Community Tasting Notes 31

• JPMin wrote: 97 points

  July 25, 2024 - On the nose - chamomile, Mexican hot chocolate, sassafras, root beer, stewed plums, VA.
  
  Palate is burst of intense fresh blackberry with cigar box, forest floor. Tannins not chalky, not harsh. The mid palate does extend into a long finish, but not that long.

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• Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 17, 2024 - 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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• CubFan4Life Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 15, 2024 - 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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• atbarbar Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 14, 2024 - 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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• NJG-323879 Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 26, 2023 - 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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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Taylor (Fladgate)
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Codes 013626115911, 084692000715, 084692626267, 084692638192, 084692638215, 452205953757, 452205957502, 5013626111192, 5013626115428, 5013626115916, 5013626115923

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 258 (4%)
• In Cellars 5,719 (89%)
• Consumed 436 (7%)

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