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2006 Port

An undeclared year — and the single-quinta Ports made in it.

Updated

2006 was not a declared Port vintage. No house shipped a general Vintage Port that year. PortDB records 1 single-quinta release from 2006 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 2016.

Rating
Not declared
Declaration
Single-quinta only
Houses declaring
Wines in PortDB
1 (1 single-quinta)
Windows open
2016
Tiers
1 good

The 2006 single-quinta Ports

When to drink the 2006s

The drinking window is derived from the house’s maturation style, stretched by the strength of the vintage and shortened for single-quinta releases. The years below are fixed for each wine; whether a bottle is ready today is shown on each entry above once JavaScript loads.

Balanced · 1 wine
Warre's — windows open 2016, modelled to decline from 2046.

2006 in context

See every year rated on the Port vintage chart, the greatest years ranked in best years for Port, or compare the shippers on the Port houses.

Common questions about 2006 Port

Was 2006 a good year for Port?

No — 2006 was not declared. A Port house declares a vintage only in years it judges outstanding, and none did so in 2006. That is not the same as a bad year: 1 estate still bottled a single-quinta Port from 2006, which is what houses do in years that are good without being declaration-worthy.

Which 2006 Ports were released?

No general declarations were made. The 2006 bottlings PortDB records are single-quinta wines from Warre's. Each is listed above with its source.

When should you drink 2006 Port?

Every 2006 in the dataset has its own modelled window above. Across all 1 wine, windows open 2016 and decline is modelled from 2046. There is no spread to speak of: every 2006 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.

Sources for the 2006 records