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Vintage Port 1958 to 1990

Available Vintages: 1957  1958  1960  1963  1966  1967  1970  1975  1980  1985  1990 


Other Port Vintages:

1908 - 1939  1940 - 1955  1958 - 1990 

Birthdays & Anniversaries

 

Port Labels
It is unusual for old vintage port to have original labels because the bottles were stored for many years in damp conditions. If not specifically mentioned, pre 1970 ports have our neutral black & white labels for identification (marked P/L in the list). From 1970 all ports, unless otherwise stated, have original labels.

New Corks
Where necessary corks which are showing signs of seepage through old age have been replaced by us. The levels remain as they are and have not been topped up with any other Port or vintage. These are clearly identified and, because of this, the price has been adjusted.

Cases Odds Vintage Description £each £case
           
   

1957 - Vintage Port

      
    Sorry, we have no wine from this vintage at present    
           
   

1958 - Vintage Port
Declared by a number of shippers; average to good drinking
  2

Harveys

 v/very high shoulder, damaged wax capsule, plain label, (A) 50  
  3

Harveys

 just below join, damaged wax capsule, plain label, (B) 55  
  5

Harveys

 base neck, damaged wax capsule, plain label, (C) 60  
  9

Martinez

 Oporto Bottled, base neck, original labels, lead capsule embossed "Port 1958" 60  
  2

Quinta do Noval

 in neck, damaged wax capsules, "J.G. Thomson - Leith" legible on corks 52  
  1

Warre

 English bottled, Berry Bros & Rudd, base neck, plain label, BB&R capsules, (A) 60  
  5

Warre

 English bottled, Corney & Barrow, plain label, in neck, embossed lead capsules with vintage, (C) 75  
           
   

1960 - Vintage Port
On top form now and ideally suited for 50th Birthday or Anniversary gifts!
  3

Cockburn

 base neck, plain labels 95  
  1

Cockburn

 glass too dark to see the wine level, original label, Cockburn lead capsule 120  
  4

Croft

 in neck, English bottled, Wine Society, copy labels, partly damaged wax capsules, (B) 88  
  3

Croft

 in neck, English bottled, Wine Society, copy labels, good wax capsules, (C) 95  
  2

Croft

 in neck, English bottled, Wine Society, damaged legible original labels, good wax capsules, (D) 108  
  3

Croft

 in neck, English bottled, Wine Society, fair legible original labels, excellent wax capsules, (D) 115  
  1

Fonseca

 in neck, plain label, black lead capsule over damaged wax capsule, (A) 105  
  1

Fonseca

 in neck, plain label, damaged legible wax capsule, (B) 110  
  1

Fonseca

 in neck, partly soiled original label, damaged legible wax capsule, (C) 115  
  4

Fonseca

 in neck, parts of original labels and our plain labels, good wax capsules, (D) 120  
  2

Fonseca

 in neck, vintage missing from original label, excellent wax capsules, (E) 125  
  1

Fonseca

 base neck, full original label, partly damaged wax capsule, (F) 140  
  1

Fonseca

 English bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd, high shoulder, BB&R capsule, copy label, (G) 128  
  1

Fonseca

 English bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd, high shoulder, original BB&R label and capsule, (H) 145  
  5

Graham

 no seepage but glass too dark to see levels, plain labels, damaged wax capsules, (A) 120  
  1

Graham

 no seepage but glass too dark to see level, plain label, plain lead capsule, (B) 130  
  3

Martinez

 English bottled, good Charles Kinloch & Co labels, base neck and above, "Martinez 1960" on excellent wax capsules 88  
  2

Quinta do Noval

 English bottled, good Charles Kinloch & Co labels, in neck, "Quinta do Noval" on very good wax capsules 95  
  1

Taylor

 base neck, intact aged label, blue capsule! 130  
  1

Taylor

 in neck, small tears at edge of original label, intact wax seal, Oporto bottled 165  
  1

Warre
(Being recorked)

 low to mid shoulder, fair original label, very good branded wax capsule, (B) 85  
           
   

1963 - Vintage Port
Generally acclaimed to be a great year!
1 1

Croft

 base neck, only bits of original labels and our copy labels, "Croft 1963" on plastic capsules, (B) 63 720
2 7

Croft

 base neck, intact good labels, "Croft 1963" on plastic capsules, (C) 70 790
  1

Dow

 in neck, "Army & Navy" label 95  
  1

Taylor

 v/very high shoulder, 1963 & Taylor logo on damaged wax capsule, plain label, (A) 125  
  2

Taylor

 v/very high shoulder, "Taylor 1963" on intact but very brittle wax capsules, plain labels, (B) 140  
           
   

1966- Vintage Port
A good drinking vintage
  3

Croft

 English bottled, Wine Society, good levels, torn but recognisable labels, (B) 58  
  2

Croft

 English bottled, Berry Bros & Rudd, base neck, wine stained labels, (C) 65  
  11

Croft

 Oporto bottled, base neck, OK original labels, "Croft 1966" on plastic capsules 70  
  1

Croft

 English bottled, Berry Bros & Rudd, base neck, good label, (D) 72  
  1

Fonseca

 v/very high shoulder, intact wax capsule, (E) 95  
  1

Graham

 high shoulder, good original label, branded wax capsule, (A) 75  
  3

Graham

 base neck, copy labels, damaged wax capsules, (C) 85  
  2

Graham

 just below join, shipper and vintage on embossed wax capsules, (E) 87  
1  

Graham

 in neck, "Graham 1966" on good plastic capsules, copy labels W & J Graham, Oporto, (I) 90 1035
  1

