Vintage Port 1957
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Good to Very good | 85 | 11 | 20 |
| 1957: | A Pinto dos Santos Andresen Barros Butler Nephew Cockburn Dow's Feist Feuerheerd Flagman Fonseca Guimaraens Gonzalez Byass Graham's Malvedos Hooper Mackenzie Quinta de Vargellas Quinta do Noval Real Companhia Velha Royal Oporto Sandeman Wiese & Krohn |
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| House | Cockburn | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Orange amber almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar, Christmas spiciness, some pharmacy, cream toffee, French prune, raisin, dried figs in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature, peaking and even a little old. Still balanced and complex. Spiciness and dried fruit in taste with a long, attractive and quite imposing finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th November 2015 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Feist | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Ginger bread and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and even a little old. Elegant and very good. Still very attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th January 2009 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At the 18% Wine Club tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Gonzalez- Byass | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Very yellow, almost olive green in the rim in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dar chocolate, cacao, toffee, crème caramel and dried figs in the nose. | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Very mature indeed and maybe even a little old. Still quite sweet. Quite elegant and cacao and toffee in taste. Nice finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th July 2014 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1957 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, toffee, violet and coffee in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Sweet. Complex and attractive port from a rare vintage. Excellent finish. Very good indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th November 1993 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI |