Duff Gordon
| Founded | 1768 |
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| Owner | Osborne & CIA and Bodega Montecillo |
The Sherry company Duff Gordon was founded in 1768 by Sir James Duff and Sir William Gordon. The company was bought by Osborne already in 1872, and has since then been used as a label both for sherry and port.
| Duff Gordon Vintages: | 1994, 1997 |
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| House | Duff Gordon Osborne | Vintage | 1994 |
| Colour | Medium dark ruby with a yellow, mature rim in colour | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dried fruits and figs, roasted coffee and burned sugar in the nose | Score range | 15.50 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature with some very soft tannins. Burned sugar in flavour. Very tasty and balanced with an attractive finish | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd November 2019 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | At Peter Andersen's Vintage 1994 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Duff Gordon Osborne | Vintage | 1997 |
| Colour | Rather yellow, mature in colour | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Quite generous bouquet with cacao, cream candy, butterscotch, toffee and menthol in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Quite elegant and balanced. Sweet with a quite long and attractive finish. Very easy to drink and like. | Average score | 15.80 |
| Last tasted | 21st May 2021 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in Third International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |