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6.8.2011 Axel Probst veröffentlicht im Portforum eine Liste aller deklarierten Vintage Ports:

Alves da Souza
Crasto
Croft
Cockburn Canais
Dow SdR
Dow Bomfim
Fonseca
Graham Malvedos
La Rosa
Niepoort
Niepoort Bioma
Nova
Passadouro
Pintas
No Quevedo
Skeffington
Taylor
Taylor VVV
Vale Dona Maria
Vesuvio
Warre

Nachtrag:

Quevedo deklariert auch.

Eigens für ihre eigenen 2009er Vintage Ports eröffnete Fladgate dieses Blog.

Hier finden Sie dann auch weitere Infos zu Taylor, Vargellas Vinha Velha, Croft und Fonseca.

5.7.2011 Drinkhacker.com

4.6.2011 Die aktualisierte Liste ist auf "Infoportwine-News 6/11"

2.6.2011 Sarah Ahmed über Niepoort Vintage Port 2009

Paul Symington in einem Schreiben im "portforum" v. 19.5.2011:

Dear Derek,

We are not Declaring the 2009 Vintage Port, apart from a small quantity of Warre's 2009 Vintage Port. 500 cases of a special commemorative Warre have been bottled (each bottle numbered) to commemorate the liberation of Oporto in May 1809 by the Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington. William Warre, born in Oporto, fought in this campaign. He tried to hold a bridge over the Cavado river with a small band of local militia. He expected to meet stragglers from the French army who had been pushed out of Oporto. But Warre ended up facing Soult's entire army, who had Wellington closing fast on his tail. This wine is a dedication to his singular bravery at this action and the awards he won at the time. We will be contributing £4.00 on every bottle sold (£48.00 per case of 12) to Help the Heroes on all bottles sold in the UK and the equivalent on Portugal's sales to the Liga dos Combatentes. I expect that only about 360 cases will be available for the UK as we have to keep some for other markets.

The Warre's 2009 comes primarily from Cavadinha which is a higher vineyard than the river-side Quintas, so performed particularly well in this very dry year. We have also used some wine from the Warre's Retiro vineyard in the Rio Torto and from the Warre's Telhada Quinta near Vale de Meao, beyond Vesuvio. It is a truly remarkable wine and a landmark for Warre; deep and structured but with elegance and length and fantastically perfumed.

We are offering a small quantity of Quinta do Vesuvio 2009, 600 cases and 400 cases of Dow's Quinta da Senhora de Ribeira 2009, as we do in every good year. In both cases these wines come from the higher and more protected vineyards on these estates (Ribeira faces south, but the top vineyard, by the old water tank, faces north-east and is protected from the south and the afternoon sun) that suffered less from the dry weather and the hot summer. The Vesuvio has the classic velvet balance that always characterises this Quinta, with a steely backbone on the finish. The Ribeira is more austere, like all Dow, but has a lovely bitter-chocolate mid-palate.

We are also bottling Malvedos, Bomfim and Canais 2009, but these wines are being cellared now and will only be offered when they have gained some bottle-age.

2009 was a difficult year in our vineyards. Please see our harvest report written in October 2009 (available on our website). We had 31% less rain than average in the agricultural year, this after two dry years. We then had a warm August and early September, resulting in high graduations in many cases (often graduations increased in the lagares a few hours after crushing as some of the very dry grapes released their sugars) coupled in many cases with still green pips and stalks. The vines were finding it very difficult to ripen their fruit normally due to the lack of humidity. But the Douro is a region of micro-climates unlike virtually any other region on earth, so even in a challenging year like 2009, some small gems can be made.

The 2009's that we are offering (as above) are truly in very short supply, they will be true collectors Ports as they will never again become available. What is offered now is it. No more. So if anybody is interested they had better get onto their usual source of supply....!

Best wishes,

Paul

Joint Managing Director
Symington Family Estates
http://www.symington.com
Member of Primum Familiae Vini
http://www.pfv.org

wineanorak v. 6.5.2011

Richard Mayson verkostet die 2009er Vintage Ports, 11.5.2011

"2009 Vintage Ports" extra Webseite von Fladgate

Sarah Ahmed über den Warre Vintage Port 2009 v. 27.4.2011

Sarah Ahmed v. 23.4.2011

Vintagedeklaration 2009 - Jornal de Noticias v. 23.4.2011 (in port.)

"Erzeuger sprechen von einem guten Jahrgang 2009 in Portugal" viniportugal v. 17.11.2009

2008

Quinta da Romaneira Vintage Port 2008 auf dem 1. Platz

Vintage Port 2008 verkostet von Richard Mayson

Quinta do Noval 2008 Vintage Port

Vintage Port 2008: Noval and Romaneira

s.a. Topic "What should Todd buy from 2008?" im fortheloveofport-forum

2007

Drinkhacker.com vom 15.2009

Ein Bericht von Jancis Robinson v. 14. 9. 2007

Ein Bericht von Sarah Ahmed vom Mai 2009

2006

"The total production of Port in the Douro in 2006 was 9.5 million cases, some 8 million litres less than the estimated annual sales. Generally difficult harvest conditions."

Symington - 'The Vintage Port Site'

2005

Axel Probst großer Verkostungsreport aller 2005er Vintages im Port-Blog v. 20.6.2008

Roy Hersh Verkostungsreport v. 27.11.2007

Eine Einschätzung von Charles Symington vom 30.9.2005

Alle lieferbaren Portweine des Portwein-Shop von diesem Jahrgang finden Sie hier.

2004

"2004 was an unusual Vintage. Rarely has a vintage hung in the balance. The rain in early August was incredibly important, as was the perfect weather throughout the picking. These two key factors allowed some excellent Vintage Ports to be produced."

Symington - 'The Vintage Port Site'

Alle lieferbaren Portweine des Portwein-Shop von diesem Jahrgang finden Sie hier.

2003

The Winedoctor

catavino - Eine Vintage 2003-Verkostung von Ryan Opaz, 6.12.2005 (in englisch)

Top-Scoring Vintage Port 2003 von James Suckling, v. 18.4.2005 (PDF-Datei, engl.)