Quinta do Crasto Vintage Port

Quinta do Crasto is a structured Port house — firm and tannic, the slowest of the four builds to open and the longest-lived. PortDB records 3 Quinta do Crasto releases spanning 1994–2011, all of them single-quinta wines. None is rated legendary or classic here — this house’s declarations sit in the very good and good tiers. Their windows open 2008–2025, with decline modelled from 2053–2070.

Style: Structured
Wines in PortDB: 3 (3 single-quinta)
Range: 1994–2011
Tiers: 3 very good
Named quintas: —
Windows open: 2008–2025

Every Quinta do Crasto vintage

Quinta do Crasto vintages recorded by PortDB, with type, quality tier, prime drinking window and a sourced note.
Year	Wine	Rating	Prime window	Note
2011	Single quinta	Very good	2025–2061	Fine 2011 estate Vintage from the Cima Corgo. Quinta do Crasto official site + Wine Spectator Top 100 2014 (95 pts)
2003	Single quinta	Very good	2017–2053	Ripe, structured single-quinta release. Wine Enthusiast review of Quinta do Crasto 2003 Vintage Port
1994	Single quinta	Very good	2008–2044	Single-quinta Vintage from a leading Douro estate also famed for table wines. Decanter wine-review entry for Quinta do Crasto 1994 Port

How Quinta do Crasto ages

The longest-lived style — firm, tannic and slow to reveal itself. Wines of this build need roughly 22 years to open and can hold well past 55. 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.

Very good · 3 wines: 1994, 2003, 2011 — windows open 2008–2025, modelled to decline from 2053–2070.

Houses that age like Quinta do Crasto

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

Taylor's: 33 wines, 1960–2024 — legendary in 1963, 1977, 1994, 2011.
Dow's: 38 wines, 1963–2019 — legendary in 1963, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1994, 2007, 2011.
Quinta do Noval: 7 wines, 1931–2017 — legendary in 1931, 1963, 1994, 2011.
Quinta do Vesuvio: 5 wines, 1994–2017 — legendary in 2011.
Niepoort: 4 wines, 1945–2011 — legendary in 1945.
Churchill's: 4 wines, 1985–2011.

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 Quinta do Crasto Port

Is Quinta do Crasto a good Port house?

PortDB records no legendary or classic Quinta do Crasto vintage. Its 3 releases here are rated very good or good, across 1994–2011. 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.

How long does Quinta do Crasto Vintage Port last?

Quinta do Crasto's wines are modelled on the structured maturation style, which opens around 22 years after the vintage and holds a prime to about 55, stretched by the strength of the vintage and pulled earlier for its single-quinta wines. Across the 3 wines listed above that works out at windows opening 2008–2025 and decline modelled from 2053–2070. 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.