Vintage Port 1912
Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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1912 | Classic | 5 | 99 | 25 | 32 | |
House | Cockburn | Vintage | 1912 |
Colour | Fairly pale but attractive deep red colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Plenty of spicy, peppery and coffee aromas. | Score range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
Taste | A mature old but still excellent port which still is knit together. Flavour of mint. Long complex finish. Wonderful. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 23rd September 2003 | Point this date | 18.00 |
Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Dow | Vintage | 1912 |
Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Wonderful chocolate and cacao in the nose. | Score range | 18.75 - 18.75 |
Taste | Surprisingly sweet but with a sign of age and with some alcohol and acidity. Old lovely attractive finish. I just loved that port! | Average score | |
Last tasted | 27th January 1983 | Point this date | 18.75 |
Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. This port was bottled in 1915.
| Tasters | SAI |
House | Ferreira | Vintage | 1912 |
Colour | Tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Elegant bouquet of toffee, fudge and old grocery shop in the nose. Quite attractive. | Score range | |
Taste | Medium body. Mature and still on top. Attractive and still knit together. Delicious and balanced. Complex flavour with quite lots of fudge. Long and lovely finish. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 19th April 2012 | Point this date | 17.25 |
Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Hunt, Roope & Co. | Vintage | 1912 |
Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Burned sugar and some crème caramel in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
Taste | Hardly medium body. Elegant but some unbalanced acidity. Still quite drinkable and holding together, Quite old but interesting port. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 11th January 1996 | Point this date | 15.40 |
Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI |
House | Taylor | Vintage | 1912 |
Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Lovely bouquet of cacao, chocolate, coffee, tea and toffee. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
Taste | Full-bodied. Mature and at its peak. Sweet. Cacao in flavour. Elegant and balanced with an incredible finish. What an old lovely port! | Average score | |
Last tasted | 19th October 2000 | Point this date | 17.00 |
Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI |