Martinez Vintage Port

Martinez is a balanced Port house — elegance with grip, the middle path between power and perfume. PortDB records 17 Martinez releases spanning 1955–2007, 3 of them single-quinta wines. Across the set, 9 classic. Their windows open 1973–2025, with decline modelled from 2032–2084.

Style: Balanced
Wines in PortDB: 17 (3 single-quinta)
Range: 1955–2007
Tiers: 10 classic · 5 very good · 2 good
Named quintas: Quinta da Eira Velha
Windows open: 1973–2025

Every Martinez vintage

Martinez vintages recorded by PortDB, with type, quality tier, prime drinking window and a sourced note.
Year	Wine	Rating	Prime window	Note
2007	Vintage Port	Classic	2025–2061	Strong universal 2007 declaration; balanced, fresh, ageworthy. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list; Symington Vintage Port Site (2007 bottle shown)
2003	Vintage Port	Classic	2021–2057	Widely declared 2003; structured definition with youthful freshness, finely balanced. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list; Sandhams 2003 listing
2000	Vintage Port	Classic	2018–2054	Declared 2000 under revitalised Symington-era Martinez. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list; Decanter (2000 a general declaration)
2000	Single quintaQuinta da Eira Velha	Very good	2010–2037	Last Eira Velha single-quinta produced by Martinez before the brand ended the line. Vintageport.se Eira Velha list (notes 2000 last Eira Velha by Martinez)
1997	Vintage Port	Classic	2015–2051	Declared 1997; medium-bodied and balanced, community-rated high 80s. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list; Decanter (1997 a general/classic declaration)
1997	Single quintaQuinta da Eira Velha	Very good	2007–2034	Eira Velha 1997 single-quinta bottled by Martinez; medium-bodied, balanced. Vintageport.se Eira Velha list; CellarTracker 1997 Eira Velha
1994	Vintage Port	Classic	2012–2048	Best modern Martinez; great universal 1994 year, WS ~92 and a Wine Spectator Top 100 wine. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1994	Single quintaQuinta da Eira Velha	Classic	2004–2034	Top single-quinta release; Eira Velha 1994 under Martinez label, ~94 points. Vintageport.se Eira Velha list; CellarTracker 1994 Eira Velha; wine.com listing
1991	Vintage Port	Very good	2009–2038	Good 1991 declaration; balanced mid-weight, firm-ish but accessible. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1987	Vintage Port	Good	2005–2029	Off-year 1987 declaration; lighter, earlier-maturing. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1985	Vintage Port	Classic	2003–2039	Widely declared 1985; well-balanced and ageworthy, scored mid-to-high 80s. Vintageport.se Martinez list; prtwine.com Martinez list; Palmers Wine Store 1985 listing
1982	Vintage Port	Very good	2000–2029	Solid 1982 declaration; medium-bodied, accessible. Vintageport.se Martinez declared list; prtwine.com Martinez list; wine.com listing
1975	Vintage Port	Good	1993–2017	Lighter, forward 1975 declaration for early drinking. Vintageport.se Martinez declared list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1970	Vintage Port	Classic	1988–2024	Strong universal 1970 declaration; balanced and long-lived, community-rated around 90. Vintageport.se Martinez declared list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1967	Vintage Port	Very good	1985–2014	Smaller off-year declaration; lighter, earlier-maturing than 1963. Vintageport.se Martinez declared list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1963	Vintage Port	Classic	1981–2017	Revered universal 1963 year; mature, elegant, medium-bodied classic Martinez declaration. Vintageport.se Martinez declared list; prtwine.com Martinez list
1955	Vintage Port	Classic	1973–2009	Universally declared great 1955 vintage; mature, elegant Martinez. Prtwine.com — Martinez port-house reference (declared Vintage Years list)

How Martinez ages

The middle path — elegance with grip. These open around 18 years and drink through a prime to roughly 42. The years below are this house’s own bottlings, grouped by the tier of the vintage — a greater year is more concentrated and stretches the window. They are fixed for each wine; whether a bottle is ready today depends on the date and is answered by the maturity tool.

Classic · 10 wines: 1955, 1963, 1970, 1985, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 1 more — windows open 1973–2025, modelled to decline from 2032–2084.
Very good · 5 wines: 1967, 1982, 1991, 1997, 2000 — windows open 1985–2010, modelled to decline from 2037–2061.
Good · 2 wines: 1975, 1987 — windows open 1993–2005, modelled to decline from 2040–2052.

Houses that age like Martinez

PortDB groups the 21 houses into four maturation styles. These share Martinez’s, so their wines come round on a similar schedule.

Warre's: 37 wines, 1963–2017 — legendary in 1963, 2011.
Cockburn's: 10 wines, 1908–2016 — legendary in 1908, 1963.
Sandeman: 5 wines, 1955–2011.
Feuerheerd's: 19 wines, 1922–2011.

Compare all 21 on the Port houses, see every year rated on the Port vintage chart, or read the greatest years ranked in best years for Port.

Common questions about Martinez Port

Is Martinez a good Port house?

By PortDB's tiers, yes. Martinez has 9 classic vintages among the 17 PortDB records, across 1955–2007. Those tiers reflect critic consensus and are a matter of editorial judgement, not a measurement; which years the house declared is public record. The dataset is also not exhaustive — it holds what has been verified against primary sources, so a missing year means no verified record here, not no wine.

Which Martinez vintage should you buy?

PortDB does not rank wines, but it does record a tier for each. The Martinez vintages it rates classic are 1955, 1963, 1970, 1985, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2007. Each year's page lists every house that declared it, so you can see what Martinez was up against. They span 1955–2007, so their windows sit decades apart — “best” and “ready” are different questions, and the window on each row above answers the second one.

How long does Martinez Vintage Port last?

Martinez's wines are modelled on the balanced maturation style, which opens around 18 years after the vintage and holds a prime to about 42, stretched by the strength of the vintage and pulled earlier for its single-quinta wines. Across the 17 wines listed above that works out at windows opening 1973–2025 and decline modelled from 2032–2084. To place a specific bottle against today's date, name the house and year in the maturity tool. These are modelled windows, not measurements: storage and bottle variation move the goalposts.