A concentrated, single-estate Vintage Port from the heart of the Cima Corgo, bursting with brambly dark fruit, warming spice, and decades of staying power.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Pours an inky, near-opaque deep purple with an inviting ruby rim. The nose is immediate, layered, and powerful, opening with dark black cherry, crushed blackberries, and stewed damson plum, underpinned by violets, wild mint, and warm baking spices like nutmeg and black pepper, with a faint hint of cedar wood.

On the palate, it delivers serious weight without feeling heavy-handed. Ripe black fruits and blueberry compote coat the mouth, framed by muscular yet finely polished tannins and a clean streak of natural acidity that keeps the sweet, rich core fresh. The finish is remarkably long and warming, trailing off with lingering dark chocolate, crushed schist, and spiced bramble jelly. Because this is bottled unfiltered and true to traditional Vintage Port style, it throws a natural crust—give it an upright stand and decant carefully before serving.

Food Pairings:

Vintage Port and cheese is a marriage that needs very little introduction. Pair it with a proper wedge of salty blue cheese such as Stilton, Roquefort, or Lanark Blue, where the sharp, savoury salt cuts right through the sweet dark fruit. For something sweet, it is cracking with dark chocolate tart, spiced fruit puddings, or simply a handful of roasted walnuts and dried figs by the fireside.

About the Producer

Founded by Scotsman George Sandeman in 1790 from a coffee house in London, Sandeman is one of the grandest and most enduring names in the wine trade—recognised worldwide by 'The Don', the mysterious, caped figure sketched in 1928. While widely known for dependable cellar classics, the estate's top-tier bottlings have reached exceptional heights under the stewardship of the Sogrape family, who acquired Sandeman in 2002.

Led by head winemaker Luís Sottomayor, the winemaking philosophy blends deep respect for Douro traditions with precise, modern cellar craft. The Quinta do Seixo label represents the jewel in Sandeman’s crown: a single-quinta bottling produced only in standout years where the estate’s microclimate yields fruit of singular depth, character, and longevity.

Vineyard & Winery

Viticulture & Terroir:

Quinta do Seixo occupies a prime, amphitheatre-like hillside in the Cima Corgo sub-region, perched high on the south bank of the Douro River between Pinhão and Régua. The vineyard is planted on precipitous, hand-carved schist terraces, graded 'A' (the highest classification in the Douro).

The 2013 growing season saw cool winter and spring rains that replenished vital deep water reserves, followed by a warm, dry summer with lower-than-average temperatures. This allowed the fruit to mature at a gentle, unhurried pace, retaining vibrant natural acidity and fine aromatic nuance. Notably, 27% of the blend comes from a tiny parcel of gnarled, centenarian bush vines (over 100 years old), yielding minuscule quantities of intensely concentrated, thick-skinned berries.

Winemaking & Maturation:

Harvested entirely by hand with rigorous bunch selection, the grapes were transferred directly to the modern winery located right on the Quinta. Following partial destemming, the grapes underwent vigorous treading in traditional granite lagares to extract optimal colour, structure, and tannin from the skins during an intense fermentation.

Fermentation was arrested at the peak of fruit expression by fortification with high-grade neutral grape spirit, preserving the grapes' natural residual sugars. The young Port was racked into seasoned oak vats and aged for two years before being bottled in 2015 without fining or filtration. Built for the cellar, it is ready to savour now with a decant, yet possess the structural backbone to mature gracefully for the next 20 to 30 years.