Vintage Port 1976
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Average | 1 | 76 | 4 | 6 |
| 1976: | Fonseca Guimaraens Graham's Malvedos Messias Miguels Quinta de Vargellas Quinta do Cachao |
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| House | Fonseca-Guimaraens | Vintage | 1976 |
| Colour | Still very dark ruby with just a hint of a yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 19 |
| Bouquet | Attractive bouquet of Christmas raisin, toffee, violet, crème caramel, cacao, dark chocolate ginger and liquorice in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 17.90 |
| Taste | Full-bodied with still some lovely tannins. Complex but still rather immature and will be better. Crème caramel, toffee, burned sugar, butterscotch and much more in taste. Balanced and very tasty port with an astonishing long and wonderful finish. It will become better, so have patience, but it is lovely already today! | Average score | 17.39 |
| Last tasted | 1st July 2023 | Point this date | 17.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. Brilliant and astonishing port for the vintage. In 2015 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 | Graham- Malvedos | Vintage | 1976 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Old grocery shop, cinnamon, ginger and much more in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature, peaking and even a bot old in taste. Complex and balanced with cinnamon and ginger in taste. Long, attractive and complex finish. Quite nice for the vintage. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 16th December 2013 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Miguels | Vintage | 1976 |
| Colour | Beautiful yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Plums, mature fruit and French plums in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Mature plums and mature fruit in taste. Balanced and sweet. Very good and complex with a nice and quite attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 27th May 2017 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family and some wine friends. In 2017 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in Malmö, Sweden. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Vargellas Taylor | Vintage | 1976 |
| Colour | Pale ruby with mature, yellow rim almost amber and very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Dark chocolate, violet, butterscotch, creme caramel, old grocery shop, menthol, some coffee beans and mint in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced but sweet with menthol, cacao, crème caramel, violet, old grocery shop and much more in taste. The finish is complex, attractive and very elegant. Very tasty and lovely port indeed. | Average score | 16.80 |
| Last tasted | 10th March 2023 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at a Quinta de Vargellas Tasting in Hansen’s Cellar, Haderslev, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Cachao Messias | Vintage | 1976 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Dried fruit, sweet liquorice, toffee, butterscotch and old grocery shop in nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature peaking. Will not be better. Very tasty with sweet liquorice and toffee dominating. Balanced and quite elegant with a very attractive finish. | Average score | 16.25 |
| Last tasted | 31st December 2016 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family. 1 bottle has been defect. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |