2015 declarations

[jdaw1]

Known 2015 declarations:

1. Alves de Sousa
2. Barao de Vilar (which is the same blend as Maynard)
3. Blackett
4. Bulas
5. Burmester
6. Cadao by Mateus & Sequeira
7. Calem
8. Cockburn (3676⅓ dozen) - tasted at the SFE 2015 presentation on 18 May, 2017
9. Cruz
10. Dalva
11. Dow Bomfim (late release)
12. Duorum
13. Feuerheerd (which is the same blend as Palmer)
14. Fonseca Guimaraens
15. Graham Malvedos (late release)
16. Graham Stone Terraces (400 cases) - tasted at the SFE 2015 presentation on 18 May, 2017
17. Heritage Porto & Douro
18. Kopke Sao Luiz
19. Maynard (which is the same blend as Barao de Vilar)
20. Maynard Bio
21. Niepoort - tasted at the Wines of Portugal show on April 4, 2017
22. Niepoort Bioma
23. Noble & Murat (550 cases)
24. Palmer (which is the same blend as Feuerheerd)
25. Pintas
26. Pocas Junior
27. Quevedo FACTSHEET
28. Quinta da Boeira
29. Quinta da Cavadinha from Warre
30. Quinta da Corte
31. Quinta da Gaivosa from Alves de Sousa
32. Quinta da Gricha from Churchill
33. Quinta da Romaneira (1,000 cases)
34. Quinta da Roeda from Croft
35. Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira from Dow (700 cases) - tasted at the SFE 2015 presentation on 18 May, 2017
36. Quinta das Carvalhas
37. Quinta das Lamelas
38. Qiunta de la Rosa (833 cases)
39. Quinta de Vargellas from Taylor
40. Quinta do Arnozelo from Burmester
41. Quinta do Crasto
42. Quinta do Grifo from Rozes
43. Quinta do Infantado
44. Quinta do Javali
45. Quinta do Noval (2,600 cases)
46. Quinta do Noval also released 84 cases of bottles to the UK supermarket Waitrose under the label "Noval On the QT: Bin 8" presumed to be similar to a Silval blend
47. Quinta do Pego
48. Quinta do Popa (300 cases)
49. Quinta do Porto from Ferreira (6,726 bottles)
50. Quinta do Santa Eufemia (2,000 bottles)
51. Quinta do Seixo from Sandeman
52. Quinta do Tedo Savedra
53. Quinta do Vale Meao
54. Quinta do Vallado
55. Quinta do Ventozelo
56. Quinta do Vesuvio (1,000 cases) - tasted at the SFE 2015 presentation on 18 May, 2017
57. Quinta Maria Izabel
58. Quinta Nova da Nossa Senhora do Carmo
59. Quinta Vale Dona Maria
60. Ramos Pinto (7,000-8,000 bottles)
61. Real Companhia Velha Quinta das Carvalhas
62. Rozes
63. San Leonardo from Quinta do Mourao
64. Seara d'Ordens
65. Senhora do Convento
66. Van Zeller
67. Vasques de Carvalho
68. Vista Alegre
69. Viera de Sousa

Links to other vintages:
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

[jdaw1]

The first post of this thread is to hold a list of known 2015 declarations.

[/2alph]

Cockburn Vintage Port seen on their facebook profile

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[forest26]

Just had it confirmed today - there is an article here https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/ ... tage-port/

[Axel P]

Noval is bottling, too

[/2alph]

Graham's declares Stone Terraces 2015 Vintage Port

http://blog.symington.com/grahams-decla ... s-vintage/

[Axel P]

Rozès, Quinta do Grifo and Quinta do Pégo will be bottled, too

[Axel P]

Alves de Sousa will bottle Gaivosa and Alves de Sousa

[Axel P]

Pintas also

[Axel P]

Duorum 2015 Vintage Port

[christopherpfaff]

Vieira de Sousa.

[/2alph]

Vesuvio and Dow's Senhora Ribeira will bottled too

http://blog.symington.com/quinta-do-ves ... -declared/

[DRT]

Vesuvio and Dow's Senhora Ribeira will bottled too

http://blog.symington.com/quinta-do-ves ... -declared/

Interesting!

Presumably that means no classic Dow 2015?

[Andy Velebil]

Vesuvio and Dow's Senhora Ribeira will bottled too

http://blog.symington.com/quinta-do-ves ... -declared/

Interesting!

Presumably that means no classic Dow 2015?

That I recall, I've never seen them bottle both in the same year.


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[PhilW]

Presumably that means no classic Dow 2015?

That I recall, I've never seen them bottle both in the same year.

