Kopke’s Colheita Porto is a single-harvest, wood-aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, where traditional Douro varietie…Kopke’s Colheita Porto is a single-harvest, wood-aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, where traditional Douro varieties are hand-picked and foot-trodden in lagares before long maturation in old oak casks. As a specialist and market leader…Learn More »
$129
/750ml
1978 Retail Average
94
/100
1978 Pro Rating
Decades of cask aging have shaped Kopke Colheita Porto 1978 into a deeply layered tawny, laced with caramelized nuts, dried fig and raisin, and a gentle echo of fine brandy on the finish. Sweetness is ample but perfectly judged, carried by lively acidity and a silky texture that keeps this rich, mature Port lifted and remarkably graceful in the glass.
Crème brûlée; Aged hard cheeses; Pecan pie
Kopke’s Colheita Porto is a single-harvest, wood-aged Tawny Port from the Douro Valley, where traditional Douro varieties are hand-picked and foot-trodden in lagares before long maturation in old oak casks. As a specialist and market leader in Colheitas, Kopke bottles these ports only after extended cask aging (always at least seven years), yielding amber-colored wines noted for layered dried-fruit, nut, caramel and spice complexity that express both the character of the vintage and the house’s extensive old stocks.