Ready to drink, it forms an excellent accompaniment for less-sweet desserts and it also can be enjoyed on its own lightly chilled as an aperitif.

It is characterized by its softness, with a perceived fruity character. Blended from lighter wines made in the Douro, it is aged in woodly casks of around 600 litres for 3 years before being bottled. This period provides smoothness and gives the wine the slightest hint of wood.

The Maynard's Tawny Port is a blend of selected young ports matured in small oak vats called pipas. As a result, they gradually mellow to an amber, Tawny color. Its aroma combines ripe with dry fruits with cinnamon. Ready to drink, this top quality Tawny goes perfectly with less-sweet desserts. It can also be enjoyed on its own as an aperitif, slightly chilled.

- Stainless steel vats
- Grapes' must not distemmed
- 1 day pre-fermentative maceration and 2 days fermentation.

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cao

Maynard’s is the flagship brand of Fernando and Alvaro Van Zeller’s Vinihold’s company. Named after the first established English Port wine shipper in Oporto, the Maynard’s brand honors the story of the late Walter Maynard, born in 1652, an illustrious ancestor of the van Zeller family through his marriage to Dorothea Augusta Kopke, recorded as one of the first traders to ever export Port wine to England. The brand has a premium positioning evident in every detail, from the selection of wines to the final presentation of the product itself, particularities that make all the difference, the paradigm of a unique product with centuries of tradition.

Walter Maynard is the name of one of the oldest wine merchants to have shipped Port back in 1652. He was appointed Consul in Oporto by his brother Thomas, who was English Council in Lisbon, by order of King Charles II in 1659. The 1st family link with the van Zellers come through marriage of Dorothea Ignacia Wittingham with Johan Moring, which her mother-in-law was Marianna van Zeller, married with Jacome Moring. Later, her great-granddaughter Dorothea Augusta Kopke who was Walter Maynard's 5th generation of descendants, married with Roberto van Zeller. 3 centuries later, representing the 15th generation is our manager for the US market, Mariana van Zeller. Nowadays, Maynard's stands for a complete line of premium ports, honoring the late memory of their illustrious ancestor.