A good mouthful of port. Nose is very nice with warm licorice, tobacco and ripe plums. A bit of alcohol penetrates the sweetness nicely. Promising. The palate is nice but falls a bit short of the nose’s promise. Good flavor but a bit thin. The tobacco on the finish is a touch drying. While there is some tannin, I think I will drink the remaining bottles sooner rather than later. Good plus but not more. (90+?)
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Good stuff. Not a regular vintage Port. Taylor Fladgate didn't declare a general vintage for Port wine in 2012. But it made this vintage for this particular quinta. That is what some of the Port makers do when they don't declare a general vintage, but the grapes from their special quintas are good. $50. Will probably not buy this vintage again. Still have a bottle of 2005.
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10/22/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 90 Points
A good mouthful of port. Nose is very nice with warm licorice, tobacco and ripe plums. A bit of alcohol penetrates the sweetness nicely. Promising. The palate is nice but falls a bit short of the nose’s promise. Good flavor but a bit thin. The tobacco on the finish is a touch drying. While there is some tannin, I think I will drink the remaining bottles sooner rather than later. Good plus but not more. (90+?)
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5/9/2020 - azwino wrote:
Deep purple with a ruby rim. Black cherry, plum , light tobacco, and minerals. Good balance, not tannic even though its so young.
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10/19/2019 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Very different to the guimaraens 2012 I had. Lots of red fruit, graceful and feminine. Really rather nice now.
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2/17/2017 - David J Cooper wrote: 90 Points
Good pretty straight forward vintage port. Needs some time to come together.
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12/3/2016 - Ombibulous wrote:
Good stuff. Not a regular vintage Port. Taylor Fladgate didn't declare a general vintage for Port wine in 2012. But it made this vintage for this particular quinta. That is what some of the Port makers do when they don't declare a general vintage, but the grapes from their special quintas are good. $50. Will probably not buy this vintage again. Still have a bottle of 2005.
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