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Manage Subscriptions1966 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
Port Blend
- Portugal
- Douro
- Porto
Community Tasting Notes 44
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Weinberg Falls wrote: flawed
December 31, 2023 - This bottle came from a rather dubious source and lacked labels. Although the cork was clearly from Taylors, I am not sure about the wine itself. This was muted on the nose and at the same time extremely spirity, making it a bit of a tough slog. Shame!
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LWI wrote: 93 points
September 30, 2022 - Vinøs hyttetur; 9/30/2022-10/1/2022: Rosinger og krydder (mer mot urter, og ikke så juleaktig), relativt slank, balansert, en del rød-mørk frukt igejn, noe alkohol i finish.
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talbot61 Likes this wine: 94 points
May 6, 2021 - Lightish color but intense flavor. It has all the plum pudding flavors wrapped around a crackling acidity that makes the wine seem still young, almost unevolved. It should be good for drinking anytime in the next 50-75 years.
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Brett H Likes this wine: 100 points
December 20, 2020 - You bloody Beauty! A great bottle. One of the best wine experiences I’ve had in many a year. Bought this for £95 (half what you’d pay now retail) at a furniture auction as the levels looked decent. I reckon it must be one of the best wine purchases I’ve ever made. Grants of St James’s label. Phenomenal balance and length of flavour with a finish that goes on and on for eternity. An intoxicating nose that fills the house (my wife came through the front door and it hit her like a bloody sledgehammer) and whilst definitely that of an old VP it also riminds me a bit of a good ol’ Aussie Liqueur Muscat. The palate is all spicy raisins, overripe fig, Agen prunes and some caramel (think PX sherry) with no heat at all from the spirit which I so often find in pre-2011 VPs. There is also a lovely refreshing acidity and surprisingly a reasonable amount of tannic grip - given its balance the wine could last another decade at least. Note to self: buy and drink more port!
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TomC1369 wrote: 96 points
September 18, 2020 - I have had more than two dozen bottles of this wine ver the years. It is still in its prime, having been there for two decades. There is both bottle variation and variation between bottlings, this being what looked to be an estate bottling rather than the more common Berry Brothers bottling. The colour is now a bright, clean orangey pink with traces of purple still. Plums, strawberries, damson but with strong tertiary notes of undergrowth and wood. Not too sweet and little sign of heat or alcohol. Incredible length, breadth and complexity. Port really doesn’t get much better than this.
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By Richard Jennings
5/17/2010 (link) 94 points(Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage) Medium cherry red color with pale meniscus; dried cherry, chocolate, dried berry nose; tasty, dried cherry, baked cherry, berry palate, good for drinking now; long finish 94+ pts. (decanted for about 3 hours)
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By Richard Jennings
4/22/2005 (link) 94 points(Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage) Big VA, strawberry jam nose; light-medium bodied, strawberry, raspberry, espresso palate; medium finish (92+ pts. initially, but raised after retasting after 3 hours)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1966
- Type Red - Fortified
- Producer Taylor (Fladgate)
- Varietal Port Blend
- Designation Vintage
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Portugal
- Region Douro
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Porto
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 484 (71%)
- Consumed 195 (29%)
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- VarietyPort Blend
- CountryPortugal
- RegionDouro
- AppellationPorto
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