The history of Vintage Port starts from Douro Valley, Portugal in Bronze Age. Earlier only the production of red wine was into fashion but later on it also flourished in other flavors. In 17th century, the business of wine was very unsuccessful that affected the quality of wine too. Considering this, the addition of brandy was made advisable to use in wine production. It initiated the establishment of Douro Port in 1756 in Portugal. Later, many other Ports also started trade of wine production. The print version of Vintage Port came in 1767 featured by Christies Auctions of London. The earliest Port that is known till present is Port Wine 1765. There are many misconceptions about the original port from vintage. The 1779 Vintage is known to be the oldest Vintage Port that sold wine under the original title. After this, in 1986, the Douro wine producers got permission to trade their wine products at their own registrations.
Product of Vintage Port produced during wine trade history
The Vintage Port is the rarest port in the finest wine production. It gives only 2% of production in the total wine producing role. It belongs to a recognized quality of wine to be exported by the sellers. This sort of wine is first stored for about 3 to 4 years and then it is filled up in bottles for marketing purpose. The Vintage Port is a single harvest of vintage meant for exportation. The brand has superb shades of colors, fine quality of aroma and flavor. It has a full body concentration. All these characteristics of this particular wine made it the most acceptable type by the experts. Wines are set to be matured for many years and then they are bottled. It makes from the finest form to its roughest one. The average time for Vintage Port to be matured is about 15 to 20 years. It is not sure about the declaration of the first vintage but it is assumed around 1750. And it has been in trade since 1975 under the name of its producer, Vintage.
