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As the chill of autumn settles over B.C., and the rains return, few wines offer the warmth and richness of a well-aged Port from Portugal’s Douro Valley and, in more recent times, some of its imitators from across the wine world.

Among the many styles of Port, Vintage Port stands apart as the pinnacle of excellence. Declared only in exceptional years and is rarely more than 2 per cent of all production, Vintage Port is crafted from a single harvest and aged briefly in wood before embarking on decades of bottle maturation. The result is a wine of profound depth, elegance and longevity. After that, any port style led by Ruby, Tawny and Late Bottled Vintage Port fills the void and is often the style consumers’ first encounter when they enter the Port wine arena.

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