Vintage Port 1873
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | Excellent | 3 | 16 | 22 | Even better than 1872 |
| 1873: | Burmester Cockburn Delaforce Dow's Feuerheerd Fonseca Gould Campbell Graham's Hunt Kopke Mackenzie Martinez Morgan Offley Boa Vista Quinta do Noval Quinta do Roncao Sandeman Smith Woodhouse Taylor Thompson & Croft Tuke Holdsworth Warre |
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| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1873 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Pharmacy and burned sugar in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 20.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and old with burned sugar in flavour. Complex and elegant. Holding together. Lovely long and attractive finish. What a wonderful old port. Still enjoyable. Marvellous. | Average score | 18.00 |
| Last tasted | 27th April 2001 | Point this date | 20.00 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% trip to Douro, Portugal, The bottle came from Anders G. Åkesson’s Collection Point set when I knew what is was. | Tasters | SAI |