Vintage Port 1944
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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| 1944 | Average to Good | 4 | 70 | 3 | 15 |
| 1944: | Barros Croft Delaforce Dow's Fonseca Guimaraens George Thienpont Gonzalez Byass Hooper Quinta do Milieu Quinta do Sibio Real Companhia Velha Real Vinicola Royal Oporto Sandeman Warre |
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| House | Croft | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Pharmacy, ether and camphor in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Old of course, but quite balanced, complex and attractive. Pharmacy and camphor in taste. Quite long and lovely finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th March 2014 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. This bottle was given to one member of 18%, Ander G. Åkesson, who arranged this tasting and the bottle was a gift to him in Oporto due to private reasons. Unfortunately there was no label on the bottle but he was sure about the vintage. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | George Thienpont | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Beautiful yellow, mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Elegant bouquet of toffee, fudge, ginger, cinnamon, spring flowers and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and on top. Very sweet and elegant. Spiciness, ginger, cinnamon and lots of other things in the taste. Very complex and balanced with an incredible finish. What a port! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th March 2014 | Point this date | 18.00 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society18% tasting in Malmö. This port maybe a Sandeman | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Guimaraens | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Pale amber and turbid in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Toasted aromas i.e. torched sugar, toasted almonds, toasted cashews and smoky walnut nuance in the nose | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Hardly medium body. Mature and even old. A light port with smokiness in taste and a quite nice but short finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th November 2015 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. This bottle belongs to Gerda and ole Vesterdahl Collection. In 2015 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 | Hooper | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Mature, yellow and beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Sweet candy, burned sugar, coffee, oranges and roses in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Sweet. Sweet candy in taste. Complex and balanced port with a long, lovely and attractive finish. Impressive port! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th April 2014 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sibio Real Vinicola | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Quite beautiful and rather tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Some cacao and chocolate but also ginger, toffee, almond and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | A quite lovely body. Mature and peaking with some old and quite attractive acidity and still balanced. Quite lovely taste of cacao, some chocolate, almond and a certain spiciness with a rather long and quite attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 2nd November 2024 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Warre | Vintage | 1944 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Roasted coffee, menthol, burned candy in the nose. | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Sweet. Burned candy in taste. Elegant and quite balanced with a quite long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th April 2014 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At home with the family | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |