maturity, the point at which it achieves perfect balance, a magical complexity and a seductive smoothness and density. …
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Price: $232.81 USD
Stock: Out of Stock