As to the tiny production 2021 Vintage Port Nacional, it's a much more inward, reserved, concentrated effort that demands bottle age but clearly brings another level of density and elegance over the classic cuvée. Ripe black fruits, iron, graphite, liquid violet, and spice notes define the bouquet, and like the classic Quinta Do Noval, it takes lots of air to shed its baby fat and offer a hint of the complexity that will develop with cellaring. It too has a semblance of the 2019 and shows a fresher, focused style that's backed up by gorgeous extract, mid-palate density, and length – albeit, if you're looking for a massive, opulent style of Port, this might not be your best bet. Regardless, this has everything: purity, complexity, texture, balance, concentration, and length. A stunning Port, it deserves 10-15 years in the cellar and will evolve gracefully for three quarters of a century.

There’s such a purity of fruit here of sliced ripe cherries and crushed blackberries with blueberries, as well as fresh flowers. Medium- to full-bodied with ultra fine tannins that run the length of the wine. Really polished and silky. Medium sweet with pretty grip and presence. Reminds me of the perfect 2011 but with a little less concentration. Drink after 2030.

The unfortified varietal red 2021 Touriga Nacional has controlled ripeness and 14% alcohol with balancing freshness and acidity, reflecting a cooler (or less warm) vintage in the Douro. It has some varietal notes of violets, and the oak feels quite integrated, only making a comeback in the aftertaste. The palate is harmonious and the tannins are fine. It matured in 225-liter French oak barrels, 35% of them new, for 12 months. Give it a little more time to polish that oak. 13,460 bottles were filled in May 2023. - Luis Gutiérrez

A compact red, with good tension from the well-knit tannins, plus a brambly overtone of wild herbs and zesty spices layered with blackberry, plum skin, mandarin orange peel and espresso notes. Minerally finish. Best after 2027. - AN