Nose: Deep, dark mineral pool of smoky black raspberry and black/purple plum fruit kissed with violets and cola spices. Lovely complexity (if you pay attention). Beautiful nose.
Palate: Full body. Lush, sweet flavors of black raspberry, bitter cherry, and cola. Excellent concentration. Slightly spiky acidity and alcohol (this will smooth-out with age). No excessively firm tannins. Not overly sweet. 20% alc. Excellent balance. Sauve. Very Taylor.
Please serve this sublime yet powerful Vintage Porto at cellar temperature (62° max), let it come to temperature, and savor in your finest wine glass (Riedel, Zalto, Schott-Z, or Grassl).
93-94: now. With 45 minutes of air, drinks beautifully right now (2024), although totally undeveloped. 95+: with more age. Peak drinking: 2030-2047 (from a cool cellar), and beyond!
JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco, CA.
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Very flamboyant fruit, cassis, some sticky sugar and plenty of acidity in support. Very nice and very drinkable. The wood is already very well integrated. I would not hold for more than 10 years.
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Pnp. Almost no residuals. Rich and powerful and developed a hugely refined palate over time (drank over two days). Happy to have a handful of bottles left for years (and decades) to come.
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1/17/2024 - Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 95 Points
Imported by Kobrand, NY.
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Color: Dark ruby (as expected). Purple rim.
Nose: Deep, dark mineral pool of smoky black raspberry and black/purple plum fruit kissed with violets and cola spices. Lovely complexity (if you pay attention). Beautiful nose.
Palate: Full body. Lush, sweet flavors of black raspberry, bitter cherry, and cola. Excellent concentration. Slightly spiky acidity and alcohol (this will smooth-out with age). No excessively firm tannins. Not overly sweet. 20% alc. Excellent balance. Sauve. Very Taylor.
Please serve this sublime yet powerful Vintage Porto at cellar temperature (62° max), let it come to temperature, and savor in your finest wine glass (Riedel, Zalto, Schott-Z, or Grassl).
93-94: now. With 45 minutes of air, drinks beautifully right now (2024), although totally undeveloped.
95+: with more age.
Peak drinking: 2030-2047 (from a cool cellar), and beyond!
JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco, CA.
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1/15/2024 - CubFan4Life Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very good, but price difference between this and something like Grahams non vintage port is mind boggling. Not with the price IMO.
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1/14/2024 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very flamboyant fruit, cassis, some sticky sugar and plenty of acidity in support. Very nice and very drinkable. The wood is already very well integrated. I would not hold for more than 10 years.
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12/26/2023 - NJG-323879 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pnp. Almost no residuals. Rich and powerful and developed a hugely refined palate over time (drank over two days). Happy to have a handful of bottles left for years (and decades) to come.
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10/28/2023 - TGOT Likes this wine: 100 Points
Can’t imagine how port could be better than this.
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