2017 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  1/17/2024 - Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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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  1/15/2024 - CubFan4Life Likes this wine: 94 Points

  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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  1/14/2024 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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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  12/26/2023 - NJG-323879 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  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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  10/28/2023 - TGOT Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Can’t imagine how port could be better than this.

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