The Wine Spectator of the United States has given its top wine of the year award to a Portuguese port with Leeuwin Estate's art series Chardonnay coming in fifth.

The comment on the winning wine:

In 2011, Port surged to remarkable heights of quality, with some vintners declaring it the best in 50 years. Powerfully fruity wines dominated the action. The Dow’s Vintage Port 2011 was the highest-scoring wine of the vintage at 99 points, or "classic" on Wine Spectator's 100-point scale. It is a fine value for its category at $82 a bottle, and 5,000 cases were made.
The Dow’s Vintage Port 2011 stands as a monument to quality and the modernization of the Douro over the past two decades. For its combination of power, quality and fair pricing, and for being the best of the best of an amazing vintage, the 2011 Dow’s Vintage Port is Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year.

Of the Leeuwin Estate chardonnay:

Leeuwin’s iconic Art Series Chardonnay consistently scores in the classic range. Ripe, complex flavors are its hallmarks thanks to estate vines in Margaret River, on the country’s west coast, that average 39 years of age. The 2011 represents a shift to a subtler style. Despite warm, dry weather in 2011, winemaker Paul Atwood corralled the generous flavors into a steelier frame than previous vintages, and the tart edge balances a hint of tropical fruit character. Leeuwin was founded in 1974 by the Horgan family, and released its first commercial vintage in 1979.