Graham

 base neck, slightly stained very good original label, branded plastic capsule, (H) 100  
  4

Quinta do Noval

 base neck, Oporto bottled, very good labels 70  
  1

Sandeman

 base neck, minor stains on intact label, embossed capsule, (A) 70  
  1

Sandeman

 base neck, intact clean label, embossed capsule, (B) 75  
  1

Taylor

 English bottled, in neck, badly bin soiled Hedges & Butler label, "Taylor's 1966" on lead capsule, (A) 100  
  13

Taylor

 English bottled, in neck, lightly bin soiled and torn legible Hedges & Butler labels, "Taylor's 1966" on lead capsules, (B) 110 1250
  9

Taylor

 English bottled, in neck, intact very good Hedges & Butler labels, "Taylor's 1966" on lead capsules, (C) 120  
  2

Taylor

 in neck, branded plastic capsules, Grants of St. James original labels, (D) 123  
  1

Taylor

 in neck, "Taylor 1966" on super branded lead capsule, John Harvey, full Taylor label, (E) 130  
           
   

1967 - Vintage Port
Cockburn is the top wine in this difficult year
  3

Cockburn

 Oporto bottled, soiled labels, 1967 on plastic capsules, (B) 40  
  3

Cockburn

 Possibly Oporto bottled, branded lead capsules, OK labels, (D) 42  
2  

Cockburn

 Oporto bottled, lead capsules, (F) 43 490
  9

Cockburn

 Oporto bottled, OK labels, lead capsules, (E) 48  
           
  Unless stated otherwise all Vintage Ports hereafter have original labels  
         
   

1970 - Vintage Port
The weather was perfect and very great wine was produced. An undervalued and exceedingly good year. At it's best now (or soon).
  1

Cockburn

 v/very high shoulder, "Cockburn 1970" on lead capsule, plain label, (F) 62  
  8

Cockburn

 base neck, "Cockburn 1970" on lead capsules, plain labels, (G) 70  
  1

Cockburn

 base neck, "Cockburn 1970" on lead capsule, torn original label, (H) 78  
  1

Cockburn

 in neck, OK but torn label, vintage on lead capsule, (D) 88  
  3

Cockburn

 just below join, very good labels, vintage on lead capsules, (B) 90  
  1

Cockburn

 in neck, very good label, vintage on lead capsule, (E) 98  
  6

Cockburn

 base neck, very good labels, vintage on lead capsules, (C) 100  
  1

Croft

 in neck, Oporto bottled, slight tear at top of original label, plain lead capsule over damaged wax capsule, (A) 95  
  1

Croft

 in neck, Oporto bottled, full OK label, branded wax capsule, (B) 115  
           
  1

Dow

 very high shoulder, maybe original label, (A) 60  
  9

Dow

 in neck, copy labels, (B) 70  
  3

Dow

 base neck, maybe original labels, (C) 80  
  2

Dow

 base neck, looks like copy labels, "Dow 1979" on lovely glass embossed shoulder, (D) 100  
  All the above Dow ports have good "Dow 1970" branded lead capsules  
           
  1

Fonseca

 just below join, labelled, lead capsule, may need recorking, (Magnum) 200  
1  

Sandeman

 base neck, very slight damp stains on intact very good labels 95 1100
  1

Taylor

 English bottled, Pullins of Hereford, some damp stains on very good label, (G) 95  
  3

Taylor

 high shoulder, attractively stained "Berry Bros & Rudd" labels, branded BB&R capsules, (K) 100  
  1

Taylor

 v/very high shoulder, small tear on "Berry Bros & Rudd" label, branded BB&R capsule, (L) 105  
  2

Taylor

 base neck, "Taylor Fladgate" labels, bottled by "Army & Navy", (J) 110  
1  

Taylor

 all base neck or above, 9 lead capsules embossed "Taylor 1970", 3 have partially "chewed" capsules, all have plain labels, CASE 1   1260
1

Taylor

 base neck, stained "Berry Bros & Rudd" labels, branded BB&R capsules, (N) 120 1375
  7

Taylor

 base neck, very good "Berry Bros & Rudd" labels, branded BB&R capsules, (O) 125  
1  

Taylor

 Oporto bottled, in neck, very good original labels, 3 very lightly wine stained. Labels must have been put on by hand because they are not all in the same place! "Taylor 1970" on very good capsules, CASE 2   1390
1 2

Warre

 well into the neck, Warre 1970 Tercentenary labels, plastic capsules branded "Warre 1970", (C) 100 1150
2  

Warre

 English bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd, super labels, branded lead capsules, (B) 110 1285
           
   

1975 - Vintage Port

      
  1

Taylor

 base neck, copy label 40  
  1

Taylor

 "Taylor's 1975" on good Berry Bros & Rudd lead capsule, plain label 46  
           
   

1980 - Vintage Port

      
  10

Taylor

 good labels (bit damp soiled), lead capsules branded "Taylor 1980", owc 70  
           
   

1985 - Vintage Port

      
    Sorry, there are no wines from this vintage at present    
           
   

1990 - Vintage Port

      
    Sorry, there are no wines from this vintage at present    
           


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