Vintage Ratings

It must be remembered that Port Houses can make Vintage Port without ‘declaring’ the year. That is why the number of ‘declared houses’ often is mentioned with different figures from different sources.

We have following classification of the vintage years:

Very poor

Poor

Fair

Below average

Average

Good

Very Good

Excellent

Outstanding

Classic

Explanations for the columns in the table below:

Michael Broadbent's rating is on a scale from 1-5

James Suckling's scale is up to 100

The source for number of 'Declared houses' is statistics from IVDP

'Known brands' is the number of brands we know of that has been made in each vintage

Select a vintage to show tasting notes

Vintage	Rating	Declared houses	Known brands
2020		-	41
2019		-	55
2018	Very good to Excellent	-	68
2017	Classic	-	109
2016	Classic	-	91
2015	Excellent to Outstanding	-	77
2014	Good	-	33
2013	Good	-	40
2012	Very good	-	42
2011	Classic	-	98
2010	Good	70	19
2009	Excellent	-	65
2008	Good to Very good	20	36
2007	Outstanding	46	94
2006	Very good	-	25
2005	Very good	-	58
2004	Very good to Excellent	65	59
2003	Excellent	56	97
2002	Good	27	37
2001	Very good to Excellent	24	44

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands
2000	Classic	5		100	99
1999	Very good	3		61	64
1998	Good	3		29	34
1997	Outstanding	4		69	92
1996	Good to Very good	3		38	42
1995	Excellent	3		42	62
1994	Outstanding	4		46	67
1993	Very poor			1	1
1992	Excellent	3		22	24
1991	Excellent	4		41	64
1990	Average to Good	2		13	17
1989	Very good	3		20	44
1988	Average	1		11	15
1987	Very good	2	88	30	54
1986	Good	1	80	7	11
1985	Outstanding to Classic	4	96	46	79
1984	Good	2	81	15	27
1983	Outstanding	4	92	36	63
1982	Good to Very good	3	84	39	84
1981	Very poor			1	2

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands
1980	Very good	3	87	31	49
1979	Average	2	74	13	28
1978	Good to Very good	2	84	27	58
1977	Classic	5	97	33	61
1976	Average	1	76	4	6
1975	Good	2	80	34	51
1974	Average	1	74	1	15
1973	Very poor			0	0
1972	Average to Good	1	79	6	8
1971	Very poor			0	2
1970	Classic	5	95	41	83
1969	Very poor		72	1	2
1968	Average	2	77	4	11
1967	Very good	2	88	16	25
1966	Outstanding	5	93	29	47
1965	Average to Good	1	80	10	17
1964	Average to Good	1	81	10	10
1963	Classic	5	98	44	68
1962	Good	2	82	7	16
1961	Good	3	80	5	8

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands
1960	Very good to Excellent	4	87	41	62
1959	Very poor			-	3
1958	Very good	3	84	21	45
1957	Good to Very good		85	11	20
1956	Very poor			-	1
1955	Outstanding	5	94	26	53
1954	Good to Very good	3	85	3	22
1953	Fair	2		-	9
1952	Below average		80	3	15
1951	Poor	1		-	5
1950 The Lady's Vintage	Good to Very good	2	86	13	34
1949	Below average		70	-	7
1948	Outstanding to Classic	4	99	9	23
1947	Outstanding	4	93	12	44
1946	Below average	1	70	-	7
1945	Classic	5	98	22	47
1944	Average to Good	4	70	3	16
1943	Average to Good	2	70	4	16
1942	Very good to Excellent	3	86	10	25
1941	Average	1	70	-	6

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1940	Average	2	70	2	11
1939	Very poor			-	4
1938	Average	2	80	2	11
1937	Average	2	70	2	11
1936	Average	2		-	3
1935 George V's Jubilee Vintage	Classic	5	95	15	42
1934	Outstanding	4	93	12	32
1933	Average	3		-	12
1932	Poor			-	2
1931	Classic	5	95	3	29
1930	Very poor			-	2	Taylor sold their Quinta de Vargellas to the Lancashire Wine Merchant Horridge's second son Cork's birth
1929	Average	2	80	1	9
1928	Below average	2		-	2
1927	Classic	5	100	30	45	Best during the 20th century
1926	Fair	1	70	-	9	Taylor produced and sold Quinta de Vargellas to a Wine Merchant due to his son's birth
1925	Below average	1	70	-	6
1924	Very good to Excellent	4	85	18	33
1923	Average	2	70	-	5
1922	Very good	3	85	18	38
1921	Fair	1		1	6

