Name: Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
Brand: Taylor Fladgate
SKU: 68fb67026069c081050d8698b7a2bee3
Price: 31.98 USD
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Rating: 95 (175 reviews)

Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
Portugal
- - Avg Price (ex-tax)
  - $ 116 / 750ml
- Dessert - Rich and Warming
- 4.5 from 173 User Ratings
- 95 / 100 from 175 Critic Reviews
- Critics have scored this as one of the top 5 Vintage Port wines.
  
  Expert tasting note: (1985 vintage) "The wine is starting to lose its deep red color & become quite brickish. The aromas are at a mid-point between plumy & pruney red-fruits & dried fig & date. There is an overlaying of spirit & chocolatey notes. There is good sweetness, but its richness & freshness help to balance this. The wine has fresh plummy fruit & a rounder, more developed, figginess. The alcohol is warming & rounds out the finish. There is a lovely long complex finish." - 06/20 DCAMW
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 2017, Port, Portugal, 750ml

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From Vintage Port, Portugal
Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 116 / 750ml
Dessert Wine – Rich and Warming
Port Blend Red
Pairs well with Chocolate and Caramel
- Critics have scored this as one of the top 5 Vintage Port wines.
- This is the most searched for by Wine-Searcher users among wines from Portugal.
- - This is priced above average for Red wine from Vintage Port. The price has been stable over the past year.

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Winery

Taylor's is one of the most important Port houses in the Douro region of northern Portugal. It is notable for its wide range of traditional ports, from vintage expressions to tawny ports of various ages, and also for its creati...

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About the Product

Region or Appellation: Vintage Port

Oporto [Port] / Douro Region / Portugal
Producer Notes: Taylor’s Vintage Port is one of the world’s great iconic wines. Made only in the very finest years – known as ‘declared’ vintages – Vintage Ports are blended from the best produce of the firm’s own estates of Quinta de Vargellas, Quinta de Terra Feita and more recently, Quinta do Junco. After each harvest, the tasting panel selects the finest Port wines from the three properties and these are then left to age for two winters in oak vats. Historically Taylor’s has only declared about three Vintage years per decade. Taylor’s Vintage Ports are renowned for their massive structure and aromatic power, tempered by a characteristic understatement and restraint. The ultimate collector’s Port wines, Vintage Ports will age for decades in the cellar, slowly developing the elegance and harmony which are the hallmarks of a mature Taylor’s Vintage Port.

Analytical Data

Fortified Wine

Alcohol ABV: 20 - 20.5%
Sweetness: Sweet

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Winemaker: David Guimaraens
Closure Type: Cork

Awards

(10)

Silver

2003 Vintage

Awarded: 2023

The TEXSOM International Wine Awards

Silver Medal

2003 Vintage

Awarded: 2023

The TEXSOM International Wine Awards

Wine Spectator Top 100 #23

2016 Vintage

Awarded: 2018

Wine Spectator Top 100

Silver

1985 Vintage

Awarded: 2016

International Wine Challenge

Lifted caramel flavours with hints of potpourri and walnuts. Rich complex fruit finish.

Gold

1985 Vintage

Awarded: 2015

International Wine Challenge

Good colour for its age; sweet plum and Christmas cake aromas and flavours layered with liquorice. Beautiful structure and length.

Bronze

1985 Vintage

Awarded: 2014

International Wine Challenge

Beautiful complexity with prunes, rum-raisin chocolate and spices. A harmonious wine.

Bronze

1985 Vintage

Awarded: 2013

International Wine Challenge

Minty nose with seductive and refined fresh fruit notes. An elegant style.

Bronze

1985 Vintage

Awarded: 2012

International Wine Challenge

Fresh blackberry fruit, chocolate and mint. Rich and intense.

Wine Spectator Top 100 #1

1994 Vintage

Awarded: 1997

Wine Spectator Top 100

Wine Spectator Top 100 #18

1992 Vintage

Awarded: 1995

Wine Spectator Top 100

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About the Wine

Region

Vintage Port

A Vintage is "declared" in only when both the quality and quantity of the available fruit align. Samples are submitted to the Institute of Douro and Porto Wine in January, two years after...

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Style

Dessert - Rich and Warming

Many of these wines are reminiscent of rich fruit compote with a touch of chocolate and prune. Characteristics Prune, plum, chocolate, spice, hazelnut Key wines Port, Passito, Banyuls,...

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Grape Variety / Blend

Port Blend Red

For some growers in the Douro region of Portugal, the ambiguity over what is in their fortified wines is not an attempt to protect some proprietary secret. In reality, it is not know by...

