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Regions: Port
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Vint. |
Wine |
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| Cockburn |
2015 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$509.99 |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$384.98 |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$490.97 |
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| Croft |
2003 |
Port (12x750ML) 
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$755.97 |
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WS 96 (4/2006): Gorgeous aromas of blueberries and dried flowers follow through to a sweet, full-bodied palate. Velvety and round, with lovely fruit. Long finish. Best after 2015. 6,500 cases made.
WA 93 (10/2005): The 2003 Croft Vintage Port reveals an opaque, black-colored core with notes of dark ruby on the rim. Its gorgeously creamy, profound nose displays sweet dark cherries, black plums, pepper, raisin jam, and blueberries. Thick, satin-textured, and immensely rich, this opulent yet elegant wine is engagingly warm, concentrated, and harmonious. Copious quantities of plums, black cherries, jammy blackberries and spices are found throughout its personality as well as in its prolonged, spirit-tinged, finish. Projected maturity: 2020-2045.
VM 90 (2/2006): Bright, saturated ruby. Brooding aromas of bitter cherry, violet and licorice, lifted by a resiny nuance. Then densely packed, concentrated and fresh, with rich, fleshy flavors of kirsch and dark chocolate. Finishes with big, broad, thoroughly ripe tannins and very good lingering black cherry fruit. This is surprisingly easy to taste today but should age well on its ripe tannins and sheer balance. |
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2011 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$333.97 |
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| JS 95 (5/2013): Beautiful aromas of violets and blueberries with hints of blue slate. Full body, medium sweet with chewy tannins and a long, long finish. A leafy, stemmy, nutty undertone to this with hints of shaved milk chocolate. Very refined and beautiful. 5,000 cases produced of this foot-trodden wine. Try in 2021. |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$416.99 |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$454.99 |
15 |
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| Dow |
2011 |
Port |
$167 |
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WS 99 (2/2014): (Wine Spectator #1 wine of 2014) Powerful, refined and luscious, with a surplus of dark plum, kirsch and cassis flavors that are unctuous and long. Shows plenty of grip, presenting a long, full finish, filled with Asian spice and raspberry tart accents. Rich and chocolaty. One for the ages. Best from 2030 through 2060. 5,000 cases made.
WA 96-98 (6/2013): The 2011 Dow Vintage Port was made from no less than 44 separate ferments from finest fruit sourced from Quinta do Bomfim (35% of the blend), Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira (42%) and the Santinho (14%) and Cerdeira (6%) estates. Just six of the best lots were used in the final blend, which consists of 40% Touriga Franca, 36% Touriga Nacional, 10% Sousao and 14% of old vine plantings. It has a beautiful, quite extravagant bouquet with copious black and red fruit, Indian spice, and hints of menthol and orange rind that unfold wonderfully in the glass. The palate is a sumptuous affair, one that is beautifully balanced with velvety smooth, plump tannins, copious black fruit with a harmonious, white pepper-tinged finish that is a decadent delight. This is one of the finest of the declarations of 2011 Vintage Ports, a sublime expression of the vintage you would be foolish not to buy. This is Dow at its best. 5,000 cases have been declared. Tasted May 2013.
VM 97+ (5/2014): Deep, saturated dark ruby. Penetrating aromas of black cherry, violet, lavender, licorice, dark tobacco and minerals. Then plush and elegant in the mouth, with Outstanding depth and a hint of youthful bitterness to the superconcentrated flavors of black raspberry and spices. The wine's perfectly integrated acidity and floral lift give the finish great hang time. With 48 hours in the recorked bottle, this beauty showed its powerful underlying medicinal reserve without losing its freshness. Should be a wonderful follow-up to the splendid 2007 Dow--and very long-lived. Snap this one up and grow old gracefully with it.
