1944 Vintage Wine and Port Gifts

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Difficult conditions throughout Europe because of the war and any 1944 Bordeaux wines are extremely rare. In Portugal some stunning Colheita (tawny) ports were made.

This twin presentation pack contains two 35cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port:
Two 40 year old Taylors Tawny Port bottles. The port has a medium tawny colour and is fragrant with a vivid roast almond and apricot flavour. It is full of personality, has a lively richness and a mouth watering finish. Delicious! Drink now - 2050. Winner of the best Port Trophy Wine International Awards '04. A wonderful 80th vintage wine gift for a 1944 anniversary.

.This port is shipped in a deluxe wooden presentation box at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

This twin presentation pack contains two 35cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port:
Two 40 year old Taylors Tawny Port bottles. The port has a medium tawny colour and is fragrant with a vivid roast almond and apricot flavour. It is full of personality, has a lively richness and a mouth watering finish. Delicious! Drink now - 2050. Winner of the best Port Trophy Wine International Awards 2004. A wonderful 80th vintage wine gift for a 1944 anniversary.

This port is shipped with two Taylors Port glasses in a deluxe wooden presentation box at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

This twin presentation pack contains two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port:
Two 40 year old Taylors Tawny Port bottles. The port has a medium tawny colour and is fragrant with a vivid roast almond and apricot flavour. It is full of personality, has a lively richness and a mouth watering finish. Delicious! Drink now - 2050. Winner of the best Port Trophy Wine International Awards 2004. A wonderful 80th vintage wine gift for a 1944 anniversary.

This port is shipped in a double deluxe wooden presentation box at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

1945 was probably the greatest vintage for Bordeaux of the last century with an early harvest yielding magnificent long lasting vintage wines of the highest quality. It was the same story in Burgundy and the Northern Rhone. In Portugal, some of the greatest vintage ports of the last century were made and they are still drinking beautifully.

So that customers can appreciate very old vintage ports, vintagewinegifts have rebottled and recorked a small selection of classic vintage ports for you to enjoy. This bottling is a 20cl bottle of 1945 Sandeman Vintage port. From the stunning 1945 vintage, this fragrant, rich port has a harmonious bouquet, sweet perfect weight, lovely fruit and a good dry finish. Drink now - 2033.

PLEASE NOTE THIS BOTTLE SIZE IS 20CLS OR 2/7 OF A NORMAL BOTTLE SIZE.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

So that customers can appreciate very old vintage ports, vintagewinegifts have rebottled and recorked a small selection of classic vintage ports for you to enjoy. This bottling is a 20cl bottle of 1945 Croft Vintage port. From the best vintage of the century, this amazing 1945 vintage port has a powerful nose and a lovely, spicy, warming flavour with a rich bouquet and a hot finish. Drink now - 2033. PLEASE NOTE THIS BOTTLE SIZE IS 20CLS OR 2/7 OF A NORMAL BOTTLE SIZE.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

This recently bottled red wine is sweet with a medium tawny brown colour and a viscous port like texture. It is rich and sweet on the palate with an attractive fruit character and a delicious sweet and lingering finish. Drink now - 2038.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

This sweet red wine from the South of France scored 90/100 my Neil Martin, "The 1945 Rivesaltes has a burnished amber colour, very clear in the glass. The bouquet is quite oxidative and nutty in style, hints of cigar humidor and peaty aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with tangy marmalade, quince and light spicy notes. The oxidation is less pronounced than the nose and perhaps less complex and deep as anticipated, especially in the second half. It is certainly a more elegant style of Rivesaltes although I was expecting a little more length, hence the lower score. " Drink now - 2035. An amazing gift.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

So that customers can appreciate very old vintage ports, vintagewinegifts have rebottled and recorked a small selection of classic vintage ports for you to enjoy. This bottling is a 20cl bottle of 1945 Dow's Vintage Port From the amazing 1945 vintage, this wonderful port has a fruity, liquorice nose with a warm rose hip colour, a deep sweet taste and a lean dry finish. Drink now - 2032.

PLEASE NOTE THIS BOTTLE SIZE IS 20CLS OR 2/7 OF A NORMAL BOTTLE SIZE.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

So that customers can appreciate very old vintage ports, vintagewinegifts have rebottled and recorked a small selection of classic vintage ports for you to enjoy. This bottling is a 20cl bottle ofTaylor Fladgate Vintage Port.From the amazing 1945 vintage and scoring 97/100 Parker points,Taylor's 1945 Fladgate Vintage Port has a deeper color than the '45 Graham. The aromatics are detailed with remnants of red fruit, wild mint, Cuban cigars and pencil box that seem to flourish with aeration, gaining more intensity with each swirl of the glass. The palate is exquisitely balanced and poised with perfect acidity. It does not quite possess the "Doric" pillars of the stentorian '48 Taylor's, but you could argue that this might offer more subtlety and finesse. Hints of raspberry, cedar, marjoram and maraschino cherries that remain quite linear and correct. This is a "serious" Port in keeping with the style of Taylor's, a Port that demands your respect. Perhaps the '45 Graham has more personality but the '45 Taylor's has the gravitas." Drink now - 2038.

PLEASE NOTE THIS BOTTLE SIZE IS 20CLS OR 2/7 OF A NORMAL BOTTLE SIZE.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

Tokay is originally a Hungarian wine, named after the town of Tokay in the north-east of Hungary.

Since 1892 this wine has been produced in Massandra and Ay-Danil. All of the wines Ay-Danil Tokay, Massandra Tokay, Livadia Tokay are made from late harvested Furmint and Harslevelu varieties, as in Hungary, though the technique for the production of these unique wines in the Crimea differs from that of the traditional Hungarian ones. The wines can be exceptionally concentrated especially if the grapes have been affected by botrytis (noble rot). These wines require very long ageing to be at their best and are capable of extraordinary longevity.

Tokays are enchanting by their full, deep mahogany colour with golden glints, well pronounced grapey bouquet, soft developed nose of lovely honey, with deep hints of ripe quince and quince jam and light aroma of newly-baked rye bread crust. Unique colourfulness, richness of bouquet and full harmonious palate as well as softness and ‘oiliness’ make this wine extraordinary and marvellous. It is a great surprise how all the Massandra Tokays display themselves during long bottle ageing in the collection they maintain their high grapey quality for many years. Maturation merely serves to improve their bouquet and flavour, making them very elegant and exceptionally fine. Fullness and richness, which appear as the result of the great extract, make them extremely harmonious. Aroma of the Furmint and Harslevelu grape varieties, which is typical for young Tokays, turns into a unique bouquet after long bottle maturing. Resinous hints make Tokays even more elegant. Delicate and bright grapey flavours with tones of quince and honey, velvet palate of nectar make these wines so delicate and fragrant that they are reminiscent of perfumes of Nature.. Drink now - 2043.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe wooden presentation box at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

A magnum of Marquis de Montdidier 1945 Eau-de-Vie de Vin de Bourgogne, a brandy distilled from Burgundy wine.

This vintage Cognac is shipped in a deluxe wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

From the legendary 1945 vintage and scoring 92/100 Parker points, this attractive red wine exhibits a minty, cassis-scented nose. It is a dense, opaque ruby/garnet colour and is full-bodied and powerful with a long smooth finish. Drink now - 2033.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] and comes with our limited edition 'Great First Growths of Bordeaux' Print (worth £49.97) at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

Made in the heart of the Bas Armagnac region, the fairly intense nose reveals chocolate and butter. The softness on the palate offers a nice balance, with praline and coffee flavours, highly typical of an old Armagnac. The length is really amazing. This wonderful armagnac makes an ideal gift for someone born in 1945.

This vintage Armagnac is shipped in a deluxe wooden presentation box and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

From the stunning 1945 vintage and scoring 92/100 points from the Wine Spectator 'This is as well-made as a fine Swiss watch. Medium ruby with a garnet rim, with aromas of perfume, flowers and oranges, medium-bodied, with sweet floral, orange and plum flavors, a silky mouth-feel and a sweet finish. Delicious., this fragrant, rich port has a harmonious bouquet, sweet perfect weight, lovely fruit and a good dry finish." Drink now - 2038. Distressed label.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

Described by Robert Parker as "A Possible Legend Candidate. The 1945 is outstanding."This red wine from the amazing 1945 vintage is 'fragrant, forthcoming, a trace of highish volatile acid enhancing in richness' M Broadbent ****. Drink now - 2035. An super rare gift. Identification from cork BBR fascimile label.CApsule cut to reveal cork.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] and comes with our limited edition 'Great First Growths of Bordeaux' Print (worth £49.97) at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.

Described by Robert Parker as "A Possible Legend Candidate. The 1945 is outstanding."This red wine from the amazing 1945 vintage is 'fragrant, forthcoming, a trace of highish volatile acid enhancing in richness' M Broadbent ****. Drink now - 2034. An super rare gift. Identification from cork BBR fascimile label.

This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] and comes with our limited edition 'Great First Growths of Bordeaux' Print (worth £49.97) at no extra cost and now includes a free gift card with your personal message and tasting and storage notes.