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Wine Description
The Story
Taylor's holds one of the most extensive reserves of very old cask aged Port of any producer. They include a collection of rare Single Harvest Ports. These are Ports from a single year which age to full maturity in seasoned oak casks and display the year of harvest on the label.
Taylor’s has decided to make a limited release, each year, of a Single Harvest Port made 50 years previously.
The first in the series is a 1964 Single Harvest o...
Vintage 1969
The 1969 Spanish wine harvest stands as an elegant, high-acid, and classic vintage for Rioja and Ribera del Duero, characterized by a cool spring and a dry, mild growing season that favored late ripening, precise structural balance, and vibrant acidity over high alcohol or heavy density. Harvested under pristine autumn conditions across October, traditional benchmark producers—led by long-aged Gran Reserva releases from Vega Sicilia (Único), L...