JS 96 (5/2013): Wow. What a sexy nose with aromas of crushed berries, wet earth and pebbles. Full body, medium sweet with an intense and powerful finish. A vintage Port that leaves an impression. 5,000 cases produced of this mechanically trodden wine. Try in 2023. |
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2017 |
Port (3x1.5L)
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$656.97 |
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| Fonseca |
1980 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$1,250.98 |
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2011 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$525.97 |
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| WA 97-99 (6/2013): The Fonseca 2011 is typically more forthcoming on the nose compared to the bashful Croft: a strident bouquet with lifted scents of freshly picked blackberries, kirsch, crushed stone and a dash of Hoi Sin and oyster sauce. It is very well-defined, very focused and direct. The palate is silky smooth with not a rough edge in sight, though not a typically voluptuous Fonseca because of the keen thread of acidity and the structure that lends this mighty Port wonderful backbone. A slight viscosity on the finish lacquers the tongue and indicates a core of sweet fruit is ticking away underneath that will surely explode several years after bottling. A tincture of salted licorice on the aftertaste is very attractive. This will turn out to become an Outstanding Fonseca, the growing season taming its exuberance with spectacular results. So much potential, but just 6,000 cases were produced. Tasted May 2013. |
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2016 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$755.98 |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$393.98 |
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2017 |
Port (12x375ML)
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$499.98 |
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| VM 95 (6/2019): Picking began at Quinta do Panascal on September 6, the two other quintas in Pinhão that form the 2017 Fonseca Vintage Port, Cruzeiro and Santo António picked on 10 and 17 September respectively. One of the deepest, most opaque color amongst the new Port alumni, it has one of the most backward, almost recalcitrant noses that demands a lot of aeration. It gradually opens to reveal blackberry, melted tar, thyme, clove and violet aromas that are well defined, if maybe just missing the same breeding as Taylor’s. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin. This is fresh and detailed, a slightly more structured Fonseca than expected, quite strict at first with good grip and a lightly spiced, precise finish. Powerful and long on the aftertaste, you can feel this Fonseca 60 seconds after the wine has exited. It deserves 10-15 years in bottle. Excellent, but patience required. The most enigmatic of the 2017 Vintage Ports. Total production is 8,100 cases. Neal Martin. |
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| Graham's |
1977 |
Port Bin-Soiled Label; Nicked Label |
$119 |
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MB [****[*]] (12/1999): A very good wine. Almost black in colour in 1979: a big, apple-nosed, very sweet, rich but angular wine. Gradual colour loss through the 1980's but, as it matured, a wonderful melange of fragrances developing: liquorice, strawberry, fig; fleshy, lovely fruit. Nearly 20, always admiring, notes. Showing well at Gidleigh Park port tasting in 1995: medium-deep with red-brown rim; very rich, powerful bouquet opening up beautifully; sweet, good body and backbone, marvellous length, spicy finish. Most recently: delicious! Now-2030.
FTLOP 93+ (3/2006): The nose shows some spicy elements and an herbal essence that add intricacy to the fresh raspberry aroma that showed no outward sign of spirit. Finally! I have never been a fan of this VP and it has always been a thorn in my side, even when put in front of me in a handful of 'blind' tests ('let's fool Roy'). However, this particular bottle made me think that at nearly 30, this wine has finally hit its stride. The alcohol did not stand out like a sore thumb which has been my main concern in every previous tasting. On the contrary, this seemed like a well-integrated, soft and smooth Port with plenty of stuffing. Bottles of this quality should drink best circa 2015-2025. |
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1994 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$1,302.98 |
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WA 95 (10/2016): The 1994 Vintage Port is going to be re-released. It has about 100 grams per liter of residual sugar. With a big eucalyptus note up front, this is elegant in the mid-palate with controlled tannins. Sweet and easy in some ways, this is readily approachable now, perhaps not at peak, but more expressive than the relatively brooding Dow's, also reviewed. The hint of caramel and raisins mixed with sugar makes this irresistible. It is sexy and intriguing.
WS 95 (4/1997): A big, tough, young vintage Port that's closed and difficult to taste. Emits lovely aromas of chocolate, berry and plum, and is full-bodied with lots of sweet, fruit flavors and masses of velvety tannins. Long, sweet finish. Best after 2010. 11,000 cases made.
MB [*[****]] (9/1999): Wonderful wine, its richness masking its 20% brandy at the Symington tasting in April 1996. I also noted an excellent '94 bottled in 1999 on a British Airways flight to New York in September 1999. Great wine. Drink 2006-2030. |
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2016 |
Port (12x375ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$402.97 |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$588.97 |
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| Niepoort |
1997 |
Port (1.5 L) |
$175 |
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WS 98 (2/2000): The greatest modern vintage of Niepoort. Shows ablack color and intense aromas of crushed berriesand wet earth, with a slight stemminess.Full-bodied and mouthpuckering, this youngbodybuilder of a Port has loads of fruit andpowerful tannins. Amazingly long finish. Best after 2009. 4,000 cases made.
