PortDB the Vintage Port maturity guide

Gould Campbell 1994

Vintage Port, sourced and placed on its drinking window.

Updated

Gould Campbell 1994 is a classic Vintage Port. PortDB models its drinking window as opening in 2016, remaining prime through 2061, and declining from 2096. That window starts with the structured maturation style assigned to Gould Campbell, then adjusts for the classic vintage tier.

Vintage Port Classic Structured

Drinking window

Opens 2016 · prime to 2061 · declining from 2096

For this bottle, the model opens the window 22 years after the vintage and gives it a 45-year prime phase before the mature tail. Decline is modelled 102 years after the harvest.

Producer
Gould Campbell
Vintage
1994
Type
Vintage Port
Quality tier
Classic
Style
Structured
Prime window
2016–2061

What PortDB records

Full-bodied with soft tannins, dark-fruit and floral nose; strong widely-declared classic year

SourceWine Spectator (1994, 92 pts)

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.

1994 in context

PortDB records 18 wines from 1994 and 15 houses making a general declaration. These are every other 1994 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.

Read the complete 1994 vintage guide →

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