Port Blend
Port is a sweet, fortified wine made in the Douro Valley of Portugal and aged in the coastal town of Vila Nova de Gaia. Variations include Vintage, Tawny, Late Bottled Vintage, Ruby, White and others. Fortified wines in the Port style can also be found outside of Portugal, most notably in Australia, South Africa and the United States. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Port Blend among our extensive Port Blend wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Port Blend reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Port Blend, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.
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Taylor Fladgate 2000 Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port (Port)
- Cellar Selection
- $270
The hue of this wine takes dark and inky to a new level—and this wine’s intensity isn’t confined to its color. This is simply huge in every way, yet because every component is in proportion, the balance is impeccable. Incredibly rich, dense fruit picks up hints of tar and chocolate, while the finish lasts for what must be minutes. Hold.
— J.C.
(2/1/2007)
Taylor Fladgate 1970 Vintage Port (Port)
- $255
This wine’s dark garnet color with minimal bricking suggests a relatively youthful wine and this certainly could age longer, although it’s also delicious now. Wonderfully complex floral and herbal scents easily move into deep, rich flavors of chocolate and cherries, sprinkled with a healthy dose of Douro minerality and spice. Drink or hold.
— J.C.
(2/1/2007)
Taylor Fladgate 1994 Vintage Port (Port)
- $290
This is very much in the mold of the 1992—maybe slightly less rich but just by a whisker. It’s dense without being heavy, with a beautifully spice-filled and long finish. Flavors of chocolate, mint and plum pudding linger elegantly for a few seconds longer than the ’92. Hold.
— J.C.
(2/1/2007)
Taylor Fladgate 1948 Vintage Port (Port)
Most houses declared 1947 instead, but this ’48 is beautiful to taste now. Starts off almost meaty or coffee-like, then shows more plum and prune notes, while delicate herb and floral notes emerge only after prolonged aeration. It’s richly textured in the mouth, with a seamless mouthfeel and no alcohol evident amid the dense, chocolaty flavors. Drink or hold.
— J.C.
(2/1/2007)
Niepoort 2000 Vintage Port
- Cellar Selection
- $80
A prodigious effort from a small house that’s becoming one of the Douro’s best. The fruit is massive; huge and inky and filled with blackberries and chocolate. Yet for all its size, it finishes with finesse-filled layers of flavor that fold in mint and black pepper notes.
— W.E.
(11/15/2003)
Cockburn's 1927 Vintage Port (Port)
Served alongside the 1912 and the 1935, this was by far the darkest and reddest-colored of the flight. Rich berry aromas soar from the glass, graced by notes of toffee and coffee. The alcohol is well integrated, almost hidden in the masses of rich, chocolaty fruit and supple, velvety mouthfeel. Shows great length on the finish, which picks up gorgeous hints of…
— J.C.
(3/1/2004)
Taylor Fladgate 1995 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Port (Port)
- Cellar Selection
At almost 10 years of age, this mammoth effort is just starting to budge along the path to maturity. The nose is rich with scents of baking spices; the palate shows plenty of plum and blackberry fruit, but is more about earth, spice and raw power. This tremendously deep, powerful and structured wine should be even better by 2010, with a plateau of maturity that…
— J.C.
(12/1/2004)
Fonseca 2003 Vintage Port (Port)
- $92
Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that model. It is structured, rich, powerful and opulent. There are cassis and black fig flavors, as well as sweet tannins. It is delicious already, and will remain delicious throughout its long life. Imported by Kobrand.
— R.V.
(11/15/2005)
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