Vintage Port 1931
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1931 | Classic | 5 | 95 | 3 | 29 | |
| House | Cheiras
Calem | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Wonderful bouquet! Roses, spring flowers, crème caramel, toffee and much, much more in the nose. | Score range | 17.75 - 17.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Of course mature and peaking. Very tasty with roses, crème caramel, toffee and butter-scotch in taste. Sweet with balanced acidity. Very complex and an unbelievable finish which never end. Marvellous port indeed! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th November 2016 | Point this date | 17.75 |
| Comment | At the Calem tasting in Leverkusen, Germany This vintage was bottled in 1937.
In 2016 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in Germany. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Hunt, Roope & Co. | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 6 |
| Bouquet | Crème caramel and burned sugar nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Balanced and complex port but a little short finish. Very tasty. | Average score | 16.46 |
| Last tasted | 15th September 2016 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
This bottle belong to Gerda and Ole Vesterdahl Collection
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Yellow mature very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Lovely coffee, dark chocolate, cacao, oranges, zest of an orange, cream candy, rosemary, spiciness, butterscotch and much, much more in the nose. | Score range | 17.25 - 19.00 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Mature but with lots of life seem still to peak! Cacao, dark chocolate, butterscotch oranges and zest of an orange, rosemary and much more in taste. Complex and balanced with an enormous generous finish. Will never end. This is heaven and maybe more. | Average score | 18.33 |
| Last tasted | 13th December 2016 | Point this date | 19.00 |
| Comment | JB tasted this in London but SAI and SS tasted it in Malmö on the 26 of December.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval Nacional | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Dark but with mature yellow colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Complex and enormous nose of crème caramel, toffee, coffee, cacao and much more. | Score range | 20.00 - 20.00 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Quite mature but will keep for long. Complex and balanced port with a never ending marvellous finish. Unbelievable. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th October 2000 | Point this date | 20.00 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
This bottle belongs to Anders G. Åkesson’s collection.
| Tasters | SAI |
| House | Rebello Valente
Robertson | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Yellow, almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Elegant, complex and generous bouquet of pharmacy, toffee and old hospital. | Score range | 16.90 - 16.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and maybe after its peak but generous and elegant. Toffee in flavour Knit together and complex with an attractive finish. Astonishing indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 27th January 2012 | Point this date | 16.90 |
| Comment | At home with the family on The Port Wine’s Day
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Warre | Vintage | 1931 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, toffee, cacao and old grocery shop. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature but a bit old. Elegant, attractive and still balanced with a lovely finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd September 2003 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |