Vintage Port 1927
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1927 | Classic | 5 | 100 | 30 | 46 | Best during the 20th century |
| House | Bettencourt | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Lovely complex old grocery shop, coffee cacao and pharmacy bouquet. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.50 |
| Taste | Fully mature. Very complex port. Well integrated with a wonderful, long and attractive finish. | Average score | 17.25 |
| Last tasted | 13th January 2007 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
This is a lovely vintage indeed.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Cockburn | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Mature beautiful yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Aromatic, plum, pharmacy but also coffee and cacao in the nose. Very complex and attractive. | Score range | 17.50 - 20.00 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Silky tannins. Flavour of burned sugar. Mature, wonderful with an everlasting finish. A really magnificent port. | Average score | 18.88 |
| Last tasted | 12th November 2009 | Point this date | 17.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö.
This port has legendary reputation as one of the best port ever made. This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdal’s Private Collection.
In 2009 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 | Croft | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Very thin mature tawny. A bit cloudy. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Liquorice, delicious but some unbalanced alcohol in the nose. | Score range | 14.50 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body but tasty. Burned sugar in flavour. A tired old port but light and still drinkable. | Average score | 15.00 |
| Last tasted | 20th September 2007 | Point this date | 14.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Dow | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Beautiful, yellow and mature port in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cream candy, chocolate, cacao, roasted coffee, some herbs, spiciness and a lot of other wonderful things in the nose. | Score range | 18.25 - 18.25 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Mature and peaking. Completely balanced and dry with lots of different tastes which are just rolling in the mouth and retuned again and again. Elegant and very complex finish which never seem to end. What a wonderful port indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 5th November 2023 | Point this date | 18.25 |
| 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 | 1927 |
| Colour | Mature almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar, fudge, some tobacco and coffee notes. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and complex very sweet with burned sugar and crème caramel in flavour. Delicious elegant finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 26th September 2020 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At Henrik Lilja's Ferreira tasting in Hørsholm, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Mackenzie | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Yellow mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Elegant complex nose of marzipan. Delicious! | Score range | 16.00 - 17.90 |
| Taste | Mature and at its peak. Elegant. Balanced with a wonderful finish. Quite excellent. | Average score | 16.97 |
| Last tasted | 1st May 2009 | Point this date | 17.90 |
| Comment | At home with wine friends.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Still quite dark but yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, dark chocolate, coffee, old grocery shop, toffee, butterscotch and zest of an orange. | Score range | 17.90 - 17.90 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Mature and peaking. Cacao, dark chocolate and zest of an orange in the taste. Balanced and very complex. Easy to love and enjoy. Very elegant and with enormously finish which never seem to end and why should it? Lovely port indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 13th December 2016 | Point this date | 17.90 |
| Comment | JB tasted this in London but SAI and SS tasted it in Malmö on the 26 of December.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Liquorice, coffee, cacao, dried fruit, roses and orange zest in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 18.75 |
| Taste | Wonderful body. Mature and very elegant. Very tasty with spiciness, roses, orange zest and much more in taste. Complex and sweet with a wonderful and long finish. Lovely port indeed!! | Average score | 17.75 |
| Last tasted | 25th March 2016 | Point this date | 18.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Taylor | Vintage | 1927 |
| Colour | Beautiful mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Incredible bouquet of mulberry, cacao, coffee, toffee and much more. | Score range | 19.50 - 19.50 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Mature and at its peak. Marvellous concentrated and complex port with a wonderful and never ending finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th October 2000 | Point this date | 19.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI |