What's the best port you have ever rated? Have you ever rated a port 100 points (or perfect score for what ever system you are using)?
The highest rating for a port I can think of that I have had was for 1908 Grahams, which I gave 97 points. I can be stingy on the points, but this one lived up to it! Behind the Grahams was a 40's Niepoort Garafeira; can't recall which year is was as we've had several different years and it's blurrr... That was probably 96 points?
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Re: Best Port You've Ever Rated?
For me it was definitely the Noval 31, closely followed by the 63 Nacional. I rated both of them 20/20.
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Nacional 2000 and Taylor 1970... Recently Roriz 70 and Niepoort 70 where in the big leagues!
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I have never rated ports because I don't feel that I have sufficient breadth of experience yet. However, if I had a system I suspect that the 1906 Brunheda Colheita would have received a perfect score. I could find nothing wrong with it, and I spent quite a while searching.
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I've never rated a port at 100/100 points. The closest I have got to that was when draining the dregs of a 1963 Nacional 24 hours after the bottle had been opened and decanted for a tasting. The port was absolutely divine, as close to a perfect port as I have yet found and I gave it 99/100. I Didn't give it 100/100 as I was sure - at the time - that it would improve a little with more bottle age and therefore it deserved to be able to gain another point.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I've had some very old ports which I enjoy for the moment and history but there is nothing better than a port on the plateau for me national 66 at the tasting(the fonseca was just beaten but in my opinion will improve or last longer)