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Food Pairing

Chocolate and Caramel

The spectrum of chocolate, from white to dark, gives us a range of flavors and the best wine matches are not necessarily universal. White chocolate does not contain cocoa, and is relatively...

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Critics Scores & Reviews

(175)

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95 / 100

175 scores

95 - 100

114

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

18 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

1997 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2023

When to drink: 2023 to 2030

Leicht trübes Granatrot. Eigenständige und intensive Aromatik mit Waldbeeren, Dörrpflaumen, dazu reifes Kernobst, Lakritze und Wermut. Auch Nüsse und kandierte Frucht. Zedernholz. Balsamische Noten. Im Gaumen feurig, obwohl der Weinbrand spürbar ist. Pfeffriger Abgang. Vereint grosse Fülle mit Finesse. Passt gut zu reifem Hartkäse.

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2003 Vintage

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98 / 100 Falstaff

2003 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2021

Who is afraid of warm years? Hardly the Port elite. Aromas of tropical woods, black cherry and Assam pepper, allspice, poivre long. Short softness, firm acidity, then a gripping, dry but ripe tannin. With air contact, the port becomes increasingly floral and slate-spicy.

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98 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2018 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2020

This is an exceptional vintage, most unusually the third in a row from this producer. Intensely perfumed, richly structured with dark-black fruits, concentrated tannins, it is set for seriously long-term aging. The power of the wine, based around the producer's Quinta da Vargellas, is magnificent. Drink this major Port from 2029. Roger Voss

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18.5 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

2017 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2020

When to drink: 2030 to 2090

Wenig Reflexe in der fast schwarzen Farbe. Würzig-fruchtige Nase mit medizinalen Noten, Lakritze und Tabak, erst dahinter subtile, leicht süße rotbeerige Frucht. Perfekt stützendes Tanningerüst am Gaumen, komplexe Cassis- und Pflaumennoten, Süßholz und Tabak. Langer, mehrstufiger Abgang. Ein sehr guter Taylor Vintage Port! Die Trauben stammen von den Taylors Quintas Vargellas, Junco und Terra Feita. Mit 138.000 Flaschen die wohl größte Menge einer Marke in 2017.

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98 / 100 Falstaff

2017 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2020

Rather peppery than fruity on the nose, black cherry in the background, but also something enormously fresh, fennel herb, mint, almost petrol, celery. On the palate opening with dominant creaminess, mealy, at first mild, then nevertheless enormously drive and homogeneous, building tannin, much juice, well integrated, rather mild acidity, in the transition to the finish it has grip and a striking tactile mineral crescendo. Completely integrated alcohol, tobacco in the background.

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95 / 100 Tom Cannavan

2003 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2020

(2020) A lovely ashy note to this, dry with a lifted floral character and that lovely hint of volatility that sits so well. Sweet and so juicy on the palate, the rush of sweet cherry fruit and acidity, backed up by the more chocolate and earthy notes, long and spicy tobacco-like, the fruity extract persisting. An approximate bottle price is given: most retailers at time of review are offering this by the case.

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95 / 100 Tom Cannavan

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2020

(2020) Instantly more closed than the older Ports obviously, a taut and slightly impenetrable character at this young stage, but beyond that the fruit is juicy and ripe, cherry and red plum juiciness. Yes, swingeing tannins at this stage, but this has excellent concentration and suggests it will be an superb vintage with time. Long, plenty of extract and substance in the finish. This very young wine is being offered by many independent merchants at time of writing, by the six or 12-bottle case.

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94 / 100 Tom Cannavan

1985 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2020

(2020) Delightful red fruit driving this, a gentle spirit here, also a gentle coffeeish and nutty savoury character, the red fruit softness is there, but it is taut on the palate, with such an edge: structured, 'iron fist in a velvet glove' stuff with a long, long finish of chocolate, woodsmoke and spice. Many merchants offer this by the case at time of review.

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97 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2017 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2019

The structure is currently very dominant in this wine. Its dark tannins are concentrated, waiting for the masked black fruits to come through. Everything is there, it just needs an immense amount of time. Drink from 2030. Roger Voss

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98 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2016 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2018

Ripe, structured while also fruity, this intense, perfumed Port is opulent while also elegant. Its tannins and great fruit are finely integrated and are rich with potential. Black fruits, berries and a juicy aftertaste add freshness to the wine. Drink from 2028. Roger Voss

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98 / 100 Falstaff

2016 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2018

Deep dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, very DELICATE brightening to the rim. Ripe blackberry fruit, fine nougat, DELICATE dried fruit, mint, fine tobacco nuances. Taut, tightly meshed, fine chocolate touch, ripe, supporting tannins, elegant texture, very complex and great persistence, as if from a single mold, almost dry in the finish, an aristocratic style, Vintage Port at its best, excellent ageing potential, a wine full of noble restraint.

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95 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

1935 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2018

Perfectly mature, the wine was loaded with medicinal cherries, raisins, cocoa covered kirsch, cloves and allspice. Sweet, round, warm and with acidity, all this needed was a nice cigar. 95 Points

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97 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

1963 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2016

I do not drink much Port. But wines like this, make me think I am missing out. Spicy, cherries, strawberry, orange peel and bitter chocolate with a hint of cigar wrapper get the perfume going. Good concentration of raw material, with sweetness, a touch of heat, luscious textures and a long finish, that carries the perfume on the nose all the way through. I imagine this is at peak, and there is no hurry to finish your bottles, as this should only get better from here. 97 Points

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80 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

1900 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2016

On the one hand, I realize tasting wine from 1900 is a rare treat. On the other hand, this was no treat to taste, as the wine had clearly slipped into senility. Highly acidic, the wine offered the aromas of dark chocolate covered oranges and cocoa and a tea color that reminded more of a Madeira than a Vintage Port. While this was very cool to think about, it was less than cool to taste.

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18.5 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

1985 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2016

When to drink: 2016 to 2040

Halbe Flasche sehr kalkige Nase mit feinen dezenten Aromen, viel mineralischen Komponenten mit Dörrfrüchten und einem Hauch weissem Pfeffer, tief und komplex, leicht getrocknete schwarze Kräuter. Wunderschöne zwar reife, aber junggebliebene Stilistik mit Mix aus Eleganz und samtiger

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100 / 100 Falstaff

1992 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Deep, almost opaque purple in colour. Intense black berry fruit, underpinned with a peppery savouriness. Dark cherries alongside hints of licorice. Dense and taut on the palate, classic in style with a perfect texture and fine but massive tannins. Hints of blackberries and cherries develop. A great wine of unheard of length, now beginning to reach its initial drinking maturity but with many decades ahead of it.

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98 / 100 Falstaff

1994 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Very dark colour with a deep core and touch of lightening at the rim. Ripe cherry fruit and pleasant spices develop very well in the glass, before ripe plums, nougat, cardamom and cloves emerge. On the palate it's complex - dark forest berry jam, nougat and coffee in particular shine through. Elegant, dense and freshly structured, this is a convincing wine with a great future ahead of it.

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95 / 100 Falstaff

1970 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Medium garnet, delicate ochre rim, broad and bright rim. Multi-faceted bouquet, but still needs some air to open up, ripe cherry, fine oak and sweet spice notes. Nicely wrapped fruit on the palate, multi-layered aromatics, classic style, a powerhouse with excellent length, intensely spicy on the finish, it has reached perfect drinking maturity, becoming ever sweeter in the glass.

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95 / 100 Falstaff

2007 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Dark, almost black garnet, opaque core, ruby reflections. On the nose inviting sweet plum fruit, black cherry, plus mineral notes, candied violet from touriga nacional, a highly attractive bouquet with many facets. On the palate complex, very precise and straightforward, fresh black fruit nuances, subtle hints of chocolate, equipped with the usual tannic framework of the house, but perhaps a little less muscular than in more typical years, taut and persistent, equipped with secure ageing potential, complex and persistent. It is displaying a rather fresh, one could say, ʺGothicʺ style.

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91 / 100 Falstaff

1985 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Kräftiges Rubingranat, dunkler Kern, violette Reflexe. Eher weniger ausdrucksstarkes Bukett, ein Hauch von reifen Pflaumen, Orangenzesten, dezente Mineralik. Am Gaumen recht barock, üppiger, aber auch weniger klar strukturierter Stil, wirkt sehr süß gemessen am Stil des Hauses, bereits gut antrinkbar, man würde sich etwas mehr Frische wünschen. (Trinken/ Lagern +10)

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85 / 100 Falstaff

1975 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2016

Sehr helle Farbe, mittleres Rubingranat, breiterer Wasserrand. Anklänge von Herzkirschen, rotes Waldbeerkonfit. Am Gaumen weiche Textur, trotz oder wegen der Süße nur mittelgewichtig, recht kurzangebunden, eine veritable Enttäuschung. (Trinken)

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19 / 20 Revista de Vinhos

1994 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2016

Provado de novo. Excelente cor, ainda jovem, rico e concentrado, fruta, pimenta, tisanas e notas vegetais. Rico e redondo na boca, afinado e muito complexo, pura seda. Um grande vintage em grande forma.

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97 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

1992 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2015

I do not drink much Port. Frankly, unless a Port is 40-50 years of age, in most cases, it's too young for me to enjoy. On the one hand, this was no exception. On the other hand, I get the quality. For tasters willing to wait 25 more years, they will reap the reward of an incredible wine. This is still inky, black in color. The wine is dense, giving you the choice of eating it, or drinking it. It was amazingly sweet, yet not cloying. There was a beautiful purity of black, dark red and blue fruits with raisins and chocolate that would be hard not to miss. The wine paints your teeth, gums and palate black purple. But it remains almost unformed at this youthful stage. Your mileage might vary... 97 Points

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173 ratings

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1985 Vintage Saved: 8-Sep-2022

The wine is starting to lose its deep red color & become quite brickish. The aromas are at a mid-point between plumy & pruney red-fruits & dried fig & date. There is an overlaying of spirit & chocolatey notes. There is good sweetness, but its richness & freshness help to balance this. The wine has fresh plummy fruit & a rounder, more developed, figginess. The alcohol is warming & rounds out the finish. There is a lovely long complex finish. 06/20 DCAMW

Good

1963 Vintage Saved: 17-Jan-2024

It’s about ten years past it’s prime in my opinion. It’s very light in both color and palette weight. Color is a little darker than a pink hue. Flavors are still there, with good length on the finish. I’m happy it wasn’t corked, but disappointed it wasn’t up to my expectations

Very Good

1983 Vintage Saved: 1-Jan-2024

Matured into a light & slightly sweet port.

Excellent

1970 Vintage Saved: 25-Nov-2023

Exceptional

Excellent

2018 Vintage Saved: 20-Jan-2023

94-95p

Excellent

2017 Vintage Saved: 23-Oct-2021

Excellent

1994 Vintage Saved: 23-Oct-2021

Excellent

2011 Vintage Saved: 20-May-2021

Great Porto wine, sweet blackberry, well balanced between alcohol and dark fruit.

Good

2011 Vintage Saved: 14-Jan-2021

Te weinig fruit om de alcohol in te pakken, daardoor te scherp

Excellent

1970 Vintage Saved: 29-Dec-2020

Je suis un amateur de vieux porto vintage , c’était un moment inoubliable, un port apaisé par les années de vieillissements

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All 95 / 100 $ 116 2019 – $ 500 2018 95 / 100 $ 115 2017 96 / 100 $ 110 2016 95 / 100 $ 106 2015 – – 2014 – – 2013 – – 2012 – –

2011 96 / 100 $ 106 2010 – – 2009 94 / 100 $ 101 2008 – – 2007 94 / 100 $ 104 2006 – – 2005 – – 2004 – – 2003 95 / 100 $ 126 2002 – – 2001 – – 2000 95 / 100 $ 103 1999 – – 1998 – – 1997 94 / 100 $ 115 1996 – – 1995 – – 1994 97 / 100 $ 224 1993 – – 1992 96 / 100 $ 240 1991 92 / 100 – 1990 – – 1989 – – 1988 – – 1987 – – 1986 – – 1985 91 / 100 $ 168 1984 – – 1983 93 / 100 $ 143 1982 – – 1981 – – 1980 91 / 100 $ 174 1979 – – 1978 – – 1977 94 / 100 $ 261 1976 – – 1975 89 / 100 $ 131 1974 – – 1973 – – 1972 – – 1971 – – 1970 95 / 100 $ 355 1969 – – 1968 – – 1967 – – 1966 93 / 100 $ 389 1965 – – 1964 – – 1963 94 / 100 $ 512 1962 – – 1961 – – 1960 93 / 100 $ 428 1959 – – 1958 – – 1957 – – 1956 – – 1955 95 / 100 $ 590 1954 – – 1953 – – 1952 – – 1951 – – 1949 – – 1948 97 / 100 $ 2,050 1947 – – 1946 – – 1945 97 / 100 $ 3,500 1944 – – 1943 – – 1942 – – 1941 – – 1940 – – 1939 – – 1937 – – 1936 – – 1935 95 / 100 – 1934 – – 1933 – – 1932 – – 1930 – – 1929 – – 1928 – – 1927 96 / 100 $ 1,199 1926 – – 1925 – – 1924 96 / 100 – 1923 – – 1921 – – 1920 – – 1919 – – 1918 – – 1916 – – 1915 – – 1914 – – 1913 – – 1912 96 / 100 – 1911 – – 1910 – – 1909 – – 1908 95 / 100 – 1907 – – 1906 – – 1905 – – 1904 – – 1903 – – 1902 – – 1901 – – 1900 91 / 100 – 1884 – – 1855 – –

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