Vintage Port 1965
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Average to Good | 1 | 80 | 10 | 17 |
| 1965: | Barros Butler Nephew Cockburn Fonseca Guimaraens Gonzalez Byass Graham's Malvedos Kopke Messias Miguels Pocas Junior Quinta de Vargellas Quinta do Bomfim Quinta do Cachao Sandeman Vasconcellos Vieira de Souza Wiese & Krohn |
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| House | Barros | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Complex generous plum and liquorice in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking maybe a bit old. Will not be better. Wonderful for this vintage but drink up. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 25th December 2009 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Fonseca-Guimaraens | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Wonderful mature and yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Elegant, complex bouquet of mint, flowers, herbs. dark chocolate, cacao, roasted coffee beans, and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.00 - 17.75 |
| Taste | Almost full bodied. Mature and peaking. Excellent balance and an elegant port. Lots of wonderful things in taste. Long, very attractive, elegant and lovely finish. A wonderful port and extraordinary for that vintage. Just enjoy life when sipping it. | Average score | 17.19 |
| Last tasted | 12th November 2024 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in 19th International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. 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 | Gonzales-Byass on the top cap on this Vasconcellos | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Rather generous bouquet of candy, fudge and toffee in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Elegant and balanced with fudge in taste. Easy to drink and like. A nice and attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 14th December 2013 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Graham- Malvedos | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, tea, nuts and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Very mature and peaking. Very tasty. Lovely complex, long and attractive finish. | Average score | 15.94 |
| Last tasted | 26th October 2012 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | Tasted with our Private Wine Club. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Messias | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, dark chocolate, ginger, roses, herbs and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and very tasty with cacao, chocolate, ginger, roses and much more in the mouth with a lovely, quite long and quite attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 4th May 2023 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Great Tasting at the 30-Years Jubilee of The Wine Society 18% in Malmö. In 2023 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 | Pocas Jr | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Strange old nose. | Score range | 12.50 - 12.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Old and mature. Unbalanced. Short finish. Must have been much better. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th January 2009 | Point this date | 12.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. Defect bottle | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature quite beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cream candy, toffee, some crème caramel, cacao, milk chocolate and dried fruit in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and very elegant. Lovely taste of candy, toffee, crème caramel and milk chocolate. Lovely, sweet, quite attractive and rather long finish. Very easy to enjoy and to drink this mature port. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 26th December 2021 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Vasconcellos Gonzales-Byass | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Rather generous bouquet of butterscotch, crème caramel, herbs and toffee in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Elegant and balanced with fudge and butterscotch in taste. Easy to drink and like. A nice and attractive and quite long finish. | Average score | 16.20 |
| Last tasted | 21st January 2016 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | In the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Wiese & Krohn | Vintage | 1965 |
| Colour | Very beautiful pale garnet with yellow, mature edge, in the almost tawny like in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Some liquorice, cacao, chocolate, coffee and dried fruit in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Will not be better so it is time to enjoy this port. Liquorice and cacao in taste. Balanced and a complex port with a long and very attractive finish. | Average score | 16.63 |
| Last tasted | 11th July 2025 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At home with friends. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |