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The 2018 Vintage Port comprehensive list, the brands, producer's and their notes
Vintage Port wine cellar, Churchill's lodge, V. N. de Gaia |
After three exciting years of extraordinary vintage Ports, beginning in 2015 that was a very good year with all the climatic characteristics of a classic vintage Port year, difficult to understand when afterwards it turned out not to be a generalized vintage Port declaration between producers. Then, after 2016 and 2017, two historic consecutive classic vintage Port years, a rare event in the long and rich history of vintage Port wine, one would expect a year with fewer vintage Port declarations and not a classic one, for commercial reasons but above all especially considering the main characteristics of the 2018 wine year (more information here: Douro, the 2018 harvest report) which was difficult and certainly different from the mentioned previous ones.
2018 was mainly a year of Single Quinta Vintage Ports and not full house vintages, as it is a characteristic of non-classic vintage Port years.
In summary, 2018 was an atypical, inconsistent and a very challeging year for viticulture in the Douro, that registered an irregular climate that started with a dry and cold winter extending a period of prolonged drought that came from the previous year, with some rain at the end of the season, followed by a humid spring with a lot of rain far beyond what would be desirable, which favoured mildew and powdery mildew attacks and caused vine flowering difficulties and production losses, there was a hail storm at the end of May that caused serious damage in some Cima Corgo sub-region vineyards, and then afterwards dry weather with several heat waves in the summer months, heat that was more concentrated in the month of August. There was some rain in late August, but harvest took place with sunny and dry weather, in which the soil water reserves created in spring were fundamental and also allowed longer grape maturation periods, with good conditions registered in some specific areas, vineyards or vineyard plots and in general in the Upper Douro sub-region.
Of the 2018 declared vintage Ports, we registered 68 vintage Port brands from 46 producers.
Some facts worth mentioning related to the wines produced this year:
- Taylor's registered three consecutive classic vintage Ports, namely 2016, 2017 and 2018, a sequence of full house vintage Ports declared with its main brand.
- Sogrape, one of the major groups in the sector, declared the 2018 Ferreira, Offley and Sandeman classic vintage Ports, what didn't happen the year before, 2017, the year of the great generalized classic declaration and in which these producers opted for their single quinta vintage Ports (with the exception of Offley that did not produce)
- The Poças 2018 vintage Port, a classic vintage edition to celebrate the centenary of this house.
- The first editions of "Bom Dia", a single quinta vintage Port by Vieira de Sousa, and the new label "Kranemann" vintage Port, that marks a new cycle of the historic property Quinta do Convento de São Pedro das Águias.
- There were also important Port wine houses that decided not to produce vintage Port in 2018, from the start "Niepoort", and among others "Quinta Vale D. Maria" and "Van Zellers & Co.", "Quinta do Passadouro" and "Quinta de S. José".
- Barão de Vilar Vintage 2018 Porto (Van Zeller Family Estates & Wine, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Barros Porto Vintage 2018 (Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.) + the producer's notes + as notas do produtor
- Boeira Vintage Porto 2018 (Quinta da Boeira) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Borges 2018 Vintage Port (Sociedade dos Vinhos Borges, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Bulas Porto Vintage 2018 (Bulas Family Estates, Lda.) + the producer's notes
- Burmester Quinta do Arnozelo 2018 Porto (Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Cadão Porto Vintage 2018 (Mateus & Sequeira Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Calém Porto Vintage 2018 (Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Churchill's Quinta da Gricha Vintage Port 2018 (Churchill Graham, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Cockburn's Quinta dos Canais 2018 Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes
- Croft Quinta da Roêda Vintage Port 2018 (The Fladgate Partnership/Quinta and Vineyard Bottlers, Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Dalva 2018 Vintage Porto (C. da Silva (Vinhos), S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Delaforce 2018 Vintage Port (Real Companhia Velha) + the producer's notes
- Dona Otília Porto Vintage 2018 (Dona Otília Vinhos)
- Dow's 2018 Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes
- Dow's 2018 Quinta Senhora da Ribeira Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- DR Port Vintage 2018 (Agri-Roncão Vinícola, Lda.)
- Ferreira Porto 2018 Vintage (Sogrape Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port 2018 (The Fladgate Partnership/Quinta and Vineyard Bottlers, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2018 Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes
- Gran Cruz Porto Vintage 2018 (Gran Cruz Porto, Sociedade Comercial de Vinhos, S.A.)
- Kopke Quinta S. Luíz Vintage 2018 Porto (Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Kranemann Porto Vintage 2018 (Kranemann Estates) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Maynard's Vintage 2018 Porto (Van Zeller Family Estates & Wines, Lda.) + the producer's notes + as notas do produtor
- Messias Porto Vintage 2018 (Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial Vinhos Messias, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Offley Vintage Porto 2018 (Sogrape Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Pacheca Vintage Port 2018 (Quinta da Pacheca, Sociedade Agrícola e Turística, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Palmer Vintage Porto 2018 (Van Zeller Family Estates & Wines, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Piano Porto Vintage 2018 (Carlos Alonso Douro Wine Company)
- Pintas Porto Vintage 2018 (Wine & Soul, Produção e Comércio de Produtos Vinícolas, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Poças Vintage 2018 Porto (Manuel D. Poças Júnior, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Portal 2018 Porto Vintage (Sociedade Quinta do Portal, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quevedo 2018 Vintage Port (Vinhos Óscar Quevedo, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Devesa Porto Vintage 2018 (Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta da Devesa, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Gaivosa Porto Vintage 2018 (Alves de Sousa, Douro & Porto Wines, Quinta da Gaivosa) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Oliveirinha Porto Vintage 2018 (Alves de Sousa, Douro & Porto Wines, Quinta da Gaivosa) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Pedra Alta 2018 Vintage Port (Quinta da Pedra Alta) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Rede Porto Vintage 2018 (Quinta da Rede Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.) + as notas do produtor
- Quinta da Romaneira Vintage Port 2018 (Sociedade Agrícola da Romaneira, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta das Carvalhas 2018 Vintage Porto (Real Companhia Velha) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta de la Rosa 2018 Vintage Port (Quinta da Rosa - Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta de Marrocos 2018 Vintage Port (César Augusto Correia de Sequeira) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta de Ventozelo 2018 Vintage Port (Quinta de Ventozelo, Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial, S.A.)+ the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Bom Dia 2018 Porto Vintage (Vieira de Sousa, Vines & Wines, Lda. ) + the producer's notes
- Quinta do Crasto 2018 Vintage Porto (Quinta do Crasto, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Estanho 2018 Vintage Porto (Jaime Acácio Queirós Cardoso) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Grifo Vintage 2018 Porto (Rozès, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Javali Maria Luísa 2018 Vintage Port (Sociedade Agrícola Quinta do Javali, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Noval 2018 Vintage Port (Quinta do Noval Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Pessegueiro Porto Vintage 2018 (Quinta do Pessegueiro, Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do tradutor
- Quinta do Tedo Porto Vintage 2018 Savedra (Vincent Bouchard) + as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Vale Meão 2018 Vintage Porto (F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta do Vesúvio 2018 Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta dos Muros Vintage Port 2018 (Sociedade Quinta do Portal, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas de produtor
- Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Vintage Porto 2018 (Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta Seara D'Ordens Vintage 2018 Porto (Sociedade Agrícola Quinta Seara D'Ordens, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Quinta Valle Longo Porto Vintage 2018 (Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, S.A.)
- Ramos Pinto Quinta do Bom Retiro 2018 Vintage Porto (Adriano Ramos Pinto - Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Real Companhia Velha 2018 Vintage Port (Real Companhia Velha) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Real Companhia Velha Síbio Porto Vintage 2018 (Real Companhia Velha)
- Rozès Vintage 2018 Porto (Rozès, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Sandeman Vintage Porto 2018 (Sograpes, Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- S. Leonardo Porto Vintage 2018 (Quinta do Mourão, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Solar dos Dragos 2018 Vintage Porto (Epordouro - Vinhos e Azeites do Douro, S.A.)
- Taylor's Vintage Port 2018 (The Fladgate Partnership/Quinta and Vineyard Bottlers, Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes / as notas do produtor
- Vallado Porto Vintage 2018 (Quinta do Vallado, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.) + the producer's notes + as notas do produtor
- Vista Alegre Vintage 2018 Porto (Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, S.A.)
- Warre's 2018 Quinta da Cavadinha Vintage Port (Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, S.A.) + the producer's notes
- Na Taylor's foram três anos consecutivos de Porto vintage clássico, 2016, 2017 e 2018, numa sequência pouco comum de três full house vintage, declarados com a marca principal.
- Um dos grandes grupos do sector, a Sogrape, assumiu 2018 como um ano clássico com os Porto vintage das marcas Ferreira, Offley e Sandeman, o que não aconteceu em 2017, o ano da grande declaração clássica generalizada, ano em que estes produtores optaram pelos seus single quinta vintage Ports (com excepção da Offley que não produziu).
- A edição do Poças Porto vintage 2018, uma declaração clássica que celebra o centenário desta casa.
- As primeiras edições do single quinta vintage Port "Bom Dia" do produtor Vieira de Sousa e o primeiro vintage da "Kranemann", que marca uma nova fase da histórica quinta do Convento de São Pedro das Águias.
- Houve também importantes casas de vinho do Porto que não produziram Porto vintage em 2018, desde logo a "Niepoort" e, entre outros, "Quinta Vale D. Maria" e "Van Zellers & Co.", "Quinta do Passadouro" e "Quinta de S. José".
more information on previous Vintage Port declarations (links below):
mais informações sobre declarações anteriores Porto Vintage (nos seguintes links):
The 2019 Vintage Port - O Porto Vintage 2019
The 2018 Vintage Port - O Porto Vintage 2018
The 2017 classic Vintage Port - O Porto Vintage clássico 2017
The 2016 classic Vintage Port - O Porto Vintage clássico 2016