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Taylor's Vintage Port (half bottle) 2018

Port

US critic Robert Parker said Taylor’s “must certainly be the Latour of Portugal”. He added their ports “have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades”. This 96-pt 2018 has the structure to age many years. A sleeping beauty.

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Tasting notes

Full bodied, velvety, firm chewy tannins. Dense black fruit sweetness

Aroma

Fresh herbs, violets, intense black fruit, damson, black plum

Allergy information

Contains sulphites

Taylor's Vintage Port (half bottle) 2018

More information

  • 20.0% ABV
  • 7.5 Units
  • 375.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2050

Superb 2018 port from Taylor’s, a firm with a reputation for producing arguably the finest, most ageworthy vintage wines. Their ports regularly receive well over 90 from top critics. Taylor’s owns three estates and, after every harvest, each property’s finest wines are kept aside to age. After two years, the tasting panel returns to see if the wines are of exceptional quality. If they pass this stage, they are blended together. Their Quinta Vargellas brings structure, elegance and complexity, while Quintas de Terra Feita and Junco add body and great depth of fruit. After that, the tasting panel decides whether the wine has sufficient fruit and structure to be a ‘declared’ vintage. The third in a row, this powerful 2018 will go the distance.

"Full-bodied with a dense center palate of fruit and intense, chewy tannins. Polish and refinement" James Suckling
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