1942 was a declared Port vintage, but PortDB records it thinly. It was a limited declaration — Feuerheerd's shipped a general Vintage Port, and PortDB rates that wine good, which stands as the year's rating here — but it rests on a single record, so treat it as provisional rather than a survey of the vintage. The dataset holds 1 wine from the year. Windows open 1960, with decline modelled from 2007.
- Rating
- Declaration
- Limited
- Houses declaring
- 1
- Wines in PortDB
- 1
- Windows open
- 1960
- Tiers
- 1 good
Every 1942 Port
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Feuerheerd's Vintage Port
Wartime declaration; rare surviving bottling, traded at high prices today
1942 prime 1960–1984 2007Opens 1960 · prime to 1984 · declining from 2007
1942 in context
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Common questions about 1942 Port
Was 1942 a good year for Port?
1942 was declared, so the house that shipped it — Feuerheerd's — judged the year outstanding. But PortDB holds only 1 general declaration for 1942, which is too thin to rate the vintage as a whole, so the good rating here is provisional. Tier judgements reflect critic consensus and are editorial; which houses declared is public record.
Which houses declared 1942?
Feuerheerd's. PortDB's dataset is not exhaustive — it holds the houses it has been able to verify against primary sources.
When should you drink 1942 Port?
Every 1942 in the dataset has its own modelled window above. Across all 1 wine, windows open 1960 and decline is modelled from 2007. There is no spread to speak of: every 1942 here comes from a balanced house, a build that takes about 18 years to open — stretched by the strength of the vintage. To check a specific bottle against today's date, use the maturity tool. These are modelled windows, not measurements: storage and bottle variation move the goalposts.