At Graham’s principal estate, Quinta dos Malvedos, there are just under three hectares of hand-built stone terraces that date from the late 18th century. Meticulously reconstructed after being abandoned in the aftermath of phylloxera, these stone terraces were designed to produce ports of exceptional  concentration and power, using viticultural techniques that have barely changed for hundreds of years.

The stone terraces are primarily a field blend, although there is a predominance of mature Touriga Nacional in their make-up. There are also some small, relatively younger plantings of Touriga Franca, Sousão and Alicante Bouschet. In 2021, the grapes from these vines were picked at the same time, from September 18th, and co-fermented to enhance complexity, structure, and freshness.

While reviewing the wines produced from the finest vineyards across our Douro estates in 2021, we were simply astonished by the three-hectare stone terraces at Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos. These low-yielding vines delivered wines with a deep inky purple colour, pin sharp acidity, and wonderfully fresh, scented tropical aromas – characteristic of these unique terraces.

A very rare decision to bottle the wine from these magnificent vineyards as The Stone Terraces 2021 Vintage Port and release the wine in 2023. This is just the fifth time that the Symington family has made this micro-terroir Vintage Port – following 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Only 400 nine litre cases were bottled.

For detailed information on each wine, see The Vintage Port Site.