VM 90 (6/2000): Saturated dark ruby. Superripe aromas of cassis, baking chocolate, flowers and walnut skin; hints at a more evolved tawny port aspect. Supersweet and velvety in the mouth; very concentrated, with ripeness just short of raisiny. Possesses decent acidity but could use a bit more verve. This lush, harmonious wine is deceptively approachable today; does it have the backbone for extended development in bottle? |
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| Quinta do Noval |
1994 |
Port |
$109 |
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| WA 88 (4/2014): The first vintage under the AXA Millesime regime, but predating Christian Seely’s tenure, the 1994 Quinta do Noval Vintage has a conservative bouquet that is quite earthy with hints of game and leather. It has moderate definition, but conservative, and is missing the exuberance of its Nacional counterpart. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine line of acidity and powdery tannins. There are touches of black pepper and game interwoven into the black fruit, while later burnt toast and tobacco surface. But the Noval ’94 does not “fly” like the Nacional, and instead settles for being an improvement on its nadir during the 1980s rather than exploiting that great Douro vintage. This drank so well until a few years ago, but now it looks to be in decline. |
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2003 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$721.97 |
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WS 96 (4/2006): What a nose. Ripe fruit, with chocolate, blackberries and raisins. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with velvety tannins. Finish goes on and on. Layered and wonderful. Best after 2014. 1,500 cases imported.
VM 94 (2/2006): Saturated deep ruby. Sweet aromas of black cherry, cassis, licorice, molasses, minerals, toffee and violet. Dense, sweet and pliant, with Outstanding precision and depth of flavor. Like the Silval, this boasts a seductively creamy texture. The explosive, mounting finish offers a fine dusting of ripe, suave tannins and great breadth. Deceptively easy to taste today owing to its finesse, but it's hard to believe that it won't shut down in bottle in the near future. This wine features a particularly high percentage of touriga nacional.
WA 94 (10/2005): The inky, purple-colored, opaque 2003 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port soars from the glass, revealing dates, black cherries, copious flowers, and plums. Full-bodied, broad, and lush, this top-flight wine is harmonious and exhibits stupendous purity of fruit. Blueberries, cherries, and candied strawberries can be found in its nuanced, lengthy, plum-laced core as well as in its immensely long, dried berry-tinged finish. Drink this beauty between 2020 and 2045+. |
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2012 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$525.97 |
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2013 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$525.97 |
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2014 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$454.99 |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$487.99 |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$534.97 |
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2018 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$543.97 |
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2020 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$668.97 |
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1997 |
Nacional Port |
$1,175 |
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WS 98 (2/2011): Powerfully rich, delivering plush fig, dark cherry and plum confit flavors. Very silky, with plenty of grip and a long, fruity finish filled with effusive pepper and spice notes.—Non-blind Quinta do Noval Nacional retrospective (February 2011). Drink now through 2030. 250 cases made.
WA 96 (4/2014): The Quinta Do Noval Nacional 1997 has a fragrant bouquet that boasts more delineation than the Vintage Noval, although it demonstrates approximately the same degree of vigour. There is a fine mineral component on the nose with macerated dark cherries, hoisin, cigar box and dried fig that seem to multiply exponentially with vigor. The palate is elegant on the entry with supple rounded tannins, well-judged acidity and purity, building gently in the mouth from its understated entry towards its peacock tail of mulberry, clove and raisin towards the finish. This is a step up from the 1994 Nacional, though if you want to split hairs, it does not possess the mind-boggling complexity of later vintages. However, it does purr with class. Drink now-2045.
VM 94+ (11/2012): Good medium ruby. Slightly high-toned aromas of black cherry, blackberry and licorice; more medicinal today than the regular vintage bottling. Big, rich and sweet, but still dominated by baby fat and in a rather monolithic stage today. Very ripe but the medicinal menthol quality currently holds the upper hand over the wine's glossy dark fruits. It's hard to envision the wine's final form today. |
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2000 |
Nacional Port |
$850 |
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| VM 95+ (10/2012): Bright medium ruby. Utterly primary aromas of black cherry, licorice and violet are lifted by an impression of almost peppery acidity. Sharply delineated and extremely pure; less thick today than the young 2003 but then this is an infant and superbly balanced for decades of evolution in bottle. Finishes with a high pitch, the tannins spreading out to coat the teeth and the dark fruit flavors reverberating. Far from the richest vintage of the vertical tasting, but this beauty can safely be lost in your cellar for a couple decades. A splendid achievement in the context of the vintage. Stephen Tanzer. |
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2001 |
Nacional Port
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$801.97 |
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2004 |
Nacional Port
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$836.99 |
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2011 |
Nacional Port
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$1,512.99 |
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2020 |
Nacional Port
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$1,298.97 |
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| Quevedo |
2006 |
Late Bottled Vintage Port |
$29.99 |
60 |
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2010 |
Quinta Vale d’Agodinho Port |
$49.99 |
16 |
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| Quinta de Roriz |
2003 |
Port Scuffed Label |
$59 |
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| VM 87 (1/2006): Saturated ruby. Superripe, floral aromas of black cherry, dark chocolate and menthol. Sweet and roasted on the palate; just this side of pruney, but also perked up by surprisingly firm acidity. The fairly thick, sweet flavors of cherry candy, blackberry and cassis show very good but not outstanding concentration. Finishes with a hint of dryness and good length. Stephen Tanzer. |
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| Sandeman |
2007 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$356.98 |
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2011 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$489.99 |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$624.97 |
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| C. da Silva |
2000 |
Presidential Port (1.5 L) |
$99 |
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| Smith Woodhouse |
1994 |
Colheita Port |
$55 |
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| Souza |
1997 |
Port Cracked Wax Capsule |
$85 |
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| Taylor |
1970 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$2,627.98 |
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WS 98 (12/1989): Clearly lives up to Taylor's superb reputation. Deep ruby, with intense violet and chocolate aromas, full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit flavors, full but well-integrated tannins and an extremely long finish. Amazing balance and finesse. Still needs time.
WA 98 (5/2008): A deep garnet core with a faded brick rim. The nose is still tight, youthful with notes of liquorices, raisin, boot-polish and a little lemongrass. Again, very well defined and a little more intensity than the -63. The palate is full-bodied with firm tannins, very cohesive with superb ripeness: wild strawberry, lemongrass, smoke and dates with an incredibly long, persistent finish. There is an effortless nature to this port and having encountered this several times, this is undoubtedly the best bottle I have had. It has such weight on the finish that it will cruise past another 20-25 years in bottle. It just has the edge over the great -77.
FTLOP 97 (1/2010): Sophia Bergqvist visits our home - It was getting a bit late for a school night and I knew that our guests had an early morning appointment, so it was time for the final course, delectable (store bought) mini-chocolate cheesecakes. True to form when having a Port producer to our home for the very first time, I decanted a bottle of the venerable 1970 (for nearly 11 hours). This bottle was as good as any T'70 I've ever had before and that is saying something. The decanter made its way around the table and it appeared the others also enjoyed its charms. It showed a dark ruby with absolutely no bricking, a really stellar bottle. Although youthful, this exhibited complex and secondary flavors of prune, blackberry and a cocoa essence which added to the mix. Dense and refined, bordering on hedonistic, rarely do I find bottles of this particular Port where the tannins still stand firm, especially with such a long decant. Terrific and I hope the rest from the case show as well, and if so, I'll be able to enjoy them the rest of my days. |
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1975 |
Port (6x1.5L)
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$2,151.97 |
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MB [***[*]] (12/1993): The best '75 by far. Immensely impressive in 1977 and, despite losing its concentration, with richness and sweetness in the early 1980's. In the early 1990's still relatively deep, youthfully plummy; hard, prune-like fruit; very sweet, quite powerful, stern, lean yet fleshy for a '75, with dry tannic finish. Showing some maturity thoughstill hard. Lovelyflavour. Taylor 'grip'. Last noted Dec 1993. Drink 2005-2020.
WA 87 (1/1989): This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades. Their tawnys are also among the very best, though somewhat expensive. The 1975 has turned out richly fruity, supple, and offers delicious drinking for the near future.
WS 78 (12/1989): Not bad, but more like a good late-bottled vintage. Medium red, with plum and pepper aromas, medium-bodied, with simple fruit flavors. The alcohol is beginning to show. |
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1992 |
Port |
$175 |
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WA 100 (2/1995): Taylor's 1992 Vintage Port is unquestionably the greatest young port I have ever tasted. It represents the essence of what vintage port can achieve. The color is an opaque black/purple, and the nose offers up fabulously intense aromas of minerals, cassis, blackberries, licorice, and spices, as well as extraordinary purity and penetration. Yet this is still an unformed and infantile wine. If Chateau Latour made a late-harvest Cabernet Sauvignon, I suspect it might smell like this. In the mouth, the wine is out of this world, displaying layer upon layer of concentrated black fruits backed by well-integrated tannin and structure. This is a massive, magnificently rich, full-bodied port that will be far more flattering in its youth than were such Taylors as the 1983, 1977, or 1970. It possesses awesome fruit, marvelous intensity, and lavish opulence, all brilliantly well-delineated by the wine's formidable structure. This monumental 30-50 year port is a must purchase for port aficionados.! Also noteworthy is the fact that the 1992 Taylor commemorates the 300th anniversary of this firm, as evidenced by the special bottle Taylor used for this port.
NM 99 (11/1997): Wow. Virtually opaque core, black and purple in colour with a thin ruby rim. The nose is incredibly intense, a ravishing pot-pourri of scents: black cherries, raspberry, cassis and vanilla pod all with amazing delineation. I will have to employ my off used phrase -controlled opulence-. The palate is full-bodied with layers of pure black fruits with beautifully defined tannins, vibrant acidity, immense power but the same level of control. Pure blueberry, liquorices and crushed violets towards the finish with a citrus undertow. It is the poise and definition that is so unexpected given it ferocious power and it will surely rank alongside the likes of the -35 and the -48 in years to come. An immense achievement.
WS 96 (5/2005): Fresh and lively, with raisin, spice and hints of blackberry. Full-bodied and very tight, with plenty of tannins. Very long. Needs to open. '91/'92 Port retrospective. Best after 2008. 6,200 cases made. |
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1992 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$2,363.97 |
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WA 100 (2/1995): Taylor's 1992 Vintage Port is unquestionably the greatest young port I have ever tasted. It represents the essence of what vintage port can achieve. The color is an opaque black/purple, and the nose offers up fabulously intense aromas of minerals, cassis, blackberries, licorice, and spices, as well as extraordinary purity and penetration. Yet this is still an unformed and infantile wine. If Chateau Latour made a late-harvest Cabernet Sauvignon, I suspect it might smell like this. In the mouth, the wine is out of this world, displaying layer upon layer of concentrated black fruits backed by well-integrated tannin and structure. This is a massive, magnificently rich, full-bodied port that will be far more flattering in its youth than were such Taylors as the 1983, 1977, or 1970. It possesses awesome fruit, marvelous intensity, and lavish opulence, all brilliantly well-delineated by the wine's formidable structure. This monumental 30-50 year port is a must purchase for port aficionados.! Also noteworthy is the fact that the 1992 Taylor commemorates the 300th anniversary of this firm, as evidenced by the special bottle Taylor used for this port.
NM 99 (11/1997): Wow. Virtually opaque core, black and purple in colour with a thin ruby rim. The nose is incredibly intense, a ravishing pot-pourri of scents: black cherries, raspberry, cassis and vanilla pod all with amazing delineation. I will have to employ my off used phrase -controlled opulence-. The palate is full-bodied with layers of pure black fruits with beautifully defined tannins, vibrant acidity, immense power but the same level of control. Pure blueberry, liquorices and crushed violets towards the finish with a citrus undertow. It is the poise and definition that is so unexpected given it ferocious power and it will surely rank alongside the likes of the -35 and the -48 in years to come. An immense achievement.
WS 96 (5/2005): Fresh and lively, with raisin, spice and hints of blackberry. Full-bodied and very tight, with plenty of tannins. Very long. Needs to open. '91/'92 Port retrospective. Best after 2008. 6,200 cases made. |
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1997 |
Port (6x1.5L)
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$1,076.97 |
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WA 96 (12/1999): Saturated black/purple-colored, with stunning aromatics of blueberries, blackberries, licorice, and iron, this spectacular vintage port is one of the stars of the vintage. Extremely full-bodied, with silky tannin, spectacular concentration and purity, multiple flavor levels, and an evolved, forward personality, this is an exquisite yet precocious 1997 vintage port. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2030.
VM 95+ (5/2000): Saturated deep ruby. Great minerally aromas of black plum, black cherry, roasted meat and deep spices. Very sweet and very dense, with youthfully backward black fruit, mineral and bitter chocolate flavors. Finishes with wonderfully ripe, sweet tannins and superb persistence and grip. Has the verve most '97s lack. This may ultimately challenge the great '94. Stephen Tanzer.
