Delatore Corte Vintage Port 1991 VINTAGE WINES 1997

Delatore Corte Vintage Port 1991 VINTAGE WINES 1997About the wine The members of the Delaforce family, of Huguenot origin, can trace their history back over 400 years. Their involvement in the Port business dates from 1834 when John Fleurriet Delaforce came to Oporto to set up the new firm of Martinez Gassiot on behalf of its partners. In 1868 his son George Henry Delaforce founded his own firm, the House of Delaforce. This wine is a single qunita vintage port. Often made in years that are not

The estate also makes a range of red and white wines such as this wine

while Margaux was named a first growth

predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon

Their name adjoining to the topographical designation

A lovely wine to drink now with 2004 being a reasonable vintage for the region

slightly sweet finish

but a blend and so no vintage year

Finish lingers nicely with well integrated tannings

Finish: Medium finish

Created in 1998 by the Mckinlay family with 20 hectare of mature vines with an average age of sixty

and is consistently one of the most expensive wines in the world

The latter has begun to gain a toehold in Bordeaux after largely disappearing in the 20th Century