Portugal

Port

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It’s always a renewed, delightful surprise to see how Vintage Ports can preserve power, energy and elegance decades after harvest. This 46-year-old bottling, from a lot savvily snapped by The Wine Society from the Symington treasure cove, is an absolute festive delight - and a real bargain. It shows vivid, well-woven layers of candied black fruit, macerated herbs and dried flowers topped with sage, basil, cocoa powder and macerated cherry leaves. Smoky tobacco and Assam tea play in the background.

Symington Family Estates, The Society's Exhibition Vintage Port, Port, Douro Valley, Portugal, 1980

It’s always a renewed, delightful surprise to see how Vintage Ports can preserve power, energy and elegance decades after harves

Symington Family Estates, The Society's Exhibition Vintage Port, Port, Douro Valley, Portugal, 1980

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