Bomfim and Ribeira have been produced in the same year, and Bomfim and "classic" Dow have been produced in the same year (though the Bomfim in this case may only have been for Scandinavian markets), but as far as I am aware Ribeira and "classic" Dow have never been produced in the same year.

[uncle tom]

TFP have declared Vargellas, Guimaraens and Roeda but are otherwise not declaring '15 it seems..

[Doggett]

To follow on from Tom's post

Taylor's press release:
http://www.taylor.pt/en/news/taylor-s-t ... tage-port/

Fonseca Press release:
http://www.fonseca.pt/en/news/fonseca-t ... tage-port/

Croft Press release:
http://www.croftport.com/en/news/quinta ... tage-port/

[uncle tom]

Rather over effusive in their descriptions of the 2015 vintage - if it was so good, why are they not declaring the blends..?

[forest26]

I thought Taylor might have released a VV as it is their 325th.

[Doggett]

I thought Taylor might have released a VV as it is their 325th.

Maybe they are being completely honourable and not just hanging a hook on a year...as they also seem to be doing re the Fonseca 1815-2015 bicentennial too [in not going for a full declaration], although they could also revert back to the 1822-2022 bicentennial for marketing purposes at a later date:-)

On a serious point though... with all the positive talk there was re the 2015 vintage... for most port houses not to declare and wait for the 2016, must mean the 2016 vintage is something our children and grandchildren etc will look back upon as sublime!

[uncle tom]

On a serious point though... with all the positive talk there was re the 2015 vintage... for most port houses not to declare and wait for the 2016, must mean the 2016 vintage is something our children and grandchildren etc will look back upon as sublime!

After the 2015 vintage there was general contentment that it was 'good enough' to declare, but there was a lack of real excitement. It was also evident that the four year gap since the 2011 vintage meant that a declaration was needed, and the vintage was being banked as a declaration long before the 2016 vintage showed its hand.

2016 was an exceptionally long harvest, and whilst some good, possibly exceptionally good, wines were made, it was also apparent that it didn't work out for everyone. Even if the biggest houses unite to make 2016 a general declaration, I suspect a few well known names will absent themselves from the party..

[Andy Velebil]

On a serious point though... with all the positive talk there was re the 2015 vintage... for most port houses not to declare and wait for the 2016, must mean the 2016 vintage is something our children and grandchildren etc will look back upon as sublime!

After the 2015 vintage there was general contentment that it was 'good enough' to declare, but there was a lack of real excitement. It was also evident that the four year gap since the 2011 vintage meant that a declaration was needed, and the vintage was being banked as a declaration long before the 2016 vintage showed its hand.

2016 was an exceptionally long harvest, and whilst some good, possibly exceptionally good, wines were made, it was also apparent that it didn't work out for everyone. Even if the biggest houses unite to make 2016 a general declaration, I suspect a few well known names will absent themselves from the party..

I agree. 2016 was a harvest that you really needed to know your grapes and pick them when they were ready. A very long start/stop vintage and I suspect those that had the patience and labor pool to keep on hand it will be a very good vintage for them. For others who picked all at once, or had a lot of old mixed vines where one couldn't really chose what to pick, I suspect won't fair as well due to the erratic ripening.

[Alex Bridgeman]

On a serious point though... with all the positive talk there was re the 2015 vintage... for most port houses not to declare and wait for the 2016, must mean the 2016 vintage is something our children and grandchildren etc will look back upon as sublime!

After the 2015 vintage there was general contentment that it was 'good enough' to declare, but there was a lack of real excitement. It was also evident that the four year gap since the 2011 vintage meant that a declaration was needed, and the vintage was being banked as a declaration long before the 2016 vintage showed its hand.

2016 was an exceptionally long harvest, and whilst some good, possibly exceptionally good, wines were made, it was also apparent that it didn't work out for everyone. Even if the biggest houses unite to make 2016 a general declaration, I suspect a few well known names will absent themselves from the party..

I agree. 2016 was a harvest that you really needed to know your grapes and pick them when they were ready. A very long start/stop vintage and I suspect those that had the patience and labor pool to keep on hand it will be a very good vintage for them. For others who picked all at once, or had a lot of old mixed vines where one couldn't really chose what to pick, I suspect won't fair as well due to the erratic ripening.

Plus the fact that you had to have the money to spray constantly with Bordeaux mix if you wanted healthy grapes without any rot. Most of the larger companies were able to do this but many contract grape farmers really suffered. I get the impression that 2016 is likely to be a very good vintage from the bigger names and well established producers but not necessarily producing the volume of lower quality wine that the market is used to.

[Axel P]

Ramos Pinto general Vintage Port

[Axel P]

Sandeman Quinta do Seixo
Ferreira Quinta do Porto