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2000 Taylor - 12x75cl
21A0TAYL _ 2000 - Taylor - 12x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Taylor Fladgate
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2015 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now

2000 - Taylor - 12x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Taylor Fladgate
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2015 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £720.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £60.01 Duty Paid inc VAT

This wine is currently only available Duty Paid

Case price: £720.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
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  • Robert Parker, October 2002, Score: 98

    Wine Advocate #143 (Oct 2002) Robert Parker 98 points Drink 2010-2040 $85.00 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.

  • Robert Parker, October 2002, Score: 98

    Wine Advocate #143 (Oct 2002) Robert Parker 98 points Drink 2010-2040 $85.00 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.

  • Jancis Robinson, July 2002, Score: 18.5+

    Difficult to taste Taylor blind now that the bottle has the bulbous neck. Very dark purple crimson. Complex nose. I can't even remember whether Taylor is meant to smell of violets but this one certainly does - that heady floral but refreshing mix. Rather gentlemen's-club-like with its note of leather and very dry, tannic finish. Extremely refreshing and confident as opposed to the round, modern 'robotic lagares' examples I've picked out which are presumably Symington wines. Bravo but it will need a lot of time.18.5+ Drink 2015-2030

  • Clive Coates, July 2002, Score: 18.5

    Taylor 2000Very good colour. Odd nose at first. Something burnt, yet butterscotch underneath. This got better on aeration though. Fullish body. Rich and concentrated. Very good grip. The tannins are very ripe and the fruit is very stylish. A fragrant example. Less concentrated than Fonseca and less rich than Graham. But very classy. Very fine. From 2017.

Producer

Taylor Fladgate

Taylor's is now over 300 years old. It remains a family firm, completely independent, owned still by relations of the original partners. Taylor is accepted by most wine authorities to be the greatest of all port shippers, famous especially for its sublime and long-lived Vintage ports. The finest Port is produced from grapes grown on the steep and rocky slopes of the Upper Douro and its tributaries. Vines have been grown on ...Read more

Taylor's is now over 300 years old. It remains a family firm, completely independent, owned still by relations of the original partners. Taylor is accepted by most wine authorities to be the greatest of all port shippers, famous especially for its sublime and long-lived Vintage ports. The finest Port is produced from grapes grown on the steep and rocky slopes of the Upper Douro and its tributaries. Vines have been grown on these remote hillsides since pre-Roman times. In the 17th Century, British traders, cut off from their supplies of Bordeaux by frequent wars with France, took a liking to the full-flavoured, robust wines of Portugal. Under the Methuen Treaty of 1703, England granted lower duties to Portuguese wines than to those of France and Germany, becoming for over a century the principal market for the wines of the Douro Valley. But these wines did not travel well, so the traders added brandy to fortify them against the rigours of their Atlantic sea voyage. Before long pure grape spirit was added during fermentation and Port, as we drink it today, was created. Now in its fourth century, the company is still thriving, with wine quality remaining the firm's only consideration. Taylor's Port was, is, and will continue to be, one of the world's greatest wines.Read less

Region

Port

Port is made in the Cima Corgo, Baixo Corgo and Douro Superior districts of the Douro Valley in the north of Portugal. The summers are hot and dry and the climate becomes more continental as you move further east towards the upper Douro Valley. Here temperatures often exceed 40 degrees. The Douro Valley has steep hillsides with terraces, which is not only aesthetically pleasing but is also extremely useful for making quality wine. The schist soils aid in drainage and have become very important to port production, so much so that much of the Douro table wines have been relegated to granite soils. The six main grape varieties used for port production are Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Amarela. There are another 42 grape varieties that are permitted but these six are considered to be the noblest ones, each adding something different to the blend. After the harvest the grapes are trodden, often by foot but more often by machines, in giant lagars (troughs). Port is a fortified wine so during fermentation ‘brandy' (not actually brandy but a grape-distilled spirit) is added to increase thealcoholic strength to around 17-19 % abv. This leaves a sweet, red fortified wine with lots of vibrant fruit. There are many different types of Port from the Basic Ruby Ports, through to Tawny Ports and LBVs, to probably the most famous of all Vintage Port that can take 20 years to reach its peak. When mature, Vintage Port is a unique tasting experience with warm, concentrated spicy-fruit flavours and a superb length that just goes on and on.

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