Community Tasting Notes 34

• calypse Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 19, 2024 - Pretty impressive stuff! Deep, dark, full fruit. Slightly alcoholic note (no surprise here) yet somehow manages to stay elegant to some extent. Almost 45 years old and singing.

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• john_s Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 2, 2023 - Fine and clean. Decanted perfectly clean as deposit clung to the bottle. Super balance. I had 12 of these and we drank most of them as easy drinking VP of a light vintage. Big Mistake. This last bottle pristine ultra clean ultra balanced and seemed a bit on the young side. Super wine, needs time.

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• Myman24 Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 9, 2022 - 42 years old and singing. Decanted and ready at pnp but after 2h the wine gets considerable weight. Orange/Citrus peel nose, hazelnuts, black cherry, blackberries, licorice, vanilla, caramel and a very long and pleasant finish. Clearly has the works to go another 10-15 years and it might get "even" better!! Amazing

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• pigdaddy wrote: 92 points

  January 2, 2022 - pale red to tawny edge; fruitcake spices, orange peel, warmly fruited, fig jam; full & supple; concentrated yet elegant, fig & cherry elixir, spice box, sweet & long.
  
  from a magnum decanted to a .375 ml. & held at cellar temp for six days. saved some immediately from the decant (a mag is a lot of port); enjoyed thoroughly w/remaining stilton, actually feel successful treatment.

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• theportguy wrote: 93 points

  November 20, 2021 - Reds and Ports (Sammamish, Washington): Red fruit and some herbal notes on the nose. Intense mouthfeel with raspberry and chocolate. The tannins are still very much present, but all well balanced. This wine has a rounded mouthfeel, but still showing a lot of youth and fruit. This one needs more time.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1980
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Taylor (Fladgate)
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Code 5013626111192

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• Pending Delivery 5 (1%)
• In Cellars 503 (69%)
• Consumed 223 (31%)

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