1924 Vintage Port
An excellent vintage, which produced very high quality wine in small quantities. Most major Port Houses declared.
Drinking Status
A wine for very special occasions. Well cellared, the best wines will last for years but will not improve.
Tasting Notes
The best wines retain their colour, structure and intensity. There is still good fruit in the best wines which shows the strength and quality of this great year.
Climatic Conditions
The summer was remarkably cool, and there was less rain than usual. The weather then turned during the first weeks of September with heavy rain fall.
Vinification
The quantity was down on 1923.
Winemaker's Comments
"Vintage began...under favourable conditions, weather being fine throughout the gathering. The mostos (musts) showed good colour and life. That the '24's will turn out to be better than an ordinary vintage seems to be the general opinion. The quantity, however, has been considerably reduced by the queima (burn) which occured three times during the early stages of ripening."
10th October 1924
Gordon Cosens