Since 2008, we have brought some of theworlds finest spiritsto connoisseurs and collectors. In the samespirit of discovery, Ben Howkins a renowned authority on Port long maintained that a trulyfine old Tawny Portcould command a place alongside such esteemed spirits. In 2016 we therefore journeyed to one of the oldest wine regions in the world: theDouro Valley in northern Portugal.

Our 11th release comprises two very old Tawny Ports, from 1870 and 1970. Whilst the older was made from grapes onpre-Phyllorexa vines, the younger came from vines grafted onto American root stock after the louse wiped out huge swathes of Europes vineyards. As such, thetwo extraordinary bottles offer a rare opportunityto sample twodramatically differentchapters in the history of Port.