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Porto Vintage 2011 75cl

DOC | Porto | Douro | Portugal
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Critics scores
98 By Robert Parker
97 By Wine Spectator
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.
Producer
Taylor's
The home of Port, Taylor’s winery has created quintessential Port wines since the beginning. Producer of drier styled Ports, this exemplary house was first established over three centuries ago in 1692 – making it one of the oldest in the Douro appellation. Unrivaled, their Porto Vintage is a structured masterpiece, with equal parts depth and class, the wine’s overall integrity makes it almost impossible to replicate. The famous 1992 vintage, has set the famous Port house even further above other competitors, receiving a perfect score of 100 points from The Wine Advocate Robert Parker. He described it as “unquestionably the greatest young Port I have ever tasted. It represents the essence of what vintage Port can achieve…if Château Latour made a late-harvest Cabernet Sauvignon, I suspect it might smell like this.”