b'2017 VINTAGEHISTORY MADE WITH LAUNCH OF 2017 VINTAGE PORTA pril saw the Symington family of thisVesuvio, Grahams The Stone Terraces and generation release their 2017 Vintage Port,Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio. The 2017 is just the the first ever back-to-back general declarationfourth release of the latter two, which are only since Andrew James Symington arrived in Portoproduced in truly exceptional years. Given the in 1882. very low-yielding year, the 2017 Vintage Port is The announcementonly the sixth declarationthe smallest Symington declaration of the 21st of the 21st centuryconcludes a period ofcentury, with en primeur volumes approximately a intense speculation within the wine trade as tothird less than in 2016.whether 2017 would warrant a full declaration, given the quality of the critically acclaimed 2016 In my 25 years as a winemaker in vintage and the rarity of Vintage Port declarations.our family vineyards, I have never The first ever consecutive declaration for theseen a year like 2017. The yields were Symington family is a milestone moment in their long history and is the result of two very differentextremely low, but the concentration but extremely high-quality years for port in theand structure took my breath away. Douro. We have made some really The Symingtons have produced 2017 Vintageremarkable wines. Charles Ports from across their flagship Douro estates, and will have offered limited quantities (bySymington, Head Winemaker at allocation en primeur) of Grahams, Dows,Symington Family Estates.Warres and Cockburns as well as Quinta do 14 Communiqu - Autumn/Winter 2019/20'