Whilst white port taste fabulous served with tonic, ice and lemon after a hot day in the Douro, it’s seldom quite the same back home. This version from Alves de Sousa is as good as it gets though. This is more in the vein of a VDN from southern France, with barley sugar, marmalade and quince edges, and a perfumed/herbal edge almost like fennel or quinine. It would be a crime to add tonic to this – try it chilled with dark chocolate puddings.

An 80 year-old field blend.