Fonseca Guimaraens 1997VintagePort Description: Fonseca Guimaraens 1997VintagePort from Portugal, Douro by Fonseca Port (12 x 75 cl) Price: £715.91
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Adriano Ramos Pinto 1997VintagePort Description: Color: Beautiful violet shades still opaque as the wine is in its first stages of maturation. Nose: Elegant floral notes with hints of rose and black cherry. Palate: Smooth, well-balanced attack. Robust tannins endow the wine with hints of ripe fruit, showing plenty of promise for good aging. Serving Suggestions: This wine is best served after standing upright for at least two hours and decanted. Best served with cheese at the end of a meal. The 1997vintage is a wine of complete ripeness, good acidity, tannin and concentration. The growing season consisted of a sunny winter, adverse weather in spring, and favorable, sunny growing conditions in summer. While there were some weather difficulties, Ramos-Pinto fared well. The 1997vintage will start to reach maturity in 10-15 years (12 x 75 cl) Price: £558.28
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Fonseca 1997VintagePort Description: In exceptional years Fonseca will make the decision to ‘declare’ a classic vintageport. Only the finest wines, selected for their great intensity, depth and ageing potential, are bottled under these vintage labels. On average this happens three times a decade. Renowned for their voluptuous rich fruit, mouthfilling density, tannic structure and ‘grip’, they are wines of breed, balance and great complexity. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £747.22
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Fonseca 1997VintagePort Description: In exceptional years Fonseca will make the decision to 'declare' a classic vintageport. Only the finest wines, selected for their great intensity, depth and ageing potential, are bottled under these vintage labels. On average this happens three times a decade. Renowned for their voluptuous rich fruit, mouthfilling density, tannic structure and 'grip', they are wines of breed, balance and great complexity. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £592.37
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W & J Graham's 1997VintagePort Description: This excellent Vintage has an intense colour with a deep, purple rim. On the nose shows a luscious ripeness with attractive floral aromas and undertones of black cherry. On the palate, a typically Graham’s full-bodied structure, packed with layers and layers of fruit and firm tannins. The very long, accomplished finish indicates a great Vintage for long-term ageing. Graham’s wines come primarily from its own Quinta dos Malvedos near Tua and Quinta das Lages in the Rio Torto. Two others, privately owned by a member of the Symington family, Quinta da Vila Velha and Quinta de Vale de Malhadas, also supply Graham with finest quality grapes. All four Quintas are among the best in the upper Douro valley. Graham’s also buys grapes from selected farmers in the finest districts. Some of these farmers have been selling their grapes to Graham’s for generations. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £666.80
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Burmester 1997VintagePort Description: Deep, richly fruity, very drinkable now but will fully repay keeping. Great vintage, and the last declared by the Burmester family: a collector's item. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £308.08
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Ramos Pinto 1997VintagePort Description: The Casa Ramos Pinto Port Wines are prepared in the modern vinification centres at the Quinta dos Bons Ares and the Quinta do Bom Retiro, but in the case of special category wines the grapes are trodden in the traditional wine cellars as this age-old technique allows for the juice of the fruit to be extracted more efficiently and less violently. After having concluded the first steps of vinification, the wines are transported to the historical wine cellars at Vila Nova de Gaia, where they undergo a long ageing process. Exceptional deep colour with bluish highlights with complex mixed aromas which resemble the taste of red fruit jams such as ripe plum or berry, with hints of chocolate and pepper. In the mouth, it is elegant and very well structured, full-bodied and fruity. The firm tannins provide it with great potential for ageing. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £585.33
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Quinta do Infantado 1997VintagePort Description: ''We are traditional,'' explains Joao Roseira. ''We ferment our own grapes from very good vineyards in 'lagars' so get better extraction. As a result, we have higher natural alcohols, which gives us a finer, more elegant style of Port, as we don't need to add so much brandy.'' The best wine is undoubtedly the Vintage, Its swirling flavours of deep, dark plums and chocolate give way to a supple, warming rather than searing finish. The finesse on the finish is a key element of the Infantado wines, and is attributable to the fact that the wine brandy component in their blend is only 15%, whereas the average for Port is about 20% (6 x 75 cl) Price: £205.67
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W & J Graham's 1997VintagePort Description: This excellent Vintage has an intense colour with a deep, purple rim. On the nose shows a luscious ripeness with attractive floral aromas and undertones of black cherry. On the palate, a typically Graham's full-bodied structure, packed with layers and layers of fruit and firm tannins. The very long, accomplished finish indicates a great Vintage for long-term ageing. Graham's wines come primarily from its own Quinta dos Malvedos near Tua and Quinta das Lages in the Rio Torto. Two others, privately owned by a member of the Symington family, Quinta da Vila Velha and Quinta de Vale de Malhadas, also supply Graham with finest quality grapes. All four Quintas are among the best in the upper Douro valley. Graham's also buys grapes from selected farmers in the finest districts. Some of these farmers have been selling their grapes to Graham's for generations. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £532.03
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Barros 1997VintagePort Description: Intense, deep colour, full spicy nose and full bodied. Drink from 2007. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £165.11
Pocas 1997VINTAGEPort Description: Pocas 1997VINTAGEPort from Portugal, Douro by Manoel Domingues Pocas Junior (6 x 75 cl) Price: £179.25
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Quinta de la Rosa 1997 COLHEITA VintagePort Description: A fully declared year by most large shippers and La Rosa declared a small quantity of excellent wine. The port has complex aromas of violets and berries, a vibrant grip, and is well balanced with ripe fruity finish- all within the overall drier house style of La Rosa. The grapes used for this VintagePort are in mixed plantations of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Amarela from the Meia Encosta between 30 and 60 years old. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £291.24
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Adriano Ramos Pinto 1995 VintagePort Description: A deep purple in color, with intense and lively aromas of pepper, cedar and cinnamon. Smooth and silky in the mouth, with initial flavors of black currant, red currant and clove, followed by ripe fruit and chocolate notes. The wine has a strong attack and dense tannins that give the wine excellent structure. Perfect balance and persistence make this a remarkable vintage. Origin: Exclusively from Ramos-Pinto quintas: 80% from Ervamoira , where the mature grapes provide excellent structure, and 20% from Bom Retiro , providing aroma and finesse. Varietals: 60% Touriga Nacional, contributing elegance, soft tannins and beautiful color. Fermentation: Macerated in the traditional way in concrete lagars, crushed with the feet to obtain maximum body and color. Aging: Two years in oak cask. Bottled in 1997 (6 x 75 cl) Price: £247.42
