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Taylor Fladgate, 1966 Vintage Port

Vintage Port
Half Bottle 37.5cl

Bottle size: 75cl

ABV: 20%

Price:

$213.57 USD

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  • Description

    The 1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a distinguished wine from an exceptional vintage. This port exhibits an intense ruby color and an elegant, fresh nose with floral notes reminiscent of violets. On the palate, it offers a harmonious balance of intense fruit flavors, notably figs, supported by a well-structured mineral and tannic framework. The wine maintains a refreshing quality, with flavors that persist through a long finish. Notably, it still possesses the potential for further aging, indicating years of great life ahead.

    Critics have praised this vintage for its elegance and complexity. Wine Spectator awarded it a score of 96, describing it as "very elegant, with notes of tobacco and cedar to the lush buttercream, ripe pear and dried apricot flavors." The review also highlights "seductive tropical fruit and spice notes" that linger on the finish.


    Overall, the 1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port stands as a testament to the exceptional quality of that year's vintage, offering a complex and refined tasting experience that continues to evolve gracefully with time.

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    Condition

    High shoulder or better
    Remains of labels

    Reviews

    17/20 ***Jancis Robinson.com ***
    Tasted blind. Mid tawny. Alcohol leading the nose a little, supported by old leather, tea leaves and fig. Full bodied and rich, but not quite the flavour density to match. Good-length chocolate finish though.

    Neal Martin- Wine Advocate
    This must be one of the most under-rated ports of all time! A deeper colour than the -63, garnet with a brick rim. The nose is typical 66 (in fact, echoing its Left Bank counterparts) in being very conservative and masculine, yet with stunning definition with notes of cigar box, mahogany bureau, sandalwood with an undercurrent of ripe cherry. The palate is foursquare with wonderful structure, spicier and more vigorous than the -63 with a notch more persistency and focus. Very good acidity and as fresh as a daisy on the finish, which has a seductive symmetry about it. Hints of wild strawberry, cigar box, apricot and autumn leaves with superb precision on the finish. A brilliant -66 - it must surely be the best of the vintage? Tasted November 2007.

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