George Thienpont
George Thienpont
George Thienpont was a Belgian wine merchant from Etichove. We do not know which producers he bottled.
| George Thienpont Vintages: | 1944, 1955 |
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| House | George Thienpont | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Beautiful yellow, mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Elegant bouquet of toffee, fudge, ginger, cinnamon, spring flowers and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and on top. Very sweet and elegant. Spiciness, ginger, cinnamon and lots of other things in the taste. Very complex and balanced with an incredible finish. What a port! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th March 2014 | Point this date | 18.00 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society18% tasting in Malmö. This port maybe a Sandeman | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | George Thienpont | Vintage | 1955 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, fudge, dried fruit, some spiciness and a hint of pharmacy in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Will not be better. Balanced and elegant with dried fruit and some spiciness I taste. Lovely but maybe a little short finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 16th November 2017 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. In 2017 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 | George Thienpont | Vintage | 1970 |
| Colour | Still pale ruby, but garnet to yellow rim in the lovely and quite beautiful colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark chocolate, cacao, toffee, liquorice, some roasted coffee and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking. Balanced, very elegant and now on top with a delicious taste of cacao, chocolate toffee and much more in the mouth, and with a lovely, quite attractive and rather long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 2nd October 2025 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted in London with Port friends. The bottle came from Butler-Nephew | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |