Vintage Port 1942
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1942 | Very good to Excellent | 3 | 86 | 10 | 25 | |
| House | Croft | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Lovely tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, butterscotch, ginger, bitter almond, marzipan, gingerbread and some oak in the nose. | Score range | 17.75 - 17.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some very elegant and old acidity but completely balanced. The taste is wonderful and is dominated by toffee, ginger, butterscotch and marzipan. This port is very elegant and complex with a long, very seductive and attractive finish. Old port is lovely! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 9th January 2021 | Point this date | 17.75 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Diez Hermanos | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Wonderful, beautiful mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Creme caramel, cream candy, butterscotch, cacao, chocolate, herbs, some spiciness and lots of other things in the nose. | Score range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
| Taste | Full bodied. Mature and peaking. Balanced and very tasty with lots of things in the mouth just rolling on. What a wonderful port with a very complex and attractive finishing which continue to roll on and never seem to end. Drink it and just love it! We do! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th November 2023 | Point this date | 18.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Graham | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Mature yellow almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cinnamon, ginger, old grocery shop, liquorice, candy and much, much more in the nose. Quite wonderful. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Mature, peaking but continue to develop all the time in the glass. Very sweet but complex and balanced. Candy and liquorice in the taste and a lovely, long and attractive finish. What a port! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th March 2013 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Almost tawny in colour with an olive green edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Butterscotch, Burned sugar, and some molasses in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Quite light in body. Have a distinct acidity and seem a bit old. Butterscotch and burned sugar in taste. Quite dry and almost colheita in style of this port with a nice finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 13th December 2016 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | JB tasted this in London but SAI and SS tasted it in Malmö on the 26 of December.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Rebello Valente
Robertson | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour but quite cloudy. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar, spiciness with ginger, cinnamon but also some cacao and dark chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 16.90 - 16.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some old fascinating acidity. Still balanced and complex. This is an elegant port with chocolate and spiciness in flavour and a lovely and quite long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 9th June 2018 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | At the Rebello Valente tasting in Hørsholm, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1942 |
| Colour | Yellow mature and almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Old grocery shop, ginger, cinnamon and cacao in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Quite full bodied. Mature. Elegant and balanced port but surprisingly dry. Complex and very attractive with a long, dry finish. Astonishing! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th March 2013 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |