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1966 Taylor (Fladgate) Very Old Single Harvest Port Limited Edition
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Winery Notes:
TASTING NOTES:
During its five decades of aging in oak casks, this wine has taken on an attractive pale mahogany color with olive amber highlights. On the nose the wine displays fine oaky aromas and complex spicy, nutty, cigar box notes against a warm mellow background of butterscotch and molasses. The smooth velvety palate is lifted by a crisp acidity which gives the wine an attractive freshness in spite of its age. The finish is immensely long with rich, spicy, black pepper flavors lingering on the palate. Finely constituted and beautifully balanced, this rare Single Harvest Tawny Port would be an exceptional tribute to any 50th anniversary.
FOOD PAIRING:
Figs, almonds, pecorino, apple pie, Comte, Cornish game hens, pecan pie or even crème brulee.
GRAPES:
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Tinta Amarela
TASTING NOTES:
During its five decades of aging in oak casks, this wine has taken on an attractive pale mahogany color with olive amber highlights. On the nose the wine displays fine oaky aromas and complex spicy, nutty, cigar box notes against a warm mellow background of butterscotch and molasses. The smooth velvety palate is lifted by a crisp acidity which gives the wine an attractive freshness in spite of its age. The finish is immensely long with rich, spicy, black pepper flavors lingering on the palate. Finely constituted and beautifully balanced, this rare Single Harvest Tawny Port would be an exceptional tribute to any 50th anniversary.
FOOD PAIRING:
Figs, almonds, pecorino, apple pie, Comte, Cornish game hens, pecan pie or even crème brulee.
GRAPES:
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Tinta Amarela