The growing season of 2007 was preceded by a wet winter that replenished the water reserves after four extremely hot and dry years. Wet conditions continued in spring and early summer with temperatures well below normal combined with rainy periods. There were no particularly hot periods during the summer months. The high and typically summer temperatures of Douro were only recorded in the first two weeks of September, when the thermometers registered 35ºC. The grapes were hand harvested, at their ideal state of ripeness, into boxes of 20kg and cooled down overnight in cold chambers. After destemming and gentle crushing, the grapes were placed in stainless steel vats during the skin contact and fermentation processes. At the end of fermentation, the wine was transferred to 600L casks where it aged until the perfect moment for bottling was decided

Reddish-brown color. Hazelnut and walnut aromas with dashes of vanilla. In the mouth notes of caramel and cocoa that intertwine and develop indefinitely. Fresh, balanced and elegant.

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.