Vintage Port 1924
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1924 | Very good to Excellent | 4 | 85 | 18 | 32 | |
| House | Charlie & Co | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Yellow mature colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Alcoholic, ether, pharmacy but elegant and complex bouquet. | Score range | |
| Taste | Mature and even perhaps a little old port. Medium body. Balanced and delicious. A long finish. Quite an extraordinary and exciting Port. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2003 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
UK Merchant bottled this port.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Feuerheerd
Quinta de la Rosa | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Pharmacy and ether in the nose. Unbalanced and alcoholic. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Mature and quite old. Not quite balanced and had faded a bit. Quite agreeable finish. Very interesting and exciting anyhow. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th January 2004 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Graham | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Lovely coffee, tea, cacao and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.50 - 17.50 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Very complex and elegant. Mature with a wonderful finish. Quite extraordinary. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2003 | Point this date | 17.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Bom Retiro
Ramos Pinto | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Very mature and yellow, maybe almost tawny in colour but quite beautiful. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, roasted coffee, cacao, some chocolate orange shell, gingerbread, cream candy and much more in the nose. | Score range | 16.90 - 16.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some balanced acidity. Very elegant and tasty with lots of things in the mouth and with a lovely and quite attractive and rather long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2024 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de la Rosa
Feuerheerd | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Pharmacy and ether in the nose. Unbalanced and alcoholic. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Mature and quite old. Not quite balanced and had faded a bit. Quite agreeable finish. Very interesting and exciting anyhow. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th January 2004 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Ramos Pinto | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Beautiful, quite yellow and mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 8 |
| Bouquet | Orange, flowers, burned candy, ginger, crème caramel syrup, toffee, coffee, old grocery shop and much more in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and elegant. Delicious and very tasty with lots of different things in the mouth and with a wonderful, attractive and quite long finish. A lovely port indeed! | Average score | 16.57 |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2024 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Taylor | Vintage | 1924 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, burned sugar and pharmacy in the nose. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and quite old but still complex and attractive with a nice and lovely finish. Holding together but has seen better days. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th July 2005 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |