Port wine is the national wine of Portugal, and as early as 300 years ago, it entered the tradition of daily drinking by British aristocratic gentlemen and became part of the glorious history and culture. Even in Downton Abbey, the nobles would say "Thanks for your Port" at the end of dinner to thank their hosts for their hospitality.
What are the most popular porter reinforcements in the world? Let's take a look at this list.
Note: The following data comes from the wine searcher website as of August 23, 2018.
1. Dots Vintage Potter
Dow’s Vintage Port, Portugal
"2014 World Top 100 Wines No. 1" and twice won the full score of "Wine Observer"
In 2014, Dow's 2007 vintage Port received a 100 point from Wine Watcher, and the price climbed from £550 to £770, an increase of 40%. Doss 2011 Vintage Port won the first place in the top 100, and the price rose to 12,362 yuan, an increase of 211%!
Since then, demand for vintage port wine has exploded, and auction prices have soared. Vintage Port wines are of excellent quality and impressive ageing, and like bordeaux and Burgundy Grand Prix, they have become a must-see for wine collectors.
Doss is the super-top brand of the Symington Family. The Simington family is the top Port wine producer in Portugal, selling one-third of the total Sale of Port wine in Portugal, known as the "Port Wine Empire", and for every 3 bottles of Port wine sold in Portugal, 1 bottle comes from Simmington.
The Simington family has a number of well-known Port wine brands, including Graham's, Cockburn's and Warre's in addition to Doss. For two centuries, Doss has been synonymous with top port wines.
2. Taylor Vladgate Vintage Potter
Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port, Portugal
Parker named Portugal's top three masters and received a perfect parker score in 1992
Taylor's is considered one of the finest Port wine companies in the world, with products sold in 54 countries around the world. The masterpiece is vintage port wine, which has always received numerous accolades, and even the famous master of wine, Robert Parker, has paid special attention to it.
Parker's Book of the World's Top Wines and Wineries includes only 3 Portuguese wineries, and Taylor is one of them. In the book, Parker writes: "The wines of The Taylors are the most expensive vintage port. The reasons are very obvious, first, these vintages and their longevity; second, they all have exceptional complexity and richness. ”
In addition, Taylor's vintage Port from 1992 and 1948 both received a perfect score of 100! In Parker's 8 points for this vintage Potter, the average is 97 points! The fact that Parker received such a high rating shows that the quality of this wine is extraordinary.
3. Glam Vintage Potter
W & J Granham’s Vintage Port, Potugal
As a "king-level" winery in Port, Portugal, it is included in the authoritative wine book "Wine Edge"
Chen Xinmin, the godfather of Taiwanese wine, wrote in his "Narrative of wine": "If a perfect banquet cannot end with a good bottle of Port wine, just as the army will "press the front" in the unscrupulous future, how can it fight a good battle... Vintage Porter is the top elite of Port wines, and often only two or three years of 10 years can have this good luck. On average, only 25 to 26 vintages were declared Potter vintages throughout the 20th century, and Glam belonged to the "king-class" wineries. ”
Founded in 1820 in Porto, Portugal, Château Grameen, whose owners, the Simington family, began brewing port wine as early as the nineteenth century. Over the years, Glam's Port wine has been an overwhelming success in the UK's authoritative tasting competitions.
4. Francekah Vintage Potter
Fonseca Vintage Port, Portugal
It has won the first place in the "Top 100 Wines" and the honor of WS full score
The winery is currently the only Port winery with 4 perfect scores. The 1994 vintage also received a 100-point acclaim from The Wine Watcher (WS) and the first of its 100 best wines, the first Port wine to receive this award.
Robert Parker writes in his book The Wine Buyer's Guide: "Francekhar is a great port producer, producing the most fascinating and complex port wines. ”
As one of the top 3 port wineries in Portugal, it is included in Parker's book The Complete Book of the World's Top Wines and Wineries. The vineyards of Château Fontcace are 30 years old and have a very low density of only 3,500 plants per hectare, while the famous Chateau Lafite Rothschild plants only 8,500 grapes per hectare.
The winery has 3 vineyards, Quinta do Panascal, Quinta do Cruzeiro and Quinta de Santo Antonio. One of its 6 collections is The Parnascal Garden.
5. Bird Park Vintage Potter
Quinta do Noval Vintage Port,Potugal
Quinta do Noval is one of the most famous brewing companies in the heart of the Douro Valley, and the winery takes its name from its own single garden. Parker once praised: "Asuka Park is an unusual premium port winery because it emphasizes the importance of a single vineyard, which is able to harmoniously and elegantly express terroir conditions. ”
The Porter received a perfect Parker score in 1997, and he commented: "It is the best vintage of the vintage." It bursts with amazing aromas of espresso, blackberry, tar and flowers, quite concentrated, full-bodied, and with excellent layers and depths, which is a legend. ”
6. Wallace Year Porter
Warre’s Vintage Port, Portugal
A well-known brand of the Simington family, the authoritative top vintage Potter textbook
Wallace is a well-known brand of the Simmington family of Portuguese port wine giants, and its vintage Porter has been used for international diplomatic receptions many times, and it has been named "the authoritative top vintage Potter textbook" by wine critic Andrew Jefford.
Typical Wallace Danning is solid, elegant and powerful, and its 1977 vintage Porter also received a high score of 92 from internationally renowned wine critic James Suckling.
7. Bird Park National Year Porter
Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port, Potugal
3 parkers out of 10, the highest end port wine in the Bird Park Single Garden
Chen Xinmin mentioned in the "Wine Edge": "The vintage potter of the single garden is the top diamond of the pyramid. Port wine from a single garden factory is the dragon of the dragon, the phoenix of the phoenix. ”
The Bird Park National Vintage Porter has scored 3 Parker's perfect scores in 1994, 1997 and 2011, and was named one of the "12 Greatest Wines of the World in the 20th Century" by the renowned wine magazine Wine Spectator.
When the port was bottled in 1994, it received 100 wine watchers, which sold for as much as $400 per bottle! For the wines that have just been listed, I am afraid that only Romanee-Conti, Petrus and Le Pin can match it.
8. Kopke single year brown porter
Kopke Colheita Port, Portugal
One of the oldest wineries in Porto and one of the top producers of single-vintage tea port
Single vintage colheita is a type of tawny port. It reflects the style and terroir of the winery well, and is synonymous with low quantity and high quality.
A single vintage porter is required by law to be aged in oak barrels for at least 7 years, and this port from Château Kopke ages longer, making it softer and more complex than the average brown port. At the same time, the single-year brown porter is longer than the ordinary vintage porter, so the quality is even better.
Kopke is one of the oldest wineries in Porto, which had not yet been invented when the garden was founded, and it is also one of the top producers of single-vintage tan port.
9. The Nibert Vintage Potter
Niepoort Vintage Port, Portugal
One of the top wineries in Portugal, the most exclusive wines in the winery
Founded in 1842 as an independent family estate, Niepoort has grown into one of Portugal's top wineries after five generations of operation and management. Château Niebert produces a wide range of wines, whether it is brown port, late bott vintage port or white port, and this vintage port is the best work of The Nibert winery.
In the 10 most expensive wines in Portugal, the fourth is the Niepoort Garrafeira Port, which shows that the port produced by the winery is of excellent quality and is of the highest quality.
10. Coburn Year Porter
Cockburn’s Vintage Port, Portugal
European Winery of the Year", from the Simington family of the Port Wine Empire
In 2010, Port Empire Symington Family Estates acquired Château Coburn, the region's largest producer of port wines with vineyards.
Château Coburn has its own Quinta dos Canais vineyard, a 96.5-hectare terrace on a steep valley terrace southward from the Upper Douro Valley, which is rated "A" by the Douro'wine regulatory authority.
There are also two vineyards dedicated to Coburn Winery, namely Quinta do Vale Coelho and Quinta do Cachao do Arnozelo. The grapes from the winery's vintage Port are sourced from all three of these high-quality vineyards.
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