2011 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (69) Avg Score: 94.5 points

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  4/17/2024 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 94 Points

  Deep, ruby appearance. Medium + nose stacked with black fruit - black cherry, black plum, blackcurrant. Very complex nose with dried herbs, cinnamon, wood, smoke, leather, and a floral element. The nose is muted and brooding at this stage but you can smell the intensity. On the palate, high acid, full body, pronounced intensity, and high + grippy but elegant tannin. Borderline unctuous on the palate. Red and black fruits come through on the palate. Long finish. I could drink this now but know it would be a crime to do so. Magnificent.

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  10/13/2023 - WST Likes this wine:

  A Charity event plus two days of birthday celebration; a memorable three day weekend.; 10/13/2023-10/15/2023 (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): A vintage port with Stilton cheese, to complete the "classic pairing" theme. I typically wait decades to open a VP, and this demonstrated the error in my ways, and the beauty of opening a young bottle. Dense, dark fruit, licorice. Glycerin mouthfeel, ample tannins; utterly enjoyable.

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  9/11/2023 - Motz wrote: 95 Points

  Enjoyed over a few days.
  
  It features a blue, purple, and blackberry driven perfume, with purple fruit, particularly assorted plum (fresh, preserved, and dried) top notes, along with sweet herbs, dark chocolate, and pipe tobacco. Appealing mineral ore notes linger behind all the prettiness.
  
  Powerful and bracing. It packs the substance to age for at least two decades. Of the three '11 Vintage Ports tasted recently, this showed the most heat (long alcy burn) at the back. Likely to round out in time. Improvement seems possible. 95-96.

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  4/15/2023 - zimmy07 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This will be great ina few decades, even out of a 375 this was so young. So primary, no real movement of flavors or profile, I killed a baby here, way too young

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  9/13/2022 - Jowh wrote: 94 Points

  So rich day 2.

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