1955 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage

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97 Points

Friday, May 21, 2010 - CT Texas Offline; 5/21/2010-5/23/2010 (San Antonio): Decanted for sediment only, then back in the uncorked bottle for 6 hours. Beautiful clear, ruby-cinnamon color. The nose shows very controlled spirit that lets the wine really sing. This bottle showed remarkably youthful and precise raspberry, chocolate, licorice and spice, but like other great Taylors I've tasted it was also impeccably balanced, with an alluring feminine elegance, leaving me wishing I could drink this all night. This has much life ahead, but we caught this one at a wonderful plateau between youth and full maturity. From a pristine bottle with fill well into the neck, and provenance from Rare Wine Company via Michael Weiss. UK bottled by Hunter and Oliver. This could easily be a perfect bottle.

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