WS 94 (1/2017): Juicy and energetic, with lots of warm raisin, toffee and toasted peanut notes, mixed with mulled fig, singed juniper and baked plum flavors. Has a warm Christmas pudding feel through the finish, with nicely inlaid brambly grip. Best from 2020 through 2035. 10,000 cases made. |
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2000 |
Port (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$902.98 |
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WA 98 (10/2002): Among the most saturated blue/purple/black-colored examples of the vintage, Taylor's 2000 tastes like a young vintage of Chateau Latour on steroids. Aromas of graphite, blackberry liqueur, creme de cassis and smoke jump from the glass. Spectacularly concentrated and enormously endowed, with sweetness allied to ripe tannin, decent acidity, and layer upon layer of fruit and extract, this is the leading candidate for the port of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2040.
VM 95 (2/2003): Bright deep ruby. Brooding, complex aromas of cassis, minerals, graphite, licorice and damp earth; distinct hints of surmaturite. Dense, chewy and powerful, with a saline impression of extract. At once strong and seamless, with penetrating, youthfully primary black fruit flavors that really expand and reverberate in the mouth and on the very long, gripping finish. Exhilarating late note of dark chocolate. By no means a painfully backward Taylor, but structured to evolve for at least 25 to 30 years.
WS 95 (5/2003): Beautiful aromas of honeysuckle, violets, citrus and berries, plus hints of fresh herbs. Full-bodied and chewy, with refined tannins and a long finish. Lasts for minutes on the palate. An elegant, yet powerful and fruity style of young Taylor. Best after 2012. 14,000 cases made. |
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Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$642.97 |
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WA 98 (10/2002): Among the most saturated blue/purple/black-colored examples of the vintage, Taylor's 2000 tastes like a young vintage of Chateau Latour on steroids. Aromas of graphite, blackberry liqueur, creme de cassis and smoke jump from the glass. Spectacularly concentrated and enormously endowed, with sweetness allied to ripe tannin, decent acidity, and layer upon layer of fruit and extract, this is the leading candidate for the port of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2040.
VM 95 (2/2003): Bright deep ruby. Brooding, complex aromas of cassis, minerals, graphite, licorice and damp earth; distinct hints of surmaturite. Dense, chewy and powerful, with a saline impression of extract. At once strong and seamless, with penetrating, youthfully primary black fruit flavors that really expand and reverberate in the mouth and on the very long, gripping finish. Exhilarating late note of dark chocolate. By no means a painfully backward Taylor, but structured to evolve for at least 25 to 30 years.
WS 95 (5/2003): Beautiful aromas of honeysuckle, violets, citrus and berries, plus hints of fresh herbs. Full-bodied and chewy, with refined tannins and a long finish. Lasts for minutes on the palate. An elegant, yet powerful and fruity style of young Taylor. Best after 2012. 14,000 cases made. |
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2011 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$516.97 |
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WS 97 (10/2013): Powerful, featuring concentrated dark plum and spicy cherry flavors that are finely balanced, showing notes of raspberry preserves. The mocha and wild herb accents are interwoven and supported by powerful tannins. The finish offers intense grip and violet hints. Best from 2020 through 2045.
WA 96-98 (6/2013): The 2011 Taylor’s Vintage 2011 has a multifaceted, Pandora’s Box of a nose that is mercurial in the glass: cassis at first before blackberry and raspberry politely ask it to move aside, followed by wilted rose petals and Dorset plum. Returning after one 45 minutes that nose has shut up shop. The palate is sweet and sensual on the entry, plush and opulent, with copious black cherries, boysenberry and cassis fruit, curiously more reminiscent of Fonseca! It just glides across the palate with a mouth-coating, glycerine-tinged finish that has a wonderful lightness of touch, demonstrating how Vintage Port is so much more accessible in its youth nowadays. But don’t let that fool you into dismissing the seriousness or magnitude of this Outstanding Taylor’s. Tasted May 2013. |
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2016 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$514.99 |
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| VM 97 (6/2018): In 2016 Taylor's began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled tannins and a perfect line of acidity. There is that almost "arching" structure one always seeks in a great Taylor’s with a gentle but insistent grip towards the finish. It is everything you really want from a Vintage Port. Production is 6,200 cases. (Drink between 2026-2076.) Neal Martin. |
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2016 |
Port (12x375ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$481.97 |
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| VM 97 (6/2018): In 2016 Taylor's began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled tannins and a perfect line of acidity. There is that almost "arching" structure one always seeks in a great Taylor’s with a gentle but insistent grip towards the finish. It is everything you really want from a Vintage Port. Production is 6,200 cases. (Drink between 2026-2076.) Neal Martin. |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$508.98 |
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WA 99 (8/2022): The 2017 Vintage Port is a field blend aged for approximately 20 months in wood. It comes in with 100 grams of residual sugar. Rich, concentrated and often sensational, this is well structured, even better in its fruit profile. While the fruit is terrific, it is also wonderfully fresh. This is arguably a great Taylor's, but it still needs to prove its final case in the cellar. I don't think that will be a problem. As I said when I first saw it, it effortlessly combines brilliant fruit and structure. It does everything right, and it is a formidable competitor to its Vinha Velha sibling in this report. And at half the price.
