Vintage Port 1922
Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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1922 | Very good | 3 | 85 | 18 | 35 |
1922: | Averys Borges Burmester Butler Nephew Calem Cockburn Croft Delaforce Dow's Edward Sheldon Feist Ferreira Fonseca Gilbey Gould Campbell Graham's Hedges-Butler Hooper Hunt Kingston Kopke Mackenzie Martinez Morgan Offley Boa Vista Quinta de Zimbro Quinta do Bom Retiro Quinta do Junco Ramos Pinto Rebello Valente Stormouth Tait Taylor Tuke Holdsworth van Zellers Warre |
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House | Edward Sheldon Shipton-on-Stour | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Yellow mature almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
Bouquet | Wonderful crème caramel, toffee, violets, liquorice and roses in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 17.75 |
Taste | Medium body. Mature and of course peaking but not particularly old! Elegant and complex. Roses and liquorice in taste. A lovely port with a wonderful finish. Astonishing indeed! | Average score | 16.80 |
Last tasted | 18th December 2015 | Point this date | 17.25 |
Comment | At home with our private wine club. This port is Martinez, bottled by Edward Sheldon. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Feuerheerd Quinta de Zimbro | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Lovely pharmacy and ether in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
Taste | Medium body and mature. Maybe a bit old. Elegant and very attractive old port with a lovely finish. Quite agreeable and interesting. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 23rd December 2009 | Point this date | 16.50 |
Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Martinez | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Yellow mature almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
Bouquet | Wonderful crème caramel, toffee, violets, liquorice and roses in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 17.75 |
Taste | Medium body. Mature and of course peaking but not particularly old! Elegant and complex. Roses and liquorice in taste. A lovely port with a wonderful finish. Astonishing indeed! | Average score | 16.80 |
Last tasted | 18th December 2015 | Point this date | 17.25 |
Comment | At home with our private wine club. This port was bottled by UK merchant Edward Sheldon in Shipton-on-Stour, England. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Quinta de Zimbro Feuerheerd | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Lovely pharmacy and ether in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
Taste | Medium body and mature. Maybe a bit old. Elegant and very attractive old port with a lovely finish. Quite agreeable and interesting. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 23rd December 2009 | Point this date | 16.50 |
Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Quinta do Junco Borges & Irmao | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Beautiful, mature yellow and amber in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Elegant bouquet with toffee, cream candy, fudge, hazelnuts, cacao and figs in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 17.25 |
Taste | Medium body. Mature, peaking and elegant port. Balanced and very tasty with toffee, cream candy and cacao in taste. Sweet with a long and attractive finish. Lovely port indeed! | Average score | |
Last tasted | 27th July 2016 | Point this date | 17.25 |
Comment | At home with the family and a wine connoisseur. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Ramos Pinto | Vintage | 1922 |
Colour | Beautiful, yellow and amber in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Crème caramel, cream candy, toffee, nuts, cacao, coffee and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.90 - 17.90 |
Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Elegant and balanced. Sweet with lots of crème caramel, cacao and nuts in taste. A wonderful, long and very attractive finish which never seem to end. What a port! | Average score | |
Last tasted | 27th July 2016 | Point this date | 17.90 |
Comment | At home with the family and a wine connoisseur. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |