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Quinta del Vargellas 2008

Taylor's, Douro, Portugal

Taylor's
Douro Portugal
  • 94
    Points
  • The 1 388 best
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  • 2 Pros of
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20 94
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  • Country ranking ?

    159

  • Producer ranking ?

    34

  • Decanting time

    1h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Quinta de Vargellas is pre-eminent among the wine estates of the Douro. Located in the wild and hilly eastern reaches of the Douro valley, it has been prized as a source of the finest Port wines since the 1820s. Today it ranks among the great vineyards of the world.

In years when a Taylor’s Vintage  is not declared, the decision may be taken to bottle a Single Quinta Vintage Port. This is made entirely from grapes grown on the Vargellas pro...

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This offers more of a chocolatey nose. Rich and ripe with an alluring supple texture. A little more pepper here. More generous in style than Terra Feita, more layered, but not as firmly structured, though it certainly has grip. It comes in waves. Violets, which are presumed to exist thanks to the site of the vineyard, missing the late afternoon heat. 94.

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Inky black with a vivid purple rim. Compact and stylish nose, with intense aromas of blackcurrant and wild berries tightly wrapped around a dark nucleus of liquorice and treacle. This dense backdrop is overlaid with subtle notes of tea, rose petal, thyme and exotic wood with an attractive grapey freshness emerging as the nose develops. As usual with Vargellas the nose shows exceptional purity and resolution but is seductive in its complexity. On the palate the tannins are beautifully integrated and deceptively subtle but their firm sinews become apparent on the long finish which is packed with intense black berry fruit flavour.

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Origin

Porto, Douro

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