W & J Graham's Port
William & John Graham’s story starts in 1820 and was one of the first Port companies to invest in its own vineyards in Portugal’s Douro Valley in 1890.
Graham’s has been an independent family business renowned for producing the finest Port wines, which are made by adding a proportion of grape spirit, or brandy, to the wine before the wine has finished fermenting.
Today, Graham’s is owned and managed by the fourth generation of the Symington family.
Graham’s owns five mountainous vineyards, which are located in different parts of the best wine-growing areas of the Douro region: Quinta dos Malvedos, Quinta das Lages, Quinta do Vale de Malhadas, Quinta da Vila Velha, Quinta do Tua.
Vintage Ports
Vintage Port represents the very best produce of a single outstanding year. It remains in the vat for only about two years and then ages in bottle. Vintage Ports will continue to age and improve in bottle for decades.
Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port 2004
Country: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Raw material: Tinta Cão, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and Tinta Barroca
Alcohol: 20%
Malvedos vineyard has an extraordinary quality of wines. In most interim years, the wines from Malvedos merit bottling as a Single Quinta Vintage Port.
Graham’s Malvedos Vintage Port has won an astonishing collection of 14 gold medals over the last two decades at the world’s major international wine competitions.
According to the official source, 2004 was an unusual Vintage. The rain in early August was incredibly important, as was the perfect weather throughout the picking. These two key factors allowed some excellent Vintage Ports to be produced.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep purple
Aroma: Complex with sweet and rich fruit aromas such as black cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, and plum
Taste: Rich and intense with black fruit flavours
Variants: *
Quinta dos Malvedos 2012
Quinta dos Malvedos 1965
Quinta dos Malvedos 2005
Vintage Port
‘The Stone Terraces’ 2011 Vintage Port
‘The Stone Terraces’ 2015 Vintage Port
‘The Stone Terraces’ 2016 Vintage Port
‘The Stone Terraces’ 2017 Vintage Port
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
Full-Bodied & Fruity Ports
Full-bodied and fruity Ports are aged for a relatively short time, between two to three years, in large oak vats. General higher quality wines are aged for slightly longer between four and six years.
Crusted Port 2011
Country: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Raw material: Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional, and Touriga Franca
Alcohol: 20%
Graham’s Crusted Port is a blend of young Ports from two or three different vineyards and harvests, matured for up to two years in oak casks and bottled without fining or filtration. Once bottled, the wine is aged for a minimum of three years in the cool of Graham’s cellars.
The name Crusted Port comes from the fact that, like Vintage Port, it is unfiltered and will throw natural sediment, or “crust”, as it ages.
As a blend of different vintages, the date featured on the label is the date of bottling, not the harvest date.
Crusted Port 2011 is capable of maturing in bottle.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep ruby
Aroma: Intense, ripe blackberry, and dark plums
Taste: Very rich, black fruit flavours, dark chocolate, and firm tannins
Variants: **
Fine Ruby
Six Grapes
Late Bottled Vintage
Natura Reserve
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood-Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
Rich & Mellow Ports
Rich and mellow tawny Ports are aged for longer periods in small oak casks. The relatively small volume of wine compared to the surface area of the vessel increases the contact with the wood.
The Tawny
Country: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Raw material: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, and Tinta Barroca
Alcohol: 19%
Graham’s Tawny Port is a very versatile style of Port. Matured from an average of seven to nine years in seasoned oak casks, this is Graham’s Master Blender’s personal interpretation of a fine wood-matured Port, allowing the wine to come into contact with the oxygen that permeates the wood of the barrels.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Tawny red
Aroma: Orange peel, cinnamon, prunes, raisins and figs.
Taste: Generous flavours, ripe fruit and tannins
Variants: **
Fine Tawny
10 Years Old Tawny Port
20 Years Old Tawny Port
30 Years Old Tawny Port
40 Years Old Tawny Port
Single Harvest
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood-Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
White Ports
White Ports are made from traditional white grapes from Douro region and are usually aged for two or three years in large oak vats.
Extra Dry White
Country: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Raw material: Gouveio, Moscatel de Alejandría, Rabigato, Viosinho, and Malvasia Fina
Alcohol: 19%
Graham’s Extra Dry White is a blend of traditional Portuguese white grape variety, namely the Malvasia Fine.
This wine is particularly dry since is fermented for a longer time to allow more of the fruit sugars to be reduced by the natural yeasts.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Pale yellow
Aroma: Dry, fruity, and floral
Taste: Crisp, refreshing, and citrus fruits characteristics
Variants: **
Fine White
Blend Nº5 White
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood-Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
