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Graham's : Vintage Port 2016

Name: Graham's : Vintage Port 2016
Brand: Graham's
SKU: 4009/16
Price: 113.33333333333331 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.68 (342 reviews)

Duriense

Port

- Red - See details

Parker | 95

J. Robinson | 18.5+

Wine Spectator | 98

J. Suckling | 99

€680.00 Incl. VAT

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€113.33 / Unit

)

Packaging : a case of 6 Bottles (75cl)

1 x 75CL

€115.30

6 x 75CL

€680.00

In-Stock

DeliveryFree Home delivery for orders exceeding € 300
Guaranteed provenanceWines sourced directly from the producing estates

ALL VINTAGES OF THIS WINE

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2000

All Graham's wines

Marks and reviews

/100

Robert Parker

Mark Squires

The 2016 Vintage Port is a blend of 37% Touriga Nacional, 42% Touriga Franca and various others. It comes in with 115 grams of residual sugar. A bit bigger than Dow’s this year, this is more intense as well. The better wine of these two benchmarks seems to be this Graham’s. Tight on the finish, aromatic and very flavorful, this actually opens rather well and shows off its lovely fruit. The Dow’s will be approachable a bit earlier, perhaps, and this may reward aging even more. As always, Graham’s is wonderfully delicious. That’s one hallmark of the house. I’m not sure this is a truly great Graham’s, but at the moment, it is enticing, with plenty of potential for improvement. There were 6,325 cases produced, plus some bottles in other formats.

/100

James Suckling

Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows through to a full body with great grip at the finish. Lightly sweet. Chewy and powerful. Such a focused finish.

/100

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, purple reflections, brightening to the rim. Touch of dried figs underpinned with fine nougat, ripe cherries, tobacco nuances, multi-faceted bouquet. Sweet plum fruit, dark berries, chocolaty texture, firm, underpinned by SAVOURY tannins, nougat on the finish, despite everything endowed with good freshness, somewhat baroque but also powerful style, certain ageing potential for many decades.

Description

Characteristics and tasting notes for Graham's Vintage Port 2016

Tasting

Nose
Intensely concentrated, with great aromatic opulence, Graham's Vintage Port 2016 presents a brilliant nose glowing with the radiance of fruit, with notes of small black fruits, balanced by a beautiful freshness.

Palate
On the palate, the attack reveals the structure and complexity of the Port by unveiling the indulgence of chocolate notes and the freshness of menthol notes. An exceptional Vintage Port.

A great structured and balanced Vintage Port

The estate

Founded in 1820 then acquired in 1970 by the Symington family, the Port House W&J Graham's is today the only independent British Port House. If Graham's is one of the first houses to acquire its own vineyards in the Douro Valley, within the Duriense region in northwest Portugal, it also reflects its pioneering spirit through a constant search for perfection and modernization of viticulture and winemaking methods.

Graham's produces Port wines recognized beyond borders for their finesse, aromatic richness and concentration.

The wine

Produced only in exceptional years, Vintage Ports are the most refined and distinctive signature of Graham's House, an essential Portuguese estate.

The vintage

A vintage marked by unusual climatic conditions for the Duriense region in northwest Portugal, 2016 will remain in memory as an exceptional year for Port. After a warm winter and significant rainfall, the summer unfolded under scorching temperatures. The harvest, which began in September, was carried out with grapes in perfect sanitary condition and endowed with excellent maturity, suggesting the birth of a great vintage.

The Port House Graham's therefore made the decision to declare the vintage of its Graham's Vintage Port 2016. An exceptional Port produced in very limited quantities, Graham's Vintage Port 2016 comes from a selection of grapes from the House's best Quintas (dos Malvedos, dos lages, da Vila Velha and Vale Malhadas).

Blend

Porto Blend.

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