Vintage Port 1974
| Vintage | Rating | Broad- bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Average | 1 | 74 | 1 | 13 |
| 1974: | A Pinto dos Santos Barros Flagman Fonseca Guimaraens Hutcheson Kopke Martins Quinta da Corte Quinta da Eira Velha Quinta de Vargellas Quinta S. Luiz Rozes Vieira de Souza |
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| House | Barros | Vintage | 1974 |
| Colour | Very mature yellow in colour almost as a light tawny. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cream candy, crème chocolate, crème caramel, toffee and maybe some herbs in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some old quite lovely acidity. Balanced and rather complex, very easy to drink with a quite long but not so impressive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 30th January 2023 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Kopke | Vintage | 1974 |
| Colour | Very beautiful, mature and yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Cream candy, toffee, candy, some herbs such as dill and old grocery shop in the nose | Score range | 15.25 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with some wonderful old acidity in taste but of course also toffee, candy and cream candy. Balanced and quite elegant with a quite lovely, long and rather complex finishs | Average score | 15.88 |
| Last tasted | 29th January 2023 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Vargellas Taylor | Vintage | 1974 |
| Colour | Pale ruby with mature, yellow rim and very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Lovely bouquet of violet, toffee, cacao, cinnamon, gingerbread, sweet liquorice and vanilla in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and really peaking. Balanced, quite sweet but very complex. Violet, toffee, vanilla, gingerbread and muck more in taste. The finish is lovely, very long, delicate and very attractive. This port is unbelievable good just now! | Average score | 16.40 |
| Last tasted | 10th March 2023 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at a Quinta de Vargellas Tasting in Hansen’s Cellar, Haderslev, Denmark. 1 bottle has been defect. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |