Vintage Port 1957
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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| 1957 | Good to Very good | 85 | 11 | 20 |
| 1957: | A Pinto dos Santos Andresen Barros Butler Nephew Cockburn Dow's Feist Feuerheerd Flagman Fonseca Guimaraens Gonzalez Byass Graham's Malvedos Hooper Mackenzie Quinta de Vargellas Quinta do Noval Real Companhia Velha Royal Oporto Sandeman Wiese & Krohn |
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| House | Cockburn | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Orange amber almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar, Christmas spiciness, some pharmacy, cream toffee, French prune, raisin, dried figs in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature, peaking and even a little old. Still balanced and complex. Spiciness and dried fruit in taste with a long, attractive and quite imposing finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th November 2015 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Feist | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Ginger bread and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and even a little old. Elegant and very good. Still very attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th January 2009 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At the 18% Wine Club tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Feuerheerd | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature and beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, crème caramel, cream candy, roses and ginger in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Quite wonderful body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and very complex and elegant. Lots of crème caramel, toffee, crème candy, ginger and much more in taste and with a lovely, round and attractive finish. Will not be better so drink up and just love this port. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 30th July 2022 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family | 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 | Mackenzie | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Yellow mature, very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, fudge, cacao, chocolate, mint, creme candy, candy and much more in the nose. | Score range | 17.40 - 17.40 |
| Taste | Mature and peaking with just a hint of old acidity which we appreciated very much. Balanced, very complex and lots of flavours such as toffee, crème candy, candy and so on. Very elegant with a lovely, wonderful, long and complex finish. What a Port! Drink it and enjoy it! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 10th September 2022 | Point this date | 17.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family on Port Wine Day | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Yellow, very mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, chocolate, toffee, violet crème candy, crème caramel and coffee in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 17.75 |
| Taste | Mature and peaking. Balanced but quite sweet. Lots of tastes such as cacao, toffee, chocolate, crème caramel and other lovely things. Very complex and very attractive port from a rare vintage. Excellent, very long and wonderful finish which never seem to end. What a port! | Average score | 17.25 |
| Last tasted | 10th September 2022 | Point this date | 17.75 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family on Port Wine Day. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Wiese & Krohn | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Still medium dark brilliant ruby with yellow mature rim in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, fudge, crème caramel, cream candy, cacao, liquorice and ginger in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking but with some very soft but attractive tannins and will maybe even develop a little more. Balanced and very attractive with toffee, crème caramel and lots of liquorice in the mouth. The finish is very complex and long. A wonderful, very exciting port indeed! Just drink it and love it! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 30th July 2022 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |