1907 Unknown

[Alex Bridgeman]

From magnum. The glass of the magnum was dimpled and appeared to be old, the seal was of brittle black wax and was stamped with the single word ""PORT"". The wax of the seal appeared to be consistent with the age of the bottle. Stencilled on the bottle was ""W.W.W 1907"". If this was a port from 1907, this was only shipped by Sandeman, Terra Feita and Vargellas.

Very dark mature red in colour, but with a clear and transparent centre. Some bottle stink on the nose, but not enough to put you off tasting. The initial impression on the palate was of a wine which had dried out, with little fruit but some pleasant enough flavours and some modest complexity. Dry aftertaste, short in length. The overall impression was of a wine which was dried out and tired, but pleasant enough. 82/100. Drunk 17 Dec 2009.

[JacobH]

Very dark mature red in colour, but with a clear and transparent centre. Some bottle stink on the nose, but not enough to put you off tasting. The initial impression on the palate was of a wine which had dried out, with little fruit but some pleasant enough flavours and some modest complexity. Dry aftertaste, short in length. The overall impression was of a wine which was dried out and tired, but pleasant enough. 82/100. Drunk 17 Dec 2009.

I enjoyed this more than AHB (perhaps he was is being a bit overcritical of his own bottle ). I thought it ended up being quite nicely balanced with some interesting fruit despite its great age.

[Andy Velebil]

I've seen "W's" used in cellars for old tawny's and typically it refers to a very old wine. IIRC each "W", or a portion thereof, means a certain amount of years. Is it possible this was a tawny or colheita of some sort?

[Alex Bridgeman]

That's very interesting news. It is possible that it was a tawny, although that was not the impression that I had. My guess was that this was a private bottling and this particular bottle (or bottling) belonged to someone whose initials were WWW.

[DRT]

This discussion on provides a possible explanation of what this is.