It is essential to strike the correct balance between the delicacy and elegance which results from prolonged cask ageing while retaining the fruit quality which lends this old Tawny its structure and longevity.

Excellent - please note that 30 years is an average age and so the vintage does not appear on the bottle . Graham's is one of the last Port companies with its own cooperage team, who care for each cask individually.Red port can be made from many types of grapes (castas), but the main ones are Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Francesa, and Touriga Nacional.

Graham's 30 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, following careful selection, are matured in seasoned oak casks of 534 litres until their peak of maturity is reached. Graham’s winemaking team still adds the grape spirit known as aguardente (commonly known as brandy) is added to disrupt the fermentation of grape juice.Available by the bottle or case, your wine gift will be individually tailored with a personal message, tasting notes and vintage description. Graham's 30 Years Old is made from wines of the very highest quality which, following careful selection, are matured in seasoned oak casks of until their peak of maturity is reached. Using the extensive knowledge of the Douro Valley gained over the previous seventy years, the Grahams chose an ideal place to plant a vineyard; an excellent south-facing aspect, fine soil composition, good gradients that facilitate drainage and a perfectly sited ridge on which they built one of the finest of all the DouroÂ's great estate houses.

Graham’s five vineyards are located in the Douro valley and all have the maximum ‘A’ grade classification.Background: As one of the last Port companies with its own cooperage team, tending to each cask individually, GRAHAM's masters the art of making 30 Years Old Tawnies. To age and blend old wines like these is an extremely challenging exercise requiring great skill and years of experience. They are vintage in the sense that they come from the produce of a specific year, but in most other respects are the opposite.