Kopke 1975 Colheita Port
Fortified 20% ABV ABV Kopke
14 January 2026
Really good but hard to justify the price
The wine shop guy talked me into this and yeah it's lovely — the burnt caramel and walnut flavours are genuinely complex and interesting. But £139 is a lot of port and I've had colheitas at half that price that were nearly as good. Would I buy it again? Probably not, but I'm glad I tried it once.
24 December 2025
Best port I've ever had
My wife and I tried this at a port tasting event and immediately tracked down a bottle. It's so smooth for 20% — you genuinely don't feel the alcohol at all. The finish just goes on and on, dried apricot and honey notes that stick around forever. We paired it with a cheese board and it was perfect.
8 December 2025
Birthday treat that delivered
Bought this for my dad's 50th — he was born in '75 so it felt right. The butterscotch and fig thing going on is incredible, we were all passing the glass around trying to figure out what we were tasting. At £139 it's not cheap but for a wine literally from the year he was born, felt worth every penny.
28 October 2025
Proper after-dinner wine
Had this after Christmas dinner and it was the highlight honestly. Really rich with dried fruit and almond, plus this sort of savoury soy sauce thing that sounds weird but actually works brilliantly. Sipped it slowly over about two hours and it just kept giving. Special occasion stuff for sure.