NV Taylor (Fladgate) Porto First Estate Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 86.6 points

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  3/7/2024 - xyc Likes this wine: 91 Points

  There are likely many bottlings of this NV so I discount previous noters. The most solid entry level Port compared to top 5. Character of a Vintage or LBV vs Croft, Dow, Sandeman, Graham, Fonseca, taste, viscosity, mouthfeel. Not a complex Port but has the essentials, particularly in display of correct not sweet but ripe. The others can be undrinkable to a Port taster, you could hide this in a Vintage tasting, "light year".

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  12/3/2023 - khmark7 wrote: 87 Points

  A little lower in acidity than some others, but otherwise solid and enjoyable. Would purchase again if the price was right.

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  9/27/2021 - OrganicLlama Likes this wine: 83 Points

  Appearance- thick, high viscosity, deep red color.
  On the nose- mossy rock, cherry,
  Palate- medium acidity, chocolate, orange peel, baking spices
  Finish- mossy rock

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  11/18/2018 - Butzemann wrote: 85 Points

  Pop and Pour: dark as ink, smells of wet stone (what I call minerality) and of strawberry, light body, sweet, but not overly so, in both the mouth and aftertaste strawberry and acidity, the alcohol is prominent, so is a little bit hot, which is probably the reason for the good length (30 sec) it has, quite a simple and one-dimensional ruby port, there are better Reserve rubies on the market, I will not buy it again

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  10/16/2016 - physicsfan3.14@gmail.com Does not like this wine: 82 Points

  Sweet and insipid. A dreadful bottle of plonk.

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