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1920	Very good to Excellent	4	85	23	39
1919	Average		75	7	10
1918	Poor			-	6
1917	Very good	3	88	15	34
1916	Average			-	9
1915	Below average			-	2
1914	Below average			-	7
1913	Below average			-	1
1912	Classic	5	99	25	32
1911 Coronation Vintage	Good	3	80	1	5
1910	Fair	3		-	4
1909	Below average			-	3
1908	Outstanding to Classic	5	94	26	39
1907	Below average			-	2
1906	Below average			-	9
1905	Poor			-	1
1904 Schnappsen Vintage	Outstanding	4	90	25	32	Out of Brandy in Portugal why brandy was imported.
1903	Poor			-	3
1902	Fair			-	8
1901	Fair			-	5

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Suckling	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1900	Outstanding to Classic	5	90	22	30
1899	Average			1	2
1898	Average			-	0
1897 Royal Diamond Jubilee Vintage	Outstanding	4		7	13	Sandeman used Scottish whisky to fortify
1896	Outstanding to Classic	4		24	35
1895	Average to Good	3		-	3
1894	Good to Very good	2		13	15
1893	Good to Very good	3		-	2	Some port fortified by brandy from the Azores
1892	Good to Very good	1		10	16	Some port fortified by brandy from the Azores
1891	Average	1		-	3
1890	Very good	3		20	34
1889	Average to Good			-	2
1888	Average			-	1
1887	Good to Very good	3		20	33
1886	Poor			-	3
1885	Average	1		5	9
1884	Classic	5		21	25	May be regarded as the last of the 10 vintages
1883	Fair			-	0
1882	Below average			-	2
1881	Very good	3		20	25	Promised to be 8 but became a great disappointment

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1880	Good	2	6	7
1879	Poor		-	0
1878	Classic	4	20	23	The last pre-phylloxera Port
1877	Good	3	-	2
1876	Poor		-	0
1875	Outstanding	4	18	22
1874	Average	1	3	4
1873	Excellent	3	16	24	Even better than 1872
1872	Excellent	3	16	16
1871	Poor		-	3
1870	Classic	5	19	28
1869	Poor	3	-	1
1868	Classic	4	-	20	One of the best vintage ever.
1867	Below average		-	10
1866	Below average		-	1
1865	Good		-	12
1864	Below average		-	3
1863	Classic	5	-	22	One of the best ever
1862	Average		-	2
1861	Average		-	13

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1860	Good		-	6
1859	Average		-	1
1858	Excellent to Outstanding	3	-	14
1857	Poor		-	0
1856	Very poor		-	0
1855	Below average		-	0
1854 Comet Vintage (Donatis comet)	Good to Very good	3	-	8	Declared by 4 British shippers
1853	Excellent to Outstanding	4	-	9
1852	Average		-	1
1851 Prince Alberts Great Exhibition Vintage Port	Outstanding	4	-	23
1850	Good		-	4
1849	Average		-	0
1848	Average		-	2
1847	Classic	5	-	19
1846	Good		-	6
1845	Fair		-	0
1844	Good to Very good		-	12
1843	Fair to Below average		-	1
1842	Good		-	8
1841	Very poor to Poor		-	1

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Declared houses	Known brands	Comment
1840	Outstanding	3	-	16
1839	Poor		-	1
1838	Poor		-	0
1837	Average	3	-	2
1836	Poor		-	1
1835	Average		-	1
1834	Classic	5	-	14	Famous Vintage
1833	Average		-	2
1832	Poor		-	2	Taylor
1831	Poor		-	1
1830	Good		-	5
1829	Poor		-	2
1828	Average		-	1
1827	Good		-	2
1826	Average		-	0
1825	Poor		-	1
1824	Poor		-	0
1823	Fair		-	0
1822	Good		-	1
1821	Good		-	3

Vintage	Rating	Broad- bent	Declared houses	Known brands
1820	Very good to Excellent	3	-	11
1819	Poor		-	0
1818	Very poor		-	0
1817	Average		-	1
1816	Average		-	1
1815	Very good to Excellent	4	-	7
1814	Average		-	0
1813	Average		-	1
1812	Very good to Excellent		-	4
1811	Outstanding	5	-	2
1810	Good to Very good		-	0
1809	Average		-	0
1808	Average		-	0
1807	Average		-	0
1806	Very good to Excellent		-	0
1805	Average		-	1
1804	Good		-	2
1803	Good		-	0
1802	Good to Very good		-	0
1801	Poor		-	0