Vintage Finest Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Stilton or other blue cheeses, dark chocolate desserts, roasted walnuts and dried figs
✨ Technical Specifications
Averys of Bristol holds a legendary place in the history of Port wine. For centuries, British merchants shipped pipes of Port from the Douro Valley to be matured and bottled in their own cool, damp cellars. Averys' Vintage Finest Reserve represents this grand tradition of merchant-selected Vintage Port. Sourced from exceptional parcels in the Cima Corgo subregion of the Douro, these wines were selected for their structure, concentration, and potential to develop over decades. The wine undergoes traditional foot-treading in stone lagares before being fortified and shipped. This historic style of Port is celebrated for its deep ruby-purple hue, complex aromas of dark bramble fruit, warming spice, and integration of spirit that only comes with patient cellar aging.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in Bristol in 1793, Averys is one of the United Kingdom's oldest and most historic independent wine merchants and négociant houses. Throughout the twentieth century, under the visionary leadership of Ronald Avery and subsequently his son John Avery MW, the firm cemented an international reputation as an adventurous pioneer. Averys was among the very first British merchants to champion Bordeaux's Right Bank estates—introducing Château Pétrus to the UK market—and broke early ground importing nascent New World benchmarks from California and Australia. Operating as a négociant selector, Averys partners closely with family-owned domaines across classic European appellations including Champagne, Burgundy, the Loire, Pfalz, and Rioja. Across its diverse portfolio, the merchant prioritizes expressive varietal clarity, classic regional typicity, and balanced viticulture. Benchmark own-label releases like their Special Cuvée Brut Champagne, Fine White Burgundy, and Fine Riesling showcase Averys' enduring cellar heritage and palate for authentic terroir-driven wines.
🍇 Grapes
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão
🍷 ABV
19-20%