The Society's Exhibition Vintage Port 2011

The 2011 Douro vintage was the most universally celebrated Port declaration in at least fifty years, and this wine represents a singular and specially commissioned expression of that exceptional year: blended exclusively for Wine Society members by Symington Family Estates to mark The Wine Society's 150th anniversary. The Wine Society, founded in 1874 and the oldest wine club in the world, commissioned this wine from Symington Family Estates, whose portfolio of Port houses includes Graham's, Dow's, Warre's and Quinta do Vesuvio. Fruit was specially selected from some of Symington's finest riverside quintas in both the Cima Corgo and the Douro Superior, with Touriga Nacional at the heart of the blend: the deeply coloured, fragrant and robustly structured variety that forms the backbone of the finest Vintage Ports.

The result is a wine that speaks directly of its exceptional vintage and of the care and heritage of its maker: opulent and sweetly flavoured, with pure concentrated dark fruit, hints of tea leaf and dried herbs, and a rich, long finish that will continue to develop complexity across many years in bottle. "A sweetly flavoured, opulent wine, with pure, concentrated dark fruit, hints of tea leaf and dried herbs, and a rich, long finish. Delicious now, it will continue to develop further complexity in bottle."