Graham's Port Vintage 2000

€ 139.00

The 2000 vintage will be remembered for the immense concentration of its wines and the unusually small quantities that were produced. The 2000 Graham's is the vintage Port of the year. It is a shining example of an established Port house pushing the limits to make even better wines through better viticulture and wine-making methodology. The 2000 is a young Port with grip, real "blackstrap wine" as the British used to call Port centuries ago. It smells of freshly picked orchids with loads of ripe, clean fruit and then turns full-bodied, medium sweet and very powerful in the mouth with big velvety tannins. It lasts for minutes on your palate. There's great balance and class to this young vintage Port now, but it is a wine that merits decades of cellaring to show its true potential. I scored it 98 points in a recent Wine Spectator tasting of close to four dozen 2000 vintage Ports.

Food-Pairing

A delicious digestive, but can also be accompanied by rich old cheeses, dark chocolate or chocolate mousse.

Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousao & andere oudere druiven

This wine is at best 10 to 15 years after the harvest but can also be drunk young

Winemaker: Charles Symington & Henry Shotton

Alcoholcontent

20%