2017 will be a vintage year for port wine

First it was the Symingtons, who came out with that they will be launching a vintage port 2017 from their houses, Cockburn's, Dow's, Graham's and Warre's. And it came to Ramos, His, Taylor Fladgate with the Taylor's, Fonseca, Croft and Krohn. And finally, the illustrious portvinshus Quinta do Noval also announced that they will launch a vintage-port 2017, both the Port 2017, as well as the famous Nacional vintage port 2017.

Thus it looks 2017 out to be one of the big portvinsår and only the fifth since the year 2000, when virtually all has launched a vintage port. 2017 is thus the third year in a row, where several boats chose to declare in 2015 and 2016.

Vintage port wine is a portvinstype, there only have to be made in the best years, typically ca. three times in the course of ten years. It spends only approximately. two years on the dish, after which it progresses for many years on the bottle, and it is drikkemoden in relatively late age. If you are not fond of young vintage port, which many are beginning to prefer. A vintage port is usually a blend of different fields and the grapes, which gives precisely the expression, the house want. In addition, there are Quinta Vintage, which is from a single vineyard/vineyard and usually is a little easier and faster developed than the traditional vintage port.