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Graham’s 2024 Vintage Port delivers the hallmark rich, sweet, and deeply concentrated style of Port wine that has made the Graham’s Port legendary among collectors. Sourced from flagship estates like Quinta dos Malvedos, the 2024 vintage benefits from a cooler, more traditional growing season, wrapping Graham’s signature dark fruit intensity in a beautifully precise structure built for long-term cellaring.
The 2024 has alluring aromas of red and black fruits, layered with subtle undertones of mint, eucalyptus, and fragrant rockrose. It is wonderfully opulent and seductive, showing rich notes of kirsch, black plum and a touch of liquorice, all held in perfect balance by highly polished tannins and a bright, refreshing acidity.
This is an “En Primeur” offer or pre-order from Fareham Wine Cellar. The 2024 Vintage Ports will be shipped in Autumn 2026.
Graham’s Vintage Ports are made from the finest wines produced at four estates across the Douro Valley,
with Quinta dos Malvedos being the cornerstone since 1890. The 2024 blend is comprised of 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca, 9% Douro old vine field blend and 6% Sousão, fermented in lagar and matured in oak casks.
The grapes are sourced from four estates across the Douro Valley: Quinta dos Malvedos and Tua, along with Vila Velha and Vale de Malhadas in the Douro Superior, producing a wine of concentration and balance in equal measure.
Provenance: Quinta dos Malvedos, Quinta do Tua, Quinta da Vila Velha and Quinta do Vale de Malhadas
Grape Varieties: 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca, 9% Douro old vine field blend and 6% Sousão
The Symington family have declared 2024 as a classic Vintage Port year, their first in seven years, and one that wine lovers have been quietly hoping for.
After a run of harvests defined by heat and unpredictability, the Douro returned in 2024 to something closer to its traditional self. Gradual ripening, cool nights and a well-timed harvest gave fourth-generation Head Winemaker Charles Symington and his team the raw material they needed to produce wines of real elegance and restraint, the kind that reward patience in the cellar as much as excitement at the table.
Seven Vintage Ports have been bottled from this exceptional year. The core declarations – Warre’s, Dow’s, Graham’s and Cockburn’s – are joined by the magnificent Quinta do Vesúvio, one of the Douro’s most celebrated single-quinta estates. Two rare micro-terroir expressions complete the collection: Graham’s The Stone Terraces and the ultra-limited Capela da Quinta do Vesúvio, both produced in tiny quantities from some of the Valley’s most remarkable vineyard sites. In addition to the family’s principal Vintage Ports, they have also released a small quantity of Smith Woodhouse and Quinta de Roriz 2024 Vintage Port.
Charles Symington, Head Winemaker and Joint Managing Director, commented, “The 2024 Vintage Ports whisper rather than shout. After years of heat-driven power, these wines are characterised by their precision: taut structures wrapped in pure, crystalline fruit. This is Douro elegance with backbone, and refinement with staying power. It was worth the wait.”
Appearance: Opaque, deep purple-black with a brilliant, dark violet rim.
Nose: Immensely rich, voluptuous, and expressive. It bursts with opulent aromas of ripe black plum, dark chocolate, and blackberry jam, beautifully interwoven with fragrant hints of rockrose, liquorice, and a touch of sweet spice.
Palate: Full-bodied, luscious, and wonderfully coat-the-mouth textured. The palate delivers a concentrated wave of sweet black fruits and cassis, seamlessly balanced by Graham’s signature velvety, ripe tannins. Despite the rich sweetness and immense weight, a superb vein of crisp, natural acidity keeps the wine perfectly fresh and poised.
Finish & Cellaring: Long, luxurious, and intensely sweet with a final, complex flourish of dark cocoa and spice. This is a classic, opulent Graham’s built for serious longevity; it is accessible young due to the quality of the tannins but possesses the fruit density and structure to cellar comfortably for 40 to 50+ years.
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