Vintage Port 1962
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
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| 1962 | Good | 2 | 82 | 7 | 14 |
| 1962: | Dow's Ferreira Fonseca Guimaraens Graham's Malvedos Harvey Hooper Offley Boa Vista Quinta das Carvalhas Quinta do Bomfim Quinta do Noval Nacional Real Companhia Velha Real Vinicola Royal Oporto Sandeman |
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| House | Companhia Velha Royal Oporto | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Bright almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Leather, fudge, candy, butter scotch and burned sugar in the nose | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
| Taste | Quite thin body. Mature, peaking and even a little tired with some quite attractive volatile acidity. Quite elegant with butterscotch, fudge, and burned sugar in taste. Easy to drink and enjoy with a quite attractive finish but should have been enjoyed some years ago! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 17th September 2022 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home on Diamond date. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Dow | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Mature tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Alcoholic and ether in the nose. Is not harmonious at all. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature. Alcoholic and dry. The finish is quite good but this is a too old but rather nice port. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th September 2005 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Fonseca-Guimaraens | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, tea, some crème caramel and fudge in the nose but later on dill and crawfish broth. Very odd indeed. | Score range | 15.90 - 18.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and complex when starting to taste and very long and attractive finish with toffee inn taste but later on the dill and crawfish took over. This was a strange experience! | Average score | 17.05 |
| Last tasted | 19th November 2015 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdals Private 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 | Graham’s Malvedos | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Still dark but with a yellow mature colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Creme caramel, toffee, butterscotch, cream candy and lots of other things in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and peaking. Will not be better but is quite marvellous today. Balance and a massive port with elegance and complexity and lots of tastes. The finish is long and lovely and seem never to end. A wonderful port indeed! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 17th September 2022 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family on Diamond Day. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Harvey | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Sweet liquorice, toffee, fudge, some spiciness and much more in the nose. Quite impressive. | Score range | 16.90 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Sweet liquorice and toffee in taste. Elegant and balanced port with a long quite complex and very attractive finish. A lovely and astonishing port! | Average score | 16.95 |
| Last tasted | 29th November 2018 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Dinner in Leverkusen, Germany. This bottle was not quite as the vintage has been before and the tasting notes are from 8 May, 2018 in London. Harvey's vintage of this year was a blend of Cockburn & Martinez to celebrate the birth of a son of the former chairman of Harvey. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Hooper | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Light tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Burned sugar and some crème caramel in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Hardly medium body. Elegant but quite old port with a rather short finish. Have been much better we suppose. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 5th February 2004 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Offley Boa Vista | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 13 |
| Bouquet | Complex marzipan, fudge and burned sugar in the nose. | Score range | 15.75 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Fully mature and peaking. Marzipan in taste. Elegant, complex and a lovely finish. Quite enjoyable port which should be drunk now. | Average score | 16.37 |
| Last tasted | 10th November 2012 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family. 1 bottle has been defect. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Very pale and mature yellow in colour almost tawny. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Wonderful bouquet with cream candy, candy, toffee, crème caramel, butterscotch, cacao, chocolate, some coffee beans and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.00 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and absolutely on top. Balanced and very elegant and complex with lot of tastes in the mouth such as coffee beans, cream candy, creme caramel and much more which never seem to end. The finish is very complex, quite long and very elegant. An astonishing port indeed! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 9th June 2022 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Wine Society 18% in Malmö. The bottled was named crusted port but harvest 1962 and bottled in 1965 i.e. it is a vintage as other crusted port from this and neighbouring years when the great houses only declared 3 years every decade. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Noval Nacional | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Still very dark blue in colour with a yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 6 |
| Bouquet | Complex nose of crème caramel, viol, toffee, cacao and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.90 - 19.50 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Perfect mature and on top. Sweet, generous, balanced and complex. Cacao, toffee and coffee in flavour. What a lovely finish. Unbelievable! | Average score | 18.74 |
| Last tasted | 23rd November 2013 | Point this date | 19.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Royal Oporto Companhia Velha | Vintage | 1962 |
| Colour | Bright almost tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Leather, fudge, candy, butter scotch and burned sugar in the nose | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
| Taste | Quite thin body. Mature, peaking and even a little tired with some quite attractive volatile acidity. Quite elegant with butterscotch, fudge, and burned sugar in taste. Easy to drink and enjoy with a quite attractive finish but should have been enjoyed some years ago! | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 17th September 2022 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home on Diamond date. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |