Feuerheerd's 1963 is a classic Vintage Port. PortDB models its drinking window as opening in 1981, remaining prime through 2017, and declining from 2040. That window starts with the balanced maturation style assigned to Feuerheerd's, then adjusts for the classic vintage tier.
Drinking window
Opens 1981 · prime to 2017 · declining from 2040
For this bottle, the model opens the window 18 years after the vintage and gives it a 36-year prime phase before the mature tail. Decline is modelled 77 years after the harvest.
- Producer
- Feuerheerd's
- Vintage
- 1963
- Type
- Vintage Port
- Quality tier
- Style
- Balanced
- Prime window
- 1981–2017
What PortDB records
Major universal declaration; clean fruit, fresh balanced finish
SourceVintageport.se declaration list; corroborated by Wine-Searcher and merchant tasting notes
The vintage tier is an editorial judgement based on critic consensus; the drinking window is PortDB’s model, not a measurement. Storage and bottle variation can move the practical window.
1963 in context
PortDB records 17 wines from 1963 and 16 houses making a general declaration. These are every other 1963 wine in the dataset, linked to its own profile where one meets the Stage 3 evidence gate and otherwise to its full record on the vintage page.
Nearby Feuerheerd's vintages
The closest Feuerheerd's releases by vintage year show how its balanced style behaves across stronger and lighter years.