Vintage Port 1920
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1920 | Very good to Excellent | 4 | 85 | 23 | 39 | |
| House | Dow | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Yellow and mature in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Mint, thyme, herd´s grass and other herbs and some spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 16.90 - 16.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some quite agreeable old acidity. Still balanced and tasty with a rather attractive and elegant finish. Still a lovely port indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 5th November 2023 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at a Great Tasting with the Wine Society 18% in Malmö, Sweden.
In 2023 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 | Ferreira | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar, fudge and pharmacy in the nose. | Score range | |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe a little old but quite knit together, balanced and attractive. Burned sugar in flavour. Delicious finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th April 2012 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez-Byass
Quinta de Roriz | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar and crème caramel bouquet. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe even a bit old. Alcoholic but elegant and still a complex and long finish. Quite good! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2005 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Kennaway | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Still very dark but with a quite beautiful yellow edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cream candy, cacao, some burned sugar and also some strange and not so attractive smell in the nose. Quite odd! | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and of course peaking. Balanced and very elegant and will not be better of course. Toffee, cream candy, cacao and butterscotch in taste with a long and very delicate finish. A lovely port in the mouth! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 16th January 2020 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At the 18% tasting in Malmö
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Roriz
Gonzalez-Byass | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar and crème caramel bouquet. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe even a bit old. Alcoholic but elegant and still a complex and long finish. Quite good! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2005 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Schofields | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Yellow, very mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cacao, fudge, eucalyptus, chocolate and some herbs in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and on top. Balanced and very tasty with toffee, fudge, cacao, chocolate and herbs in taste. Very elegant and complex port with a long very attractive and seductive finish. What a lovely port to enjoy! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 25th December 2021 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family on Christmas Day.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Taylor | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Complex pharmacy and old hospital in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Quite full-bodied. Mature and maybe a bit old but complex and tight. Lovely long finish. Quite good indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 11th November 1999 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI |
| House | Tuke Holdsworth
Hunt, Roope & Co | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Still quite dark but yellow and mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cacao, chocolate, roses, perfume, herbs and much, much more in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking still with some delicate acidity. Balanced and lots of wonderful things in taste and with a very complex, attractive and long finish which is rolling in the mouth and never seem to end. A wonderful port indeed! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2024 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Warre | Vintage | 1920 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Complex pharmacy and old hospital but also cacao, toffee and coffee in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe a bit old but knit together and elegant. Lovely finish. Quite extraordinary. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2005 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |