González Byass
González Byass, S.A.
| Founded |
1895 |
| Owner |
This Port House does not exist any more (as a port producer) |
| Vineyards |
Quinta do Sabordella |
This famous sherry producer was founded 1835 but came to Oporto 1895. It was first represented by Hunt Roope but disagreement caused that in 1896 they started to declare their own port. From 1901 they were sole buyers of Quinta de Roriz owned by the van Zeller family. Their own best quinta was Quinta de Sabordella.1983 the House was sold to Vasconsellos and 1989 Sandeman bought this firm and ended Gonzalez Byass history.
Mr M. Gonzalez was part of the Gonzalez Byass family and when the firm of Gonzalez Byass was sold he retained Quinta do Sabordella and started producing port in his own name. He died in the late 1980's and produced only one vintage under his own name - 1985.
| Gonzalez Byass Vintages: | 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1985 |
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| Gonzalez Roriz Vintages: | 1892, 1896, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1935 |
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| Quinta de Roriz Vintages: | 1896*, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1927, 1935 |
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Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Gonzalez-Byass
Quinta de Roriz | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar and crème caramel bouquet. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe even a bit old. Alcoholic but elegant and still a complex and long finish. Quite good! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2005 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1932 |
| Colour | Light tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Fudge, toffee and burned sugar in the nose. | Score range | 15.25 - 15.25 |
| Taste | Hardly medium bodied. Quite light port. Mature but elegant with fudge in taste. Quite complex and easy to drink. Nice finish | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 25th December 2012 | Point this date | 15.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1947 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Salmiak, liquorice, cacao and dark chocolate in the nose. Lovely bouquet. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and on top. Salmiak and cacao in taste. Balanced, complex and very attractive port with a lovely finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th July 2014 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1948 |
| Colour | Mature yellow, almost tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Crème caramel, roasted coffee beans, some spiciness, cacao, chocolate and a hint of pharmacy in the nose. Quite old but also delicious bouquet. | Score range | 14.00 - 17.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking but balanced with some old and quite delicate acidity. Complex, elegant and with some sweetness and a lovely and quiet long finish. Astonishing good and very delicate port! | Average score | 16.05 |
| Last tasted | 1st August 2018 | Point this date | 17.40 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1955 |
| Colour | Beautiful yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 6 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, fudge, mulberry, old grocery shop, leather, cacao, some coffee, violet, oranges and some spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 17.50 |
| Taste | Almost full- bodied. Mature and peaking. Absolute on top and will not be better. Toffee, cacao, dark chocolate and fudge in taste. Elegant and balanced port with a long, attractive and delicious finish. Lovely and mature port! Cannot be better so please drink it now! | Average score | 16.76 |
| Last tasted | 18th May 2017 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Very yellow, almost olive green in the rim in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dar chocolate, cacao, toffee, crème caramel and dried figs in the nose. | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Very mature indeed and maybe even a little old. Still quite sweet. Quite elegant and cacao and toffee in taste. Nice finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th July 2014 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1958 |
| Colour | Beautiful, still rather dark but amber in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Crème caramel, butter-scotch, fudge, some violet, Christmas raisin, cherry, cacao, dark chocolate, coffee in the nose. | Score range | 17.75 - 17.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking, absolutely on top! Balanced with some elegant sweetness. Toffee, butterscotch, crème caramel and a lot of other things in the taste. Wonderful port with a long, attractive and complex finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 17th November 2016 | Point this date | 17.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Semi-Great Tasting in Malmö.
This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdals Private Collection.
In 2016 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1960 |
| Colour | Beautiful yellow mature almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Generous and complex bouquet of burned sugar, French plums and old hospital in the nose. | Score range | 15.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and perhaps a little old. Complex, elegant and tasty with a lovely finish. Still very good indeed. | Average score | 16.33 |
| Last tasted | 24th March 2013 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At a Port Wine friend’s home in Malmö.
This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdals Private Collection.
In 2007 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez-Byass | Vintage | 1963 |
| Colour | Beautiful mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Gingerbread, figs, cream candy, candy, crème caramel herbs and much more in the nose. | Score range | 14.50 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking will not be better but is lovely today. Balanced and very elegant and lots of tastes in the mouth with a quite long, attractive and lovely finish. Just drink it and love it! | Average score | 15.55 |
| Last tasted | 9th December 2023 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | Tasted in our Private Wine Club.
In 2005 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings.
In 2013 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzales-Byass on the top cap on this
Vasconcellos | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Rather generous bouquet of candy, fudge and toffee in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Elegant and balanced with fudge in taste. Easy to drink and like. A nice and attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 14th December 2013 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1967 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Sweet liquorice, pharmacy and old hospital in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature, at its peak and even more than that. Flavour of burned sugar. Sweet. A lovely and quite long finish. | Average score | 15.95 |
| Last tasted | 17th November 2011 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1970 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Liquorice, dark cherry, herbs, spiciness, oak and even old grocery shop in the nose. Complex bouquet. | Score range | 16.50 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Elegant and balanced. Mature and on top. Liquorice, dark cherry, herbs and much more in taste. Lovely port with some very attractive old acidity. Long and very attractive finish. Will not be better so just drink it and love it! | Average score | 16.81 |
| Last tasted | 13th October 2018 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family after start drinking two different bottlings with Gerda Jensen at her home – These bottles belong to Gerda and Ole Vesterdal’s Private Collection.
In 2008 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez | Vintage | 1985 |
| Colour | Yellow and mature quite beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Lovely bouquet of toffee, fudge, candy and burned sugar in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature with toffee in the taste. Peaking and will not be better. Sweet. Balanced and elegant port with a quite long and tasty finish. | Average score | 16.00 |
| Last tasted | 19th September 2020 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö.
In 2020 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |