Prune and secondary aromas. Lighter weight than the Vintage Ports that followed. Well balanced fig, spice, and an herbal component. Tannic finish. Good.
More pure dark fruit and less raisiny than the Terra Freita. Sweet, round, chocolatey with excellent acidity, and more backward, less ready. I really liked the balance of this wine, and it was my favorite today.
Powerful fig and cinnamon on the nose. Massive but excellent liveliness. Pure, sweet fruit, not the roasted character that I feared from this year. Medium finish. Huge and still simple. Lord only knows when this might be mature.
Young, raw, alcoholic nose. Very elegant and less sweet than the 2003 with more red fruit. More supple at this point, but more spirity as well with a shorter finish. Very good potential in 10+ years.
2005 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage Quinta de Terra Feita
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Prune and secondary aromas. Lighter weight than the Vintage Ports that followed. Well balanced fig, spice, and an herbal component. Tannic finish. Good.
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2005 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage Vargellas
Portugal, Douro, Porto
More pure dark fruit and less raisiny than the Terra Freita. Sweet, round, chocolatey with excellent acidity, and more backward, less ready. I really liked the balance of this wine, and it was my favorite today.
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2003 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Powerful fig and cinnamon on the nose. Massive but excellent liveliness. Pure, sweet fruit, not the roasted character that I feared from this year. Medium finish. Huge and still simple. Lord only knows when this might be mature.
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2009 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Young, raw, alcoholic nose. Very elegant and less sweet than the 2003 with more red fruit. More supple at this point, but more spirity as well with a shorter finish. Very good potential in 10+ years.
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