Vintage Port

Vintage Port is a great indulgence. Rich, relatively rare, impressively powerful and necessarily expensive, it is neither universally appreciated nor within financial range of every pocket. Its reputation as an old-fashioned relic of gentlemens' clubs - the preserve of Rumpolian, gouty lawyers and crusty, retired brigadiers - together with the need to decant it, scares some people off. However, to those who are positively addicted to the stuff it remains timeless, classless and essential for the occasional fix!

We keep our eyes open for modest parcels of vintage port, usually from private sale by people who wish to cash in a small collection, but we never buy until we have inspected the wine in situ and checked it out thoroughly. In this way we have amassed a reasonable selection including some of the grandest vintages and names on the market and can assure you of its good condition. We also like to look beyond the best known
vintage port at some of those wines which the hyper-critical (not us in this case), regard as less good. Smith Woodhouse, Churchill and Gould Campbell for example frequently box above their weight and are usually more reasonably priced.

Although not regarded as vintage port proper, we make sure that we provide a number of less expensive options from the ranks of the single quinta wines as well as a decent crusted and a traditional, unfiltered late bottled vintage, or two. These can come close to giving you a similar experience but without such a frightening financial outlay. They're all in the list - call us if we can help.

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