VM 98 (6/2019): The 2017 Taylor's Vintage Port comes from their three quintas: Vargellas, de Terra Feita and do Junco, picking commencing at Vargellas on September 1, the earliest since 1945. Now this boasts a bold and more flamboyant bouquet vis-à-vis the Croft with layers of blackcurrant, blueberries, violet and allspice. Wonderful definition here and as it ratchets up through the gears with aeration manages to maintain impressive delineation. The palate is medium, rather full-bodied. The first impression is one of freshness, completely disguising that summer’s dryness and warmth, a disarming finesse built around the frame of tannins that would have been impossible years ago. It is a silky-smooth Taylor’s, one of the most polished 2017 Vintage Ports with energy and tension flooding through the finish. Aristocratic as ever, totally Taylor’s, yet still translating the growing season with aplomb. Total production is 11,500 cases. Neal Martin. |
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2007 |
Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Port Heavily Bin-Soiled Label |
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WA 99 (7/2019): The 2007 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port is a typical field blend aged in used French oak vats. It comes in with 101 grams per liter of residual sugar. The most aromatic in the vertical, this is laced with eucalyptus and cistus nuances. This is the point in the vertical where the wine really is just too young and too tight to enjoy to its fullest. The fruit is pretty spectacular, though, even as it retains its mid-palate finesse. This and the 2000 may have to duke it out for the title of "Sexiest Port in the Vertical." But that's not all. It adds firmness to the great fruit and aromatics.
VM 94 (1/2010): Deep medium ruby. Expressive and intriguing nose offers boysenberry, pepper, graphite, licorice and botanical herbs, with a roasted topnote suggesting full ripeness. Sweet, lush and very deep, but noteworthy more for its power and pungency than its nuance today. Still, the density and purity of its dark berry and balsamic flavors, as well as the wine's underlying minerality, suggest it will be a beauty 12 or 15 years from now. Finishes with firm, dusty tannins and outstanding depth of baby fat. Stephen Tanzer. |
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1983 |
Port (12x750ML)
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$1,154.98 |
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MB [****] (9/1997): Eleven notes. The usual classic appearance in 1985: opaque centre and violet rim. Very deep plummy purple by autumn 1986. In 1990 powerful yet restrained, almost chewable; sweet without being cloying, lovely flavour and textutre, a bit lean but with characteristic Warre elegance and firm dry tannic finish. Texture and harmony noted at the Dow, Graham, Warre tasting in 1994 and its smooth 'elegance' and flesh in 1996. Now medium-deep, mature, drinking well. An attractive 1983. Drink now-2015.
WA 90 (1/1989): This house makes rather restrained yet rich, flavorful vintage port and a very good tawny called Nimrod. Their vintage ports seem slow to develop, and while they never quite have the voluptuous richness of a Dow, Graham, or Fonseca, they have a unique mineral-scented character that gives them their own complexity and style. The 1983 is richly perfumed and fragrant, which is so typical of the ports from this vintage, and is seemingly more forward than normal. |
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2009 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$491.99 |
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2011 |
Port (6x750ML)
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$499.97 |
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| WS 96 (2/2014): Offers seamless flavors of kirsch, chocolate, dark plum and allspice, fresh and elegant, with a towering structure and intense red berry accents. Unctuous and long on the finish, showing loads of grip. Best from 2030 through 2060. 3,000 cases made. |
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2017 |
Port (6x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$430.98 |
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NV |
Millennium Port bottled 2002 |
$495 |
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