Bought at PV wine dinner 2 magnums — 6 months ago
Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Porto 1995, Portugal
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Ruby in color and cloudy, with a wide reddish/ brick rim.
Sweet nose with cedar, vanilla, honey and chocolates.
Sweet on the palate with black fruits, tobacco, cereal, vanilla, licorice, light wood, chocolates, coffee, light cola and peppercorn.
Long finish with soft tannins and tangy cherries.
This 29 year old is still drinking beautifully. Nicely balanced and elegant. Rich and fruit forward.
I don't see it getting any better from this point on. Peaking now and will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 to 7 years.
Delicious right out of the bottle, and a gorgeous dessert wine.
93 points.
$100. — 10 months ago
My 2nd favorite 20 yr behind Grahams. Ramos Pinto is good as well, but seems to have to bottle to bottle variability issues…. Taylor is a great standby at a good price. — 3 years ago
Colene had this 6 years ago
Really great drinking wine. Would be good with good but wouldn’t completely stand up to bigger reds. — 7 years ago
This is a very solid Sauvignon Blanc! Crisp. Fresh. Light lemon. Balanced acidity. — 5 months ago
Complex sweet spicy bold with hints of vanilla. Can’t imagine much better — 3 years ago
Exceeded expectations — 3 years ago
medium golden yellow; muted, lemon zest, wet stone; saline, stone fruit; medium bodied, good acid backbone, 14.1% ABV; sourced from vineyard on bluff 5 miles from Pacific Ocean, whole cluster pressed and fermented in seasoned French oak, made by owner/winemaker Kurt Beitler, grandson of Charlie Wagner and nephew of Chuck Wagner co-founders of Caymus Vineyards; $45 — 6 years ago
This was a head scratcher. Don’t think I’ve had a wine like this. It wanted to reveal white chocolate and marzipan, but instead it tasted like green tea/chamomile coated almonds. It had some buttered pear and honeyed melon notes on the finish...very unique. — 6 years ago
Classic Italian Grillo Mary — 5 months ago
Wine Club Nov 2024 — 5 months ago
Fantastic. Perfect age. Older world. Feels and tastes like a bottle many times more expensive. — 4 years ago
Supple, jammy, silky mouthfeel, grapefruit, reminds me of the smokey charcoal of a Vacqueyras and the fruit of a luscious Pinot.
A recommended Rhône from the local shop owner on 23rd street.
A bouquet that brings the memory of clementines.
A shimmering pool of maroon silk. — 6 years ago
Doug Powers
Wait, this is essentially second tier Taylor Porto late-bottled vintage juice from 2016, a great vintage, this is just so darn good!! — 5 months ago