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Graham Stone Terraces, Graham's Port 2015

RegionPort
Subregion Portugal > Port
ColourRed
TypeFortified

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Tasting Notes

Fragrant the nose has fresh bramble and bilberry the start of the palate quite light and refined. Depth of fruit in the middle the rich sweet black fruits backed by liquorice the concentrated fruit underpinned by exotic spices lighter at the back understated the finish has concentration yet finesse. 2032-60

98
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, May 2017

The 2015 The Stone Terraces Vintage Port is a field blend, heavy on the Touriga Nacional, although not so listed, from two vineyards with stone terraces at Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos. It comes in with 106 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is gorgeous, with the potential for significant further development. Tight and focused, it is also refined, elegant and very sophisticated. It shows enough backbone to age well, although you might be able to approach this young Porto earlier than indicated. That said, it will certainly need some bottle age to gain complexity. Laced at the moment with primary fruit, raspberries mingling with plums, it is lifted, aromatic and delicious, lingering beautifully on the finish. Its purity of fruit makes it very appealing and sometimes stunning. Its finesse is exceptional, too. It could, perhaps, use a bit more concentration, but it is firing on all burners elsewhere. It is one of the 2015s that, I suspect, people will just love to drink even if it never quite improves to the point of sensational. Here's hoping it fleshes out a bit, comes together and merits an uptick in time. This has been released. There were just 4,800 bottles produced. Drink 2025 - 2065.

95
Mark Squires, Wine Advocate (232), August 2017
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