Vintage Port 1929
Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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1929 | Average | 2 | 80 | 1 | 9 |
1929: | Burmester Dow's Hooper Offley Boa Vista Porto Rocha Quinta de la Rosa Quinta do Noval Quinta do Roncao Real Companhia Velha |
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House | Burmester Vintage | Vintage | 1929 |
Colour | Mature tawny in colour with a mature yellow edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Burned sugar, butterscotch and chocolate. | Score range | |
Taste | Medium body. Elegant, quite a lot of acidity but still balanced and medium long finish. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 5th October 2019 | Point this date | 16.25 |
Comment | At the Burmester Colheita tasting by Henrik Lilja, Hørsholm, Denmark. Imported to Germany on cask and bottled by National Bodega, Hamburg. Says Vintage on the label but is likely a Colheita. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Feuerheerd Quinta de la Rosa | Vintage | 1929 |
Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Pharmacy and ether in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
Taste | Mature and quite old. Alcoholic. Quite tasty and complex with a nice finish. Quite good for the year. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 10th April 1998 | Point this date | 15.40 |
Comment | At a tasting in a friend’s home. | Tasters | SAI |
House | Quinta de la Rosa Feuerheerd | Vintage | 1929 |
Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Pharmacy and ether in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
Taste | Mature and quite old. Alcoholic. Quite tasty and complex with a nice finish. Quite good for the year. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 10th April 1998 | Point this date | 15.40 |
Comment | At a tasting in a friend’s home. This bottle was from Wine Merchant Peter Jörgensen, Strandvejen in Copenhagen Private Wine Cellar, sold to a Board Member of the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 when he moved from Denmark to Bordeaux. | Tasters | SAI |