1991 Gonzales Byass Cortado de Añada

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Only the finest oxidative wines are classified as Palo Cortado, and that usually happens only after they age for a long time, as is the case with the rare 1991 Palo Cortado de Añada, a rarity because it's not from a solera blend of vintages, but from a single harvest. Not having younger wines blended in makes the evolution faster, and vintage Sherry wines usually feel older than the corresponding solera ones. It was interesting to taste next to the Cuatro Palmas, a very old Amontillado, older on average than this wine, which was darker, denoting more oxidation, and I could have said they'd be about the same age. The Añada had pungent aromas but was a lot more aromatic and expressive, and it had a gentle touch that the edgy Amontillado was not showing. The palate was intense, and the flavors refused to leave your mouth well after you have swallowed. These are eternal wines that can be kept forever, even after the bottle has been opened. Stunning! Only 992 beautiful bottles, which reproduce the old bottle and are sealed with thick red wax, will be filled in April 2019, but the wine is not going to change after 27 years in cask.. Luis Gutiérrez – The Wine Advocate

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1968 Taylor Fladgate Very Old Single Harvest Port

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98 WS / 94 WA / 17.5 JR

Taylor’s holds one of the most extensive reserves of very old cask aged Port of any producer. They include a collection of rare Single Harvest Ports. These are Ports from a single year which age to full maturity in seasoned oak casks and display the year of harvest on the label. Taylor’s has decided to make a limited release, each year, of a Single Harvest Port made 50 years previously. - Taylor Fladgate

Pretty gorgeous from the get go, with toasted sesame, green tea, walnut husk, pistachio cream and peanut toffee notes seamlessly layered atop each other, framed by a subtle singed alder hint. Everything glides with grace through the finish, like a gently wafting plume of white smoke off of burning incense. Drink now. 750 cases made. - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator

1967 Kopke Colheita Port 

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95 WA

The 1967 Colheita Tawny Port comes in with 142 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is a nice step up compared to the younger parts of the lineup, elegant and focused, with a precise finish, a fresh feel, little discernible brandy and a long, long finish. The classic old tawny flavors of molasses and caramel wash over the palate. This isn't big and thick, but some may very well prefer its elegant and brighter feel. In many ways, it is fresher than the 1981 or 1999 reviewed this issue, and it is better balanced than the 1937. It is very pretty. MS – The Wine Advocate

1957 Kopke Colheita Port

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97 DE / 95 WA / 95 WS / 95 WE

 Platinum Medal 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards

25% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 25% Tinta Barroca. Bracing, vital and firm, yet fully mature. Quince marmalade and Elvas plums, toffee apple, candied fruits, and spice with a high-toned and balsamic nose with demerara sugar. A complex, yet approachable and venerable wine. - Decanter

The 1957 Colheita Tawny Port was seen before, but it's worth revisiting in the USA, since it's a great wine. This is also the new 2015 bottling. It has 127 grams per liter of residual sugar. It is stunning how youthful this is. Lush and rich on opening, it has mature flavors that emerge, easily demonstrating the complexity and concentrated aromatics one expects. Gripping on the finish, this delivers fruit flavor and seems to linger indefinitely. When I first saw this, it was tasted next to even more brilliant Colheitas and a bit overshadowed. On its own, it is even more stunning. It was pretty fine next to some other greats here as well. Drink 2015 – 2060 -MS – The Wine Advocate

1955 Toro Albala Pedro Ximenez Convento Seleccion

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One more single-harvest, old sweet wine, the 1955 Don PX Convento Selección was bottled in September 2014 and it had been aged slowly in very old American oak barrels and getting thick and concentrated through evaporation. It's 320 grams of sugar are (partially) compensated by 6.5 grams of acidity. It has a nose and palate of chocolate-covered candied orange, spices, molasses. I'd say the dominant aromas in the nose are dark chocolate. It's very dense, developing notes of very concentrated licorice and balsamic, mint, camphor and evolving notes of petrol with time. Complex, rare and unique. 8,400 bottles. -Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate