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  • Country ranking ?

    149
  • Producer ranking ?

    32
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

Taylor’s Port is the last of the original English founding port companies to remain family owned. It has never been bought, sold or taken over. The company is run by descendants of the founders. This ensures its outlook and philosophy remains focused on the production of top quality ports.
Taylor’s were also the first to invest heavily in property in the Upper Douro. The recent acquisition of Quinta do Junco illustrates the continued commitme...

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Vintage 1970

Port Vintage Report: An exceptional quality Vintage, with great fruit and tannin harmony, ensuring longevity. Almost all producers declared production. A lot of rain in January and February, followed by a cold and dry March. The weather started to become hot in April, favouring good blooming and grape maturity. Rain in August and at the beginning of September, but the harvest was made under dry and very hot weather, with the temperature reachi...

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Tasting note

ending

Neutral

taste

Medium-bodied, Firm, Vigor and Fresh

Written Notes

 In any discussion of the greatest Port houses, Taylor’s will feature prominently. At this level, personal preference rules, but this house has made many of the truly great VPs ever seen. Founded back in 1692, it is now part of what is known as the Fladgate Partnership (the full name of Taylor’s is Taylor, Fladgate, and Yeatman), which also includes Fonseca. Its leading single quinta is Quinta de Vargellas, and among the elite releases of Single Quinta Vintage Port is the Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha, which comes from a tiny plot of old vines in that Quinta.

My experience is that these are incredible Ports but they are undoubtedly for the long haul. Made since 1995, it is nearly impossible to imagine that any human alive today will still be around when some of these releases reach their peak. Extraordinary stuff.

This has long been a personal favorite and this bottle simply confirmed that. Extraordinary Port. Coiled power, focus, and drive. Spices, chocolate, licorice, and leather. Those chocolate and licorice notes especially going the length. Hard to imagine, but surely still has 20 to 30 years ahead of it. 98.

  • 98p

Oporto bottled. Decanted a few hours before and tasted single blind. Dark core, just starting to go tawny at the meniscus. Spicy with leathery, citrus, and strawberry aromas. I really like the smell. On the palate, dense and rich. Sweet, but perfectly balancing acidity. Very long with tangerines and other citrus fruits.

Impressively deep unevolved colour still. Perhaps very slightly spirity on the nose? Opened up beautifully in the glass though. Vigourous and sweet in the mouth with dlightfully complex flavours of damson, spiced cinnamon. Sweet and soft on the palate and without doubt plenty of life left although this is drinking perfectly now for me. This is a fine bottle.
  • 96p
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Origin

Porto, Douro
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