Vintage Port 1873

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1873	Excellent	3		16	24	Even better than 1872

Declared brands that we know of are the following 24:

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 Rebello Valente Sandeman Schofields Smith Woodhouse Taylor Thompson & Croft Tuke Holdsworth Warre

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