Port Vintage Timeline

Churchill's Vintage Ports

Churchill's Vintage Port

Vintage port is one of the great treasures of the wine world. At Churchill's, we see ourselves as both vintage evangelists and guardians of its secrets, crafting uniquely powerful vintage ports with the potential to age a lifetime. Johnny likes to say that we make vintage port for our children and grandchildren, not for ourselves. And we bring this emphasis on ageing potential and timeless style to every element of our vintage processes. Churchill's Vintage Ports balance structure, grip, fruit, and acidity to create powerful wines that stand out for their character and stand up to tradition.

1982

Churchill's 1982 Vintage Port

"I FELT THIS 1982 HAD ENOUGH TANNIN STRUCTURE TO BALANCE THE OPULENT FRUIT. AFTER 39 YEARS, I'M GLAD I WAS RIGHT"

Produced with old vines from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, this Churchill's 1982 Vintage Port combined the more concentrated and powerful style of Quinta da Água Alta with the elegant and aromatic style of Quinta da Manuela and Quinta do Fojo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years, showing better after 15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

1985

Churchill's 1985 Vintage Port

"Our second declared Vintage. Fruit driven, but with the power and tannic qualities of the Grade A vineyard components. Black color with violet nuances.Fresh character, with a green side on the nose. Rich and ripe on the palate, but with a vein of freshness." - Johnny Graham

Produced with old vines from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, this Churchill's 1985 Vintage Port combined the more concentrated and powerful style of Quinta da Água Alta with the elegant and aromatic style of Quinta da Manuela and Quinta do Fojo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years, showing better after 15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

Churchill's 1991 Vintage Port

"1991 year means freshness and elegance. A very well-defined Vintage that will keep on ageing beautifully in the bottle for many years."
- Johnny Graham

Produced with old vines from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, this Churchill's 1982 Vintage Port combined the more concentrated and powerful style of Quinta da Água Alta with the elegant and aromatic style of Quinta da Manuela and Quinta do Fojo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years, showing better after 15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

1994

Churchill's 1994 Vintage Port

"A great year with ripe, full-bodied fruit. Churchill's 1994 Vintage has been losing color rapidly, but this complex Vintage Port still has enormous power and ageing potential." - Johnny Graham.

Produced with old vines from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, this 1994 Vintage combines the more mature power of Água Alta with the elegant aromatically “green tea” styles of Manuela and Fojo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years, showing better after 15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

1997

Churchill's 1997 Vintage Port

"CHURCHILL'S 1997 WAS THE UGLY DUCKLING THAT SUDDENLY MATURED INTO A BEAUTIFUL SWAN."

A Vintage Port in the classic style; not so matured as the 1994 but with a concentration of fresher “greener” fruit. It has what we call in the trade a “steel girder”; i.e. a good tannin structure which binds and balances the fruit and ensures good ageing potential.

Produced with old vines from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, this 1997 Vintage combines the more mature power of Água Alta with the elegant aromatically “green tea” styles of Manuela and Fojo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years. Should be at its peak from 2027-2037.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

2000

Churchill's 2000 Vintage Port

"THE 2000 VINTAGE IS A MILESTONE IN CHURCHILL'S HISTORY. IT'S THE FIRST VINTAGE YEAR SINCE WE HAVE BEEN PORT PRODUCERS AND NOT 'JUST' PORT WINE SHIPPERS."

"The 2000 Vintage is a milestone in Churchill's history. It's the first Vintage year since we have been port producers and not 'just' Port wine shippers. The Vintage blend now includes wines produced at Quinta da Gricha. The word I would use to describe the 2000 Churchill is intensity". - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years, showing better after 15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham.

2003

Churchill's 2003 Vintage Port

"Full, dark colour with a strong purple hue. The nose is closed but powerfull and complex with an underlying aroma of concentrated ripe berries. On the palate there is good intensity, excellent natural acidity and a very fine long finish. A well balanced wine that reminds me in style of a blend of the 2000 and the 1994 Vintages." - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) from the Cima Corgo sub-region in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from 2023 throughout.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2007

Churchill's 2007 Vintage Port

"This Vintage is all about quality and class. Pure Vintage quality with its predominant blend of Quinta da Gricha wines, which brings its resinous aroma and the 4x4 mineral trait that will ensure longevity". - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha. This was the first time we have included a wine from the Douro Superior in our Churchill's Vintage blend; a richer, riper style of wine to compliment the finer, more intense style of wine from the Quintas in the Cima-Corgo.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from +15 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2011

Churchill's 2011 Vintage Port

"IN ALL MY 39 VINTAGES I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED YOUNG PORTS WITH SUCH COLOUR, STRUCTURE AND INTENSITY."

"The sheer fruit intensity of the Churchill’s 2011 Vintage is still very much present within its tannic structure. I think it will give more and more pleasure as years go by and It is certainly a Vintage Port with which to celebrate the turn of the next century." - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) from the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior sub-regions in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from 2023 throughout.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2014

Churchill's 2014 Vintage Port (Magnum)

"In the spring of 2015 we decided to make the blend as a potential Vintage and were impressed with its concentration and tannic structure. Although we were hesitant to declare 2014 because the quantity available is so small, we never doubted the quality of this Vintage. I was particularly impressed by the "leather" hardness of the 2014 wines." - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) from the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior sub-regions in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from 2038-2048 throughout.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2016

Churchill's 2016 Vintage Port

"2016 was a great year for viticulture in the Douro. A year that combined the perfect climatic conditions and an ideal grape ripening cycle. And 2016 is just that, a concentrated Vintage with exceptional aging quality." - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from +15 years throughout.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2017

Churchill's 2017 Vintage Port

"There is also a raw, wild character about our Churchill’s 2017 Vintage Port. Rather like the 2011, the Churchill’s 2017 is a striking Vintage that will give a great deal of pleasure for years to come." - Johnny Graham, 2021.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +30 years.It will be approachable before, but will reach its best from +15 years throughout.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2020

Churchill's 2020 Vintage Port

"A POWERFUL AND VIBRANT VINTAGE PORT."

“This is a big, ripe year where the natural acidity of Quinta da Gricha plays an important role in the Vintage blend. With a powerful ox-blood colour, this muscular Port has a fresh vein of tannin that enhances its fruity aroma, bringing vibrancy to its rich, jammy palate and ensuring a balanced and elegant finish. This is a concentrated but fresh Vintage Port with an intrinsic quality to age beautifully in bottle for several decades.” - Johnny Graham, 2022.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, incluindo Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca e Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +50 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

2024

Churchill's 2024 Vintage Port

"A strikingly beautiful Port with a rich purity of fruit that envelops the palate."

“When we first tasted the 2024 Ports after the vintage, my fellow winemaker, Ricardo Nunes and I realised that we had produced something very special. Churchill’s Vintage 2024 is unquestionably one of the best Vintage Ports we have produced to date.” - Johnny Graham, 2026.

Produced with old vines (on average over 50 years old) in the Douro Valley, of which the backbone comes from the old vines of Quinta da Gricha.

Serving

Stand the bottle upright for a few hours before decanting. Best decanted at least two hours before service. Serve at room temperature (16º - 18ºC).

Grapes

Field blend, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca e Tinto Cão.

Cellaring

Store at cellar temperature. Ageing potential of +50 years.

Winemakers

Johnny Graham and Ricardo Pinto Nunes.

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Churchill's Vintage Ports

Churchill's Vintage Port

1982

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1985

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1994

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1997

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2000

"THE 2000 VINTAGE IS A MILESTONE IN CHURCHILL'S HISTORY. IT'S THE FIRST VINTAGE YEAR SINCE WE HAVE BEEN PORT PRODUCERS AND NOT 'JUST' PORT WINE SHIPPERS."

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2003

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2007

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2011

"IN ALL MY 39 VINTAGES I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED YOUNG PORTS WITH SUCH COLOUR, STRUCTURE AND INTENSITY."

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2014

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2016

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2017

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2020

"A POWERFUL AND VIBRANT VINTAGE PORT."

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2024

"A strikingly beautiful Port with a rich purity of fruit that envelops the palate."

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