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2009 Vintage Port

Every 2009 Port in PortDB, rated and placed on its drinking window.

Updated

2009 is a good Port vintage, a rank below the greatest years. It was a limited declaration — Taylor's, Fonseca, Warre's shipped a general Vintage Port, and PortDB rates the best 2009s very good. The dataset holds 6 wines from the year, 3 of them single-quinta releases. Windows open 2021–2031, with decline modelled from 2059–2104.

Rating
Very good
Declaration
Limited
Houses declaring
3
Wines in PortDB
6 (3 single-quinta)
Windows open
2021–2031
Tiers
5 very good · 1 good

Every 2009 Port

When to drink the 2009s

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.

Structured · 3 wines
Taylor's, Dow's — windows open 2023–2031, modelled to decline from 2068–2104.
Opulent · 2 wines
Graham's, Fonseca — windows open 2021–2029, modelled to decline from 2059–2094.
Balanced · 1 wine
Warre's — windows open 2027, modelled to decline from 2079.

2009 in context

Vintages either side of 2009
2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013
Other very good years
1982 1991 2020 2024

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 2009 Port

Was 2009 a good year for Port?

Yes. 2009 was a limited declaration, with 3 houses shipping a general Vintage Port, and PortDB rates the best wines of the year very good. Tier judgements here reflect critic consensus and are editorial; which houses declared is public record.

Which houses declared 2009?

Taylor's, Fonseca, Warre's. A further 3 single-quinta wines were released alongside the general declarations. PortDB's dataset is not exhaustive — it holds the houses it has been able to verify against primary sources.

When should you drink 2009 Port?

Every 2009 in the dataset has its own modelled window above. Across all 6 wines, windows open 2021–2031 and decline is modelled from 2059–2104. The spread comes from house style — structured houses open around 22 years; opulent houses open around 20 years; balanced houses open around 18 years — 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.

Which is the best 2009 Port?

PortDB does not rank wines within a year, but it does record a quality tier for each. The 2009s it rates very good are Taylor's, Fonseca, Warre's, Dow's Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, Dow's Quinta do Bomfim. Those tiers reflect critic consensus and are a matter of editorial judgement, not a measurement. Which is “best” for you is also a question of house style: a structured house rewards patience, an opulent one gives more, sooner.

Sources for the 2009 records