Vintage Port 1938
Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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1938 | Average | 2 | 80 | 2 | 11 |
1938: | Barros Cockburn Dow's Graham's Hooper Niepoort Quinta do Sibio Real Companhia Velha Royal Oporto Taylor Warre |
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House | Taylor | Vintage | 1938 |
Colour | Mature very yellow and beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Violets, toffee, fudge, crème caramel and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.50 - 17.50 |
Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking and is perfect today. Balanced and very complex and elegant with crème caramel, violets and toffee in taste. This vintage is a great surprise for us with a long and wonderful finish. Astonishing indeed! | Average score | |
Last tasted | 30th March 2018 | Point this date | 17.50 |
Comment | At home with the family. This vintage was bottled in 1942. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |