This wine is a remarkable example of the Noval style. Treated exactly like a Vintage Port with only noble grape varieties from the Quinta, trodden by foot and unfiltered. Its main difference is that it is aged for five years in casks instead of the two years typical of Vintage Ports. Definitely an LBV with a difference, with fine structured tannins, great freshness and purity of fruit.

Blended for consistency of character and quintessentially Fonseca in style, this reserve blend provides reliable and affordable value. Intense rich fruity nose, a smooth velvety texture, and juicy black fruit lingering into the rich luscious finish.

A perfect tawny combining great complexity and harmony. This is the master blender’s quest for perfection, capturing the perfect balance between young and aged port wines being matured for over 20 years in seasoned oak casks that contain 543 litres of port, only being released once they have reached perfection.

Rich blackberry aromas and a well-knit structure. Velvety, luscious black fruit and chocolate flavours. Intense lingering finish. Best served on its own or at the end of a meal with cheese. Bottled for immediate drinking so no need to decant.

Attractive golden colour. Elegant and complex, there is sweet spice, and with woody and earth notes. Brown sugar and caramel are perfectly rounded with a clean and moreish finish.

25% Touriga Nacional, 25% Tinta Roriz, 25% Touriga Franca, 25% Tinta Barroca Deep amber colour. It reveals a complex and rich bouquet with prevailing aromas of dried fruit. Distinct, well-balanced and harmonious on the palate. Elegantly combined tannins that linger into a delicious finish.

A complex wine with fresh acidity, brown spices, nuts and citrus peel, and an extraordinarily long finish. Serve chilled as an aperitif, with seafood or smoked fish. Madeira should be cellared upright. It loves light, heat and air, but hates frost.

Aged in wooden barrels, the juice is deliberately exposed to gradual oxidation and evaporation resulting in a mellow golden-brown colour.  This oxidation evokes nutty flavours to the wine, which is then blended by the winemaker to match the house style.  Sweet to medium dry these wines are typically enjoyed as a dessert wine. 

The small A-rated Madalena vineyard provides the principal component in "declared" Smith Woodhouse Vintage Ports. Pale and pretty.

Warre’s was alone for many years in continuing to make LBV in the same way as it had been made for generations; bottled without any fining or filtration after some 4 years of ageing in cask. This Port is then matured in bottle for at least another 4 years.This prolonged bottle ageing is crucial to the development of the superb “nose” and flavour which lend this Port a style and complexity very much akin to that of Vintage Port. Warre’s LBV is generally acknowledged to be the finest of its type. Food pairing suggestion: This wine is superb with cheese, nuts and dried fruits after a meal.

Extremely fruity, it displays aromas of red berries on a subtle yet appealingly spiced background. Structured, elegant and velvety in the mouth. Long, fresh and appealing finish.

91/100 Robert Parker "Straightforward yet intense, ripe black raspberry liqueur and cassis scents are followed by a medium to full-bodied, elegant, restrained, balanced port with moderately high tannin as well as outstanding purity. It is a vintage port with impeccable finesse. "

Intense and beautifully concentrated. Raspberries and raisins on the nose lead to a fruit-basket of flavours on the palate, supported by silky tannins and a strong sweet finish.

Wonderfully exuberant, pungent, full, aromatic nose. Luscious, ripe, black cherry and plum fruit with notes of cedar and spice. The wine is wonderfully rich, rounded, concentrated, with layers juicy berry flavours and attractive notes of cedar. An elegant wine with good complexity. Lovely, intense finish full of flavour.

Very defined aromas of ripe fruit, with notes of spice and harmonious with notes of wood. The palate conveys elegant structure, velvety tannins and unctuousness. A deep, balanced and engaging wine, developing into a refreshing finish.

From a wondrous vintage comes this delicious LBV that's smashing with blue cheeses, open fires, dark chocolate or just when you need a little treat.

Deep ruby colour, sweet plums cherry blackcurrant blackberry, a classic fruity LBV with a hint of spice

Warre’s was alone for many years in continuing to make LBV in the same way as it had been made for generations; bottled without any fining or filtration after some 4 years of ageing in cask. This Port is then matured in bottle for at least another 4 years.This prolonged bottle ageing is crucial to the development of the superb “nose” and flavour which lend this Port a style and complexity very much akin to that of Vintage Port. Warre’s LBV is generally acknowledged to be the finest of its type. Food pairing suggestion: This wine is superb with cheese, nuts and dried fruits after a meal.

Intense and beautifully concentrated. Raspberries and raisins on the nose lead to a fruit-basket of flavours on the palate, supported by silky tannins and a strong sweet finish.

