Fortified Wine, Red Wine, Sweet Wine
Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francesa
Sustainable
Residual Sugar: 143 g/l
Full Bodied
750ml
19.00% alc./vol

Quevedo 1976 Colheita Port

Douro, Portugal

94 Points - The Wine Advocate

$322.95per bottle ($968.85per case)
3 bottles per case

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Welcome to the intimate world of Quevedo, a small, family-owned winery where quality is a treasured tradition. The Quevedo family's viticultural heritage spans over five generations, beginning with Abel Gouveia Costa, who planted the first vines in 1889. Through the years, the family diligently expanded their vineyards, culminating in the 1970s when Oscar and Beatriz Quevedo modernized their facilities and established the Quevedo winery in 1993. Today, Quevedo oversees 100 hectares of vineyards and 25 hectares of organic olive groves, with current proprietors Cláudia and Oscar Quevedo Jr. continuing the legacy of crafting exceptional wines.

This extraordinary 1976 Port was crafted during one of the hottest and driest years of the 20th century. Meticulously fermented in granite vats, it then matured for nearly 50 years in chestnut barrels, developing remarkable depth and character.

This elegant and complex port opens with a captivating bouquet of crème brûlée, caramel, almonds, hazelnuts, citrus, and delicate spices. On the palate, it's beautifully balanced, with an initial sweetness lifted by bright, refreshing acidity. Layers of flavour unfold gracefully, revealing hints of sweet spices that gradually intensify, culminating in a long, lingering finish. Each sip offers a truly sophisticated and memorable experience.

Press Reviews

The Wine Advocate

94 Points - Mark Squires

The 1976 Colheita Tawny Port is a field blend, roughly Touriga Franca (35%), Tinta Roriz (20%), Touriga Nacional (15%), Tinta Barroca (10%) and others, bottled in May 2023 with a long cork and 123 grams of residual sugar. It is only here in the Colheita lineup from the producer this time that we begin to get some serious complexity, and that's why this one wins in the group. It is also, certainly, the most concentrated in flavors, leaning to dark caramel, although not as notable in mid-palate depth. Most of all, it has that nuanced finish. It still has notable freshness and it is still reasonably youthful, far from decayed. Nicely balanced and rather elegant, it is pretty tasty and hard to resist. This is a fine Colheita that wins points for both complexity and its tasty conclusion. As I like to note, barring cork failures, this will likely hold indefinitely. Of course, Colheitas don't need to be held, so dive in.