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Record Parker points for Port 2007
The 2007 Port vintage has been given the highest ever marks by Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate.
A blind tasting of 59 vintage Ports from 2007 by Jay Miller saw a record total of points given, with 40 Ports receiving 90 points or more.
Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha topped the list with 98 points. The core vintage from Taylor’s was given 95 points.
Warre and Dow’s, from Symington Family Estates, received 93 and 94 points respectively and Graham’s, with 97 points, was described by The Wine Advocate as: “A candidate for wine of the vintage…complete in every way…impeccably balanced, and exceptionally lengthy…a tour de force.”
Miller said: “There is little doubt that 2007 is a high-class vintage. Unlike 2003, the year of the heat wave, the 2007s are friendlier, which is not to say that they will not evolve.
“Even the least of these wines has 6-8 years of aging potential, and nearly all of them will be drinking well at age 20. Whether they will rival the wines of 1994, 1985, 1977, 1970 and 1963 remains to be seen, but the chances seem excellent.”
Rupert Millar, 11.03.10