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2016 Taylor's - 6x75cl
21B6TAYL6PK _ 2016 - Taylor's - 6x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Taylor Fladgate
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2030 - 2060
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Taylor's - 6x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Taylor Fladgate
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2030 - 2060
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £294.78 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £49.13 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £220.00 In Bond
Please note: This wine is available for immediate delivery.
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  • Goedhuis, May 2018, Score: 94-96

    Brilliantly dense deep purple black colour. Striking woodland fruit aromas express a characteristic of sweetness, and flow through beautifully into the palate. Not a powerhouse, but the epitome of refinement. It has a natural central core and an appealingly integrated tannic structure. A very controlled wine, with a hint of aristocratic class. Superbly balanced, with a lovely dark berry fruit finish.

  • Goedhuis, May 2018, Score: 94-96

    Brilliantly dense deep purple black colour. Striking woodland fruit aromas express a characteristic of sweetness, and flow through beautifully into the palate. Not a powerhouse, but the epitome of refinement. It has a natural central core and an appealingly integrated tannic structure. A very controlled wine, with a hint of aristocratic class. Superbly balanced, with a lovely dark berry fruit finish.

  • Neal Martin, June 2018, Score: 97

    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.

  • James Suckling, May 2018, Score: 100

    OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted. Full-bodied and lightly sweet with super power and intensity. So racy and focused. Yet this has such muscle and intensity. Needs at least eight years to show you everything it has to offer. Drink in 2025.

  • Matthew Jukes, May 2018, Score: 18.5+

    An exuberantly floral wine with plum and liquorice in abundance, this is a tender and succulent Taylors with a surprisingly pliant and silky palate. A few shades darker than the 2011, but more welcoming and uplifting, too, this is a thrilling wine with clean finish and masses of unbridled energy.

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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