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Valdespino Moscatel Toneles 1925

Omg what an exciting wine.....only 100 bottles made and this one is 90 years old!!! Tar like colour and substance. Incredible dark colour with close to oarnge rim. The smell is just enormous with lost of burnt prunes, figues, mocca, earl grey tea, walnut and sweet coffee. Just incredible. The taste starts off sweet but ends with a wonderful acidity and balance. This is just an enormous wine, just amazing stuff. Valdespino "Moscatel Toneles" 1925 Jerez

2011 Port - An exceptional vintage declared

Report from Berry Brothers & Rudd on 2011 vintage port: Amidst the buzz of 2012 En Primeur, something rather special happened last week as most of the major port houses unanimously declared 2011 a vintage year for port. Representing only a tiny part of the production, vintage port is the pinnacle of port production representing both the quality and style of each house. On average three times a decade the Port shippers declare a vintage. A vintage year for port is only declared in outstanding years and the different shippers are not obliged to declare a vintage in the same year, but for 2011 the Port houses are unanimous in their verdict. Though rumours of a possible declaration have been circulating in the wine trade for months, most shippers held firm to tradition and waited for St. George's day to declare the vintage.  A quick note on the vintage. 2011 is an exceptional vintage for port, following in the footsteps of 1927, 1945, 1966 and 1994. Similar to 2009 f...