Intense and beautifully concentrated. Raspberries and raisins on the nose lead to a fruit-basket of flavours on the palate, supported by silky tannins and a strong sweet finish. Decanter

Located on the steep right bank of the Távora River, Panascal is one of the most highly reputed vineyards in the Douro Valley. In the words of a local saying, 'From Roncão and Panascal come the finest wines of Portugal'. The wines of Quinta do Panascal are rich, with voluptuous fruitiness, mouth filling density and a velvety texture. A fat, plump, luscious wine. Full of rounded, ripe jammy fruit aromas. Almost warm 'marmalada' like note to the nose. The ripeness and richness of fruit is reinforced in the mouth with flavours of plump, bursting plums and cherries. Great notes of tobacco, smoky tea (lapsang) and spice. A warm, velvety, satiny wine.

Beguiling ‘baby’ version of this House’s epic tawny styles. Delicate, spiced, laced with exotic dried fruits. Hard cheese and salted almonds, joy.

A wine that engages with its aromas of tree fruit, citrus and floral notes. On the palate it is voluminous, remarkably balanced and with a distinct acidity. A fresh, elegant and greatly versatile wine.

The 10 Year Old tawny is a marriage of a number of wines aged in oak for an average of 10 Years. Gift Box

Brilliant and attractive medium deep amber colour. Elegant and complex aroma, rich, ripe on the nose with hints of molasses, honey cake, caramel, walnuts and hot honey. Richly flavoured with pronounced caramel fruit flavours. This beautiful Colheita from one of Madeira's most awarded houses comes from a single harvest. Rich, complex and yet remarkably fresh.

Traditional Douro grape varieties Bright red colour with a golden rim. A rich and aromatic nose made up of dried fruit, hazelnut and walnut, well combined with hints of spice. In the mouth, intense, smooth and delicious flavours of dried fruit are offset by a fresh note of candied orange peel. Good structure, fine balance and remarkable acidity. A pleasant and enduring finish.

Mahogany colour with greenish hues, a sign that this is a very old wine. Intense on the nose, with remarkable complexity and breadth, with layered aromas of wood from its ageing in barrel and notes of dried figs, snuff, white prunes and walnuts. The palate reveals the fullness of a great old port wine, with never-ending flavours that reveal how long it has aged in wood, such as spice and dried fruit, wrapped in fresher notes that culminate in a unique and endless finish.

A fine and rare type of port much loved by CWM. The wine forms a crust adding both depth of flavour and character to the wine, and therefore will require decanting before serving. Definitely worth the wait.

Golden, honeyed, faintly nutty. Delicious well-chilled as an aperitif, or slightly-chilled with parsnip soup, or after dinner with cheese, especially white Stilton. Or white Port with white stilton soup mmm.

Parker 92/100... cherry tart, dried black fig, hazelnut... Asian spice, dark chocolate notes. Supreme, delicate, a joy.

Dark red in colour with a fresh vibrant aroma of dark fruits which follows through on the palate along with an almost mineral character, a youthful wine with good extract and great balance, offering superb "drinkability". Ready to drink now after a meal on its own or with soft cheeses.

Gold Medal Best In Class IWSC 2006 Orange/brown colour. Nice acid lift offsets the raisiny sweetness on the nose. Soft, rich-textured palate displays caramel flavours with balancing acidity and a long finish. "Lovely smoky, raisiny aromas; sweet, rich, A classic fortified wine.

Amber colour with greenish nuances. Intense nose of great complexity, standing-out the dried fruit aromas, harmoniously combined with vanilla and honey touches. In the mouth, it is wonderfully balanced, unctuous and extremely concentrated. Sublime and endless finish. Gold Medal at the 2013 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

One of the finest bargains in Port. First rate, artisan, trodden by foot in granite lagares. All grapes A quality - the port region is classified from A to F. Less sweet than most commercial Port. Robert M Parker 92/100 "a stunning example of what can be achieved and found in non-vintage port blends. This small port lodge has turned out a terrific, full-bodied, garnet/ruby-colored wine with a big, chocolatey, black-cherry, cedary nose, full-bodied, unctuously-textured flavors, and gobs of fruit and richness, as well as an off-dry, impressive finish." Jancis Robinson MW "Mid purplish crimson. Light meaty nose with some real interest and Douro character. Real edge and spice here. These top-quality ruby ports must be some of the best-value wines in the world! Peppery and not too sweet. Sheer pleasure..."

Made from local Arinto, Gouveio and Rabigato grapes fermented in stainless steel and aged without oak. Fresh and elegant, Douro whites are really finding their feet and are a great alternative to more formulaic whites like Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.

3 x 9cl Adriano / 10 YO Tawny / Collector

Attractive cassis nose with powerful, concentrated fruit aromas. Fresh, rich, firm and full of fruit including, dark berries and chocolate. A wine with good body, structure and length. Single Quinta wines need decanting as they are usually a decade old, and will throw a sediment as they age. Walnuts are an excellent accompaniment to Vintage Port, along with rich flavoured cheeses such as Silton and dried fruits.

Golden, honeyed, faintly nutty. Delicious well-chilled as an aperitif, or slightly-chilled with parsnip soup, or after dinner with cheese, especially white Stilton. Or white Port with white stilton soup mmm.

Super-concentrated, rich, raisiny and fruity braced with orange zest. Winner of loads of medals. Cracking value.