Youngest never-tasted vintage?

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Youngest never-tasted vintage?

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Excluding vintages from the most recent decade, what is the most recent, the youngest, general declaration of which you have never tasted a Port?

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Assuming that 1894 and 1892 are unworthy of the term “general declaration”, my answer might be 1887.
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Julian D. A. Wiseman wrote:Assuming that 1894 and 1892 are unworthy of the term “general declaration”, my answer might be 1887.
To my knowledge this, 1887, would be mine as well.
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1887 for me too.

I feel a tasting coming on [cheers.gif]
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If you include the 1992/1991 as a general declaration those have eludede me so far in my brief port life. If not it would the vintage of 1966.
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Derek T. wrote:I feel a tasting coming on [cheers.gif]
I’ll bring all my 1887s.

You bring all your 1887s.

And we should each bring something to drink.
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1972
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1966---then 1955.
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If I understand this correctly...All of my 2003, 2000, and 1997. I've not a taste of any of these vintages, and not likely to for a while.
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Edward J wrote:If I understand this correctly...All of my 2003, 2000, and 1997. I've not a taste of any of these vintages, and not likely to for a while.
Never tried any 2011's either...
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Moses Botbol wrote:1972
Not generally declared.

I'm pretty sure mine is 1945, though there's some chance it is 1975. I own bottles of each in my Graham vertical, but don't think I've tasted any other 1945s. I also can't recall having had a 1975 specifically, but it seems likely that I have.
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I've had lots of 1955s, but no other VPs from that decade, so whatever other years were declared. I have had 1950, '51, '52 and '58 colheitas. Do those count?

Hmm, Taylor lists only 1955 from the 50s:
http://www.taylor.pt/en/catalogue/vinta ... ine/years/
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Eric Menchen wrote:I've had lots of 1955s, but no other VPs from that decade, so whatever other years were declared. I have had 1950, '51, '52 and '58 colheitas. Do those count?

Hmm, Taylor lists only 1955 from the 50s:
http://www.taylor.pt/en/catalogue/vinta ... ine/years/
The way I read the question, colheitas count.

Excluding the last decade means 2006 or earlier I guess. I need to go and look at a spreadsheet...
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Assuming you count anything other than '55 from the '50s, that's the decade I'm most recently lacking, so I guess '58 would be the most likely fit?


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