1989 was not a declared Port vintage. No house shipped a general Vintage Port that year. PortDB records 1 single-quinta release from 1989 instead — wines from one named estate, made in the good but not universally declared years and built to drink sooner than a classic Vintage Port. Their windows open 1999.
- Rating
- Not declared
- Declaration
- Single-quinta only
- Houses declaring
- —
- Wines in PortDB
- 1 (1 single-quinta)
- Windows open
- 1999
- Tiers
- 1 good
The 1989 single-quinta Ports
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Warre's Single quinta Quinta da Cavadinha
Fragrant off-year single-quinta release
1989 prime 1999–2023 2029Opens 1999 · prime to 2023 · declining from 2029
SourceSymington Vintage Port Site Cavadinha release list / wine-searcher
1989 in context
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Common questions about 1989 Port
Was 1989 a good year for Port?
No — 1989 was not declared. A Port house declares a vintage only in years it judges outstanding, and none did so in 1989. That is not the same as a bad year: 1 estate still bottled a single-quinta Port from 1989, which is what houses do in years that are good without being declaration-worthy.
Which 1989 Ports were released?
No general declarations were made. The 1989 bottlings PortDB records are single-quinta wines from Warre's. Each is listed above with its source.
When should you drink 1989 Port?
Every 1989 in the dataset has its own modelled window above. Across all 1 wine, windows open 1999 and decline is modelled from 2029. There is no spread to speak of: every 1989 here comes from a balanced house, a build that takes about 18 years to open — stretched by the strength of the vintage and pulled earlier for the single-quinta wines. To check a specific bottle against today's date, use the maturity tool. These are modelled windows, not measurements: storage and bottle